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PLATO IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CCSS CLASSROOM

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REMEDIATION, RECOVERY, AND ADVANCEMENT• Online Courseware and Accucess allow

you to create a customized course of instruction to provide each individual student with lessons based on their specific needs

• Online Courseware allows you to provide course recovery to students and keep them in their correct grade-level.

• Online Courseware and a certified lead teacher will allow students to take advanced courses.

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PLATO PROVIDES:• Rigorous courses, proven to improve student

achievement• Interactive, media-rich content that actively

engages students• Robust flexibility that allows you to customize

courseware to meet your unique needs• Curriculum aligned to Common Core and state

standards• High-quality content for original credit,

supplemental learning, credit recovery, unit recovery and extended learning

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HOW CAN IT BE USED OUTSIDE OF A COMPUTER LAB?• Classroom teachers can present lessons

using small-group or whole group instruction

• Course tasks and activities align with CCSS and can be printed for classroom distribution

• Test Packs provide PARCC style questions that can be assigned as small group test practice or a classroom center activity

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SAMPLE MATH 7 TASK:

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LESSONS ARE ENGAGING AND INTERACTIVE:

Sample Life Science Lesson

Sample World History Lesson

Notice the interactive tools embedded in the lessons

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WHAT WILL MY SCHOOL NEED TO IMPLEMENT PLATO?

• Instructor accounts• Student licenses• Computers with Internet access

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HOW WILL OUR STUDENTS BENEFIT?• Personalized instruction to focus

remediation• CCSS curriculum for course recovery

to keep students in their age-appropriate grade level

• Consistent curriculum for MGSI• Advanced courses for gifted students• Engaging lessons to increase

motivation and understanding• CCSS tasks and activities to prepare

students for PARCC testing

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WHAT WILL IT COST?

• Prices are subject to your specific school needs.

• RMS purchases courseware from the K – 8 Library and Secondary Academic Library for approximately 800 students. We also purchase Common Core Assessment test packs and Accucess assessment for 1000 students

• Our cost is approximately $18,000 each year

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After two years of implementation, • 54% of our students have moved up

to a higher level on their standardized test scores

• 34% showed improvement on their scaled scores

• 40 % have made enough gains to test out of the remediation program

• 15% of students were able to remain in their correct grade-level

IS IT WORTH THE COST?