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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?