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Alpha Plus Educational Systems announced partner- Second
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ships with Cave Springs Elementary School, Cave Hawki
2019 Springs Middle School, Maryetta Public Schools,
Rocky Mountain Elementary School, and Watts
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B003 Elementary School for the 2019-20 school year.
Clip Seventy-four schools across Oklahoma have part-
resized nered with the Oklahoma-based company to improve
67%
student academic performance.
Alpha Plus uses research-based methods to help
schools improve through the use of customized serv-
ices for rural, suburban and urban schools.
“Schools who use our data are able to identify the
academic standards teachers need to reinforce so
their students will learn more efficiently and perform
better on state tests,” Jan Barrick, Alpha Plus CEO
said. “That’s why Alpha Plus schools have outper-
formed other schools on the state school report card
every year. Our schools work efficiently and effec-
tively in the classroom, and that shows in the
results.”
Alpha Plus curriculum is written by Oklahoma
teachers, for Oklahoma teachers, to Oklahoma
Academic Standards.
“Alpha Plus is a very effective Formative Recent
Assessment tool in measuring the progress of our stu- Fair. S
dents,” Geary Brown, Cave Springs Public Schools prepar
Superintendent said. “The professional development seed bo
our administration and staff receive is always appli- home R
cable to our needs. The data collected and shared City.
with staff helps us better understand the strengths
and weaknesses of our curriculum.”
Alicia Ketcher, Rocky Mountain Public Schools
Superintendent said teachers can track students’
progress and are able to adjust their lessons based
upon their students’ strengths and weaknesses.
Alpha Plus provides training, assessments and
resources for schools statewide. Founded in 1990 by
an Oklahoma teacher, Alpha Plus curriculum and
teaching tools are aligned solely to Oklahoma
Academic Standards.

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