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Recovery School District Purchases Carnegie Learning™ as Response to Intervention Math Solution |
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| New Orleans District Doubles Carnegie Learning Implementation with Continued Focus on Math Performance PITTSBURGH, PA, March 19, 2009 – The Recovery School District (RSD) in New Orleans has purchased $300,000 of Carnegie Learning™ Adaptive Math Solutions for middle school and high school students district-wide as part of an ongoing focus on intervention and extended learning. Purchased with Title I and supplemental funding, Cognitive Tutor® Bridge to Algebra, Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II Software are core resources in helping RSD students pass the Louisiana Graduate Exit Exam and prepare for jobs in the 21st Century workforce. RSD originally purchased Cognitive Tutor® Software in 2007 as a math intervention strategy and the district realized positive results. “We are reaching our struggling students with Carnegie Learning’s differentiated learning pedagogy, in a way that I haven’t seen with traditional math resources,” said Paul G. Vallas, Recovery School District Superintendent. “Our at-risk students are more engaged because the self-paced, individualized learning path centers the instruction on the areas in which each student needs the greatest amount of work. Carnegie Learning is helping us to minimize boredom and keep students on task and in school.” As part of the Louisiana Department of Education’s school improvement process, schools must develop strategies which directly address their strengths and weaknesses as an essential part of the School Improvement Plan. Carnegie Learning programs meet the state’s requirement that curricula be grounded in scientifically based research. Developed from over 20 years of ongoing cognitive science research at Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Learning mathematics curricula immerse and engage students in mathematical problem solving. The software component allows students to work at their own pace and assesses the prior mathematical knowledge of students on a step-by-step basis and presents curricula tailored to their individual skill levels. “We appreciate the support and confidence of Paul Vallas, Debbie Schum and their teams in working with Carnegie Learning to make significant progress in meeting the RTI needs of the Recovery School District,” said Dennis Ciccone, Chief Executive Officer of Carnegie Learning, Inc. “We look forward to expanding our implementations throughout the District and state, and supporting this latest purchase with innovative, scientifically based curricula and Professional Development.” Multiple studies evaluating Carnegie Learning mathematics curricula have found evidence of effectiveness. Currently in Louisiana, the RAND Corporation is evaluating Carnegie Learning™ Algebra I curriculum in 31 schools with nearly 3000 students. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, this randomized experiment requires that half the students in select districts throughout the State use the Carnegie Learning program, and half continue using the districts’ existing Algebra I courses over a two-year period. RAND is conducting the same study in Macomb (MI) Independent School District, Houston (TX) Independent School District, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Trenton City (NJ) School District, and Bridgeport (CT) School District. Dr. Diana Jones, RTI/Appraisal Director, Recovery School District, will join Carnegie Learning for a Web event discussing Response to Intervention for Mathematics on Wednesday, March 25 at 3:30PM ET. Participants may register for the free online event at www.carnegielearning.com/events. About Carnegie Learning (www.carnegielearning.com)
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