COGNITIVE TUTOR SUCCESS STORIES - SUBURBAN SUCCESS
North High School, Davenport Community School District, IA
Cognitive Tutor® students demonstrate lower failure rates than standard algebra :
North High School likes the individualized instruction that the Cognitive Tutor software offers their diverse group of students and believes it engages students so that they learn the math better. Data collected from the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 state ITED test shows that students who participated in Cognitive Tutor Algebra I classes had a lower failure rate than students who took classes with a standard algebra I texts.
New Technology High School, Napa Valley Unified School District, CA
Carnegie Learning software complements project-based, hands-on teaching philosophy :
New Technology High School in Napa Valley, CA is committed to leading educational reform by preparing students to excel in an information-based, technologically advanced society. In 2005, New Technology High School purchased Carnegie Learning's Cognitive Tutor® Geometry and Algebra I as the preferred software model for mathematics. Teachers and administrators, together identified the Cognitive Tutor as the leading software curricula because it is a hands-on math mastery solution.
Mountain View High School, Evergreen School District, WA
Teaching special education students to become independent, life-long learners :
Mountain View High School’s mission is to teach students how to think, learn and achieve success on their own. This philosophy led them to select Carnegie Learning’s Bridge to Algebra curricula for their special education students. The software is especially helpful, as it encourages students to be self-directed, self-paced and to use the “hint” button to develop their independent problem-solving skills. Students at Mountain View with various disabilities benefit from learning through multiple modalities, and gain confidence as they progress through the program.
Killough-Lewisville High School North, Lewisville Independent School District, TX
Carnegie Learning curricula helps students to achieve success on TAKS assessment test. :
Carnegie Learning’s curricula is helping all students at Lewisville succeed in math and achieve success on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills Assessment (TAKS). “This curriculum requires student to read and write in math class and has demonstrated skills benefits for students who struggle in reading. Students now have a better math vocabulary and are able to break down mathematical situations into small parts in order to answer higher level thinking questions” said Ro Stark, Math Department Chair and TAKS facilitator at Lewisville. “Carnegie Learning’s Cognitive Tutor has become an integral part of helping our students to become math masters and to achieve success on the TAKS assessment test.”
Diverse Student Body Increases WASL Scores Dramatically Using Carnegie Learning's Multifaceted Curricula
Everett High School - Everett, WA :
Carnegie Learning's mathematics solutions are helping the students at Everett High School in Everett, Washington to persevere. In the summer of 2005, Everett High School participated in a pilot of Carnegie Learning's Bridge to Algebra solution in its six-week Summer School program. After finishing the pilot, Everett implemented Carnegie Learning's Bridge to Algebra, Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II programs as their primary math curricula, and the results have been outstanding.
Hamilton County, Tennessee Uses Cognitive Tutor across All Math Courses to Help Students and Teachers Excel in Solving Real-World Math
Hamilton County, TN :
The Hamilton County School District, encompassing the Chattanooga, Tennessee area, has implemented Carnegie Learning mathematics solutions since participating in a math pilot of the company's Cognitive Tutor ® Algebra I during the 2001-02 school year. The challenge was to create an environment where both students and teachers were increasingly more adept at using the software and text together with the hope that they would eventually progress from the algebra readiness program, Bridge to Algebra, through Carnegie Learning's Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II curricula.
Carnegie Learning Implementation Boosts Algebra I Course Success to 86%
South Plainfield Public Schools, NJ :
South Plainfield High School, like every other high school in New Jersey, requires eleventh graders to take the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA). To pass this exam, students must have a proficient understanding of Algebra I and Geometry. With a good population of South Plainfield’s students taking a pre-algebra course in the ninth grade, it became a large concern that students would not excel as well on the HSPA if they did not reach an Algebra I course level by the ninth grade as recommended by education experts.
