COGNITIVE TUTOR SUCCESS STORIES - AT-RISK SUCCESS
Dundalk Middle School, Baltimore County School District, MD
Maryland High School Assessment math scores rise from 49% to 86% :
As an AYP (Achieving Yearly Progress) failing school, Dundalk Middle School was eligible to purchase the Algebra I curriculum with Title I funds. The Baltimore County School District has since implemented Carnegie Learning's Algebra I curriculum in three Title I middle schools and two high schools, and recently expanded the courses to include Carnegie Learning’s Algebra II software and Bridge to Algebra.
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.”
Nautilus Middle School, Miami-Dade County School District, FL
Integrating technology with a hands-on approach to help middle school students prepare for algebra :
The students at Nautilus are now engaged in the learning process, which has greatly increased their motivation in algebra class. Carnegie Learning’s curricula have helped increase student test scores and are helping the students’ algebra abilities to improve. “By using this program my students have learned to think ”Algebra”, said Vivian Randin. “And the program helps them to solve a variety of problems of real life applications using technology. I enjoy how much my students are improving, and enjoying algebra.”
Booker T. Washington Senior High School, Miami-Dade County School District, FL
Teachers see, first-hand, student improvement in algebra with Carnegie Learning curricula :
According to teachers at Booker T. Washington, the program
captures students’ attention. Students are less distracted during lab time and their efforts in class have improved. They can also claim yearly gains on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) in their year-round intensive math classes.
Greenville, SC
Graduate Greenville Initiative Implements Carnegie Learning :
Graduate Greenville, a community-wide initiative based in Greenville, SC is designed to identify and support at-risk youth and increase graduation rates in the Greenville County Schools. Graduate Greenville has chosen to implement Carnegie Learning's Algebra I Cognitive Tutor curriculum as part of the community action plan, due to its success in several Greenville County classrooms.
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.
St. Mary Parish Raises Test Scores
Franklin Senior High School :
Students at Franklin Senior High School in St. Mary Parish School District participated in a Pilot Study sponsored and funded by the Louisiana State Department of Education. The goal of this study was to help students with Algebra readiness. Franklin Senior High School began to use Carnegie LearningTM Bridge to Algebra as a “catch-up” program for students who failed the 8th grade exit exam (Approaching Basic or Unsatisfactory).
Madison Middle School, Madison County School District, KY
Carnegie Learning's Cognitive Tutor™ Software Inspires Students to Volunteer to Work on Math Skills :
The mission at Madison Middle School is: "Maintaining the highest
goals and standards in a positive learning environment, motivating
one another to achieve his or her fullest potential, and sharing the
responsibility of education among students, teachers, parents, and
community."
Carnegie Learning Proves Extraordinary Success in Georgetown ISD, TX
Algebra I Pilot Program :
Texas was one of the first states requiring students to take and pass Algebra II in order to graduate from high school. Texas is also one of 27 states that requires an exit or end of course exam for graduation. The Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) is a standardized test used in Texas primary and secondary schools to assess students' attainment of reading, writing, math, science, and social studies skills required under Texas education standards.
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.
Foley Middle School, Madison County School District, Berea, KY
Carnegie Learning Delivers Differentiated Instruction and Individualized Learning Paths That Empower Students to Succeed in Math :
As part of a district-wide pilot program initiated by the
Commonwealth of Kentucky, Foley Middle School, in the Madison
County School District, began integrating Carnegie Learning's Bridge
to Algebra software into its 6th grade math classes at the start of the
2006-2007 school year.
Success Begins with One
One failing student passes Algebra I with a 97% score :
For students to graduate high school in the state of West Virginia, they must take four credits of math during the years they attend high school. Two of those credits must be in Algebra I and a higher level math course.
Change Proves to be Good
Doral Academy Charter High School :
Carnegie Learning was implemented in the 2005-2006 school year as the core curricula. Teachers used the 60/40 approach, where 60% of the class time was spent on teacher guided instruction, and 40% of the class time was spent doing self-directed learning.
Developmental Math Program Increases Retention Rates
Pellissippi State Technical Community College :
Pellissippi State Technical Community College has taken a
unique approach to redesigning its developmental math
program. Their goal is to provide a more customized instructional
path for their students and to focus on a deep
conceptual understanding of mathematics. They believe
this approach will lead to better immediate learning as well
as retention of mathematics that will result in college success
for their students.
