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Our latest press releases, and Oklahoma Education news. Subscribe for our teaching tips and resources for school improvement.

NewsOK: Another Interview with our founder, Jan Barrick.

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And excerpt from the newsOK article.  In this article, Paula Burkes interviews Jan Barrick, founder of Alpha Plus which provides training, tools and curriculum for schools.

Q&A: School Curriculum should be based on data aligned to Oklahoma's standards.

Jan Barrick is a former special education teacher and the founder of Alpha Plus, an Oklahoma company that provides training, tools and curriculum for schools.

How is data being used to improve Oklahoma schools?

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OAS for ELA/Math

Oklahoma Test Scores

Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts/Math:

2019 state test scores allow comparisons of grade-level performance by district.

The most gratifying part of our work with Oklahoma schools is helping them achieve academic success in their classrooms. Like most things these days, academic success can be determined by available data, should you choose to utilize the data that exists.

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Alpha Plus and Oklahoma schools join forces for school improvement

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Alpha Plus and Oklahoma schools join forces for school improvement

Alpha Plus schools outperform others every year of state school report cards

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Alpha Plus Model of School Improvement


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About Alpha Plus Education Systems

  • Web-based program developed and used to turn around schools since 1992
  • Real-time data track student proficiency in math and reading
  • Curriculum written by Oklahoma teachers, for Oklahoma teachers, aligned to Oklahoma standards
  • Serving 63 schools across Oklahoma in 2018-2019
    • 10,560 students (K-8)
    • 486 teachers
    • 197 school leaders

Average A-F report card grades for Alpha Plus & Oklahoma schools are 77% and 68% respectively from 2013-2016!

Alpha Plus Tool: Textbooks that teach to Oklahoma standards:

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Point of View: National curriculum ignores Oklahoma academic standards

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Our CEO, Jan Barrick's column in The Oklahoman: "The crux of the matter is simple. We can have the best standards ever written, but if they aren’t being used, nothing changes. When students use textbooks written for Common Core, they are not prepared for the questions that will be asked by the state of Oklahoma in the spring."

Article published Wed., Dec 18, 2019
by Jan Barrick
In The Oklahoman

There’s an old expression that goes like this: “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten.”

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We Use Data to Help Schools on the Way to an A!

Teachers and administrators can quickly and easily identify students who need more help learning the Oklahoma Academic Standards.

Alpha Plus pinpoints the SPECIFIC OAS objectives or "gaps" students have from previous years, then helps school teams address each objective throughout the year.

That is why Alpha Plus schools have OUTPERFORMED the state average every year of the A-F Report Cards.