More than one third of schools (20 of 61 or 33%) served by Alpha Plus Educational Systems, Inc., in 2012-13 were identified as "2013 Reward Schools" by the Oklahoma State Department of Education. Part of Oklahoma’s federal waiver of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the designations issued by the Oklahoma State Department of Education are dated Feb. 13, 2014. A "Reward" designation means these schools showed significant improvement or sufficiently high student achievement to warrant it under federal law. The school designations are available on the OSDE website at http://www.ok.gov/sde/school-improvement.
In addition, four schools contracting with Alpha Plus in 2012-13 improved math and reading test scores enough to be removed from the ESEA list of low-performing schools. Two of these improved from "Focus" level to "Reward" status! The “All Designations” PDF from the State Department of Education dated is available here:
Congratulations to the educators and students at:
Achille High School (Bryan Co.)
Achille Elementary School (Bryan Co.)
ASTEC Charter High School – Oklahoma City (Okla. Co.)
Bennington Elementary School (Bryan Co.)
Bishop Public School (Elem. District, Comanche Co.)
Byng Elementary School (Pontotoc Co.)
Carnegie Elementary School (Caddo Co.)
Central High Elementary School (Stephens Co.)
Central High High School (Stephens Co.)
Clara Reynolds Elementary School – Harrah PS (Oklahoma Co.)
Dewey Elementary School (Washington Co.)
Flower Mound Public School (Elem. District, Comanche Co.)
Geronimo Elementary School (Comanche Co.)
Geronimo High School (Comanche Co.)
Grand View Public Schools (Elem. District), Tahlequah (Cherokee Co.)
McCurtain High School (Haskell Co.)
Oklahoma Union Elementary School (Nowata Co.)
Oklahoma Union Middle School (Nowata Co.)
Peavine Public School (Elem. District, Adair Co.)
Prue High School (Osage Co.)
Spence Memorial Elementary School – Weleetka PS (Okfuskee Co.)
Stonewall Elementary School (Pontotoc Co.)
Full data report available here: AlphaPlusCongratsImprovedSchools021714.pdf