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NEWS RELEASE: "Success with OAS Awards" honor Oklahoma teachers, students

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  May 14, 2018

CONTACT:  Wendy Pratt, Alpha Plus (405) 842-8408

“Success with OAS Awards” honor teacher and student achievement under the new Oklahoma Academic Standards in 2017-18

Schools have received the first-ever awards congratulating students and teachers for achievements aligned to the new Oklahoma Academic Standards (OAS) for math and reading.

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Daily Q&A: Measurement methods behind Oklahoma's low rankings in student achievement

by Paula Burkes   

"The January 2018 report ranked Oklahoma 39th among the states and (Washington,) D.C. Is this because our students are not as smart as those in Massachusetts, which ranks number 1? It is not. Nor is it because Oklahoma teachers aren't as effective as those in Texas (ranked 24th) — because Texans continue recruiting our teachers. And, it's not because we have more poor children than 36th-ranked Missouri — even though we do." - Jan Barrick, CEO, Alpha Plus

Read more of the "Daily Q&A" - copyright 2018 The Oklahoman

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NEWS RELEASE: State Board of Education approves Success with OAS Mathematics textbook

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  January 25, 2018

Oklahoma State Board of Education votes to add Success with OAS Mathematics textbooks to state-adopted list

OKLAHOMA CITY – At the request of 11 school superintendents from around the state, the State Board of Education unanimously voted today to add the Success with OAS Mathematics textbooks for Kindergarten through 7th grade to the state-adopted textbook list.

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Made-in-Oklahoma solutions: Do the math

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Alpha Plus Guest Opinion

"Made-in-Oklahoma solutions:  Do the math"

by Edna McDuffie Manning, Ed.D., Mathematics, The University of Houston

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Alpha Plus first with OAS-aligned math textbooks

Math Book Cover

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  October 3, 2017                                   CONTACT:  Jan Barrick or Wendy Pratt, (405) 842-8408

Alpha Plus first in publishing textbooks aligned to new Oklahoma standards 

OKLAHOMA CITY - Alpha Plus Educational Systems, Oklahoma’s premier school improvement firm, is publishing its Success with OAS: Mathematics series. Books are now being printed and shipped from offices in Oklahoma City to schools around the state.

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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.