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Lori Graham named Outstanding Educator of the Year

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Congratulations to Lori Graham who was named Outstanding Educator at the 2018 Celebration of Education in Oklahoma!

Carnegie Elementary School Principal Lori Graham received the Outstanding Educator Award at the 2018 Celebration of Education in Oklahoma April 27 from OU’s Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education at The University of Oklahoma.

Alpha Plus CEO Jan Barrick nominated Ms. Graham for the award after Alpha Plus had worked with the school for several years, including before and since Carnegie Elementary was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2015. 

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Success with OAS Teachers of the Year List

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Alpha Plus Success with OAS Teachers of the Year!

Teachers of the Year in Math and Reading were selected from each school administering both Alpha Plus formative and summative assessments in Grades 3-8. Just 35 math teachers and 37 reading teachers with highest Running Proficiency Rates were selected to represent educators leading 523 classes statewide that used Alpha Plus Online in 2017-18.

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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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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.