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Oklahoma School Report Cards suspended: Identifying learning gaps more critical than ever

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 21, 2020
CONTACT: Jan Barrick or Rachel Watson, (405) 842-8408, or Wendy Pratt, (405) 437-8204

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - When the Oklahoma State Board of Education approved suspending school report card grades this school year because of the disruption of COVID-19, the context and consequences were clear to a local expert in assessment and school improvement.

“Since state test scores comprise about three-fourths of any school’s report card grade, it makes sense the state would not make A-F calculations,” explained Jan Barrick, CEO of Alpha Plus Educational Systems.

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Department of Education ‘removing barriers’ that would prevent schools from closing

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State Supt. Joy Hofmeister: “We are removing barriers that would prevent school districts from making decisions that would be in the best interest of their students and their well being.

"Closing school can have an impact on attendance requirements, impact school accountability or other things that need to fall to the wayside when considering student health and safety.”

Read our latest FAQs regarding coronavirus/COVID-19: http://bit.ly/OSDECOVID-19

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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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Senator Joe Newhouse

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Jan Barrick is CEO of Alpha Plus and has great ideas to help Oklahoma’s curriculum - more to come about her!

Pictured below: Jan Barrick with Senator Joe Newhouse as they discuss ideas for Oklahoma's educational curriculum.

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CCOSA Professional Development: Wendy Pratt

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Our own Wendy Pratt got certified today —not as a teacher but as a certified number cruncher! Thanks to CCOSA-OSDE team for the update for school data nerds on how to calculate the Oklahoma School Report Cards, which hit SSO for district review on MONDAY.

😎 At least now we have proof that Wendy is certifiable. 😁

Wendy received her certificate for Number Crunches: Calculating Your Score on the Oklahoma School Report Card.

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