Action Item
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Student Services and Federal Programs
Action Item |
| DATE: | Monday, July 18, 2011 |
| TO: | School Board Members |
| FROM: | MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent |
| SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS | |
| Approve the Annual Service and Support Agreement with Pearson Digital Learning for Waterford and Successmaker Reading and Math in 68 Title I Schools for 2011/2012 (Student Services and Federal Programs Division) | |
| EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | |
| Currently, Pearson Digital Learning provides programmatic and technical support for its Waterford Early Learning and Successmaker products in 63 Title I Schools (list attached). During 2011/2012, five additional schools will receive this support. In an effort to minimize the yearly service and support costs for individual schools and maximize the effectiveness of each school's implementation, the district is consolidating all schools under Pearson's Partnership Plus agreement.
All service and support is provided on-site in an effort to build the knowledge and capacity of the school staff for the products. This support service agreement provides the district with daily support from Pearson consultants to ensure fidelity with each school's utilization of the Pearson instructional software and monitors student's progress in two key areas, usage and maintaining acceptable performance. |
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| STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES | |
| • Challenge and support all students with an appropriate curriculum | |
| FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes) | |
| Through this consolidated agreement, well over $200,000 is saved by the district. With 30,085 targeted students enrolled in the 68 schools, the service and support contract of $365,880 will cost approximately $12.11 per student. This is a savings of $5,072 over the prior year's contract. The impact to the Title I Part A budget will be $365,880. | |
| EVALUATION | |
| At the conclusion of 2011/2012, a review of all support and services provided to schools will be conducted by the General Director of Federal Programs. On-site training and technical support calendars and logs will be provided by Pearson Digital Learning. This information, along with survey information from school staff will be used to determine the effectiveness of the support provided. Currently, a programmatic evaluation is being finalized in the Office of Assessment and Evaluation to determine the impact of the Successmaker product on student achievement. Initial data from schools that have implemented the program with a high degree of fidelity, show significant increases in student achievement and overall school performance. The district currently has on file an evaluation done by the Office of Assessment and Evaluation on the positive impact of Waterford products on student achievement. | |
| SUBMITTED BY: Jeff Eakins, General Director, Federal Programs | |
| Gwendolyn L. Luney, Assistant Superintendent | Gretchen Saunders | |
| Student Services and Federal Programs (813) 272-4879 |
Chief Business Officer (813) 272-4270 |
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| Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20110718_467 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 5.26 | ||