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CompassLearning Odyssey delivers online tools and resources for credit and grade recovery, giving all students the opportunity to reinforce the concepts and skills they need to fulfill course requirements. Best of all, Odyssey is available online anytime, anywhere — perfect for students’ busy schedules.

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Reading and language art skills are essential for every child. CompassLearning® offers a variety of solutions that support each student’s learning style and level of achievement. From phonemic awareness and letter identification in kindergarten to analyzing symbolism and metaphor in high school, CompassLearning Odyssey® can accompany students through their entire K–12 education.

added 10/13/2011
ACT's picture of college and career readiness (CCR) is at once promising and reason for concern. While CCR has been trending slightly upward, it continues to be a challenge for certain ethnic and racial groups. How can educators do more to cultivate equity, as well as excellence, as they prepare students for higher education and skilled careers?

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Solid mathematics skills are essential for every child. CompassLearning® offers technology solutions that support each student’s learning style and level of achievement. From shapes and patterns in kindergarten to algebraic equations and trigonometry in high school, CompassLearning Odyssey can accompany students through their entire K–12 education.

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Each day, K–12 educators across the nation are faced with a similar challenge: managing and monitoring the progress of students at different skill levels in their classrooms. Add to that the need to pinpoint skill deficiencies and adjust instruction appropriately, and teachers are quickly overwhelmed by the time — and the complexity — of meeting the individual needs of such a diverse group of learners.

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Response to Intervention, or RtI, is a framework that educators use to help students achieve their full potential. The specifics of an RtI framework can vary between schools and districts depending on a number of factors, including student population, grade levels, available personnel, and resource availability.

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Each day, K–12 educators across the nation face a similar challenge: managing and monitoring the progress of students at different skill levels in their classrooms. It is difficult to pinpoint skill deficiencies and adjust instruction appropriately, and teachers are continually challenged to meet the individual needs of diverse groups of learners.

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Administrators, teachers, and students benefit from the engaging curriculum, comprehensive assessments, and timely reporting that are the core of the Odyssey secondary solutions.

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CompassLearning® Odyssey College Readiness identifies gaps in student learning and addresses them quickly with rigorous instruction that leads to subject mastery.

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District officials, school administrators, and teachers were interested in delivering the math curriculum through a centralized district server for their elementary

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CompassLearning® has partnered with eScience Labs to bring you hands-on, self-contained science kits that complement Odyssey® High School Physical Science, Biology, Physics, and Chemistry curricula. These labs enable students to use the skills they learn in Odyssey and reinforce key scientific concepts.

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Deer Creek Public Schools launched the CompassLearning Odyssey® online core curriculum district-wide in late 2008 to meet the diverse needs of the district’s students. Through personalized learning opportunities and response to intervention efforts, CompassLearning gave Deer Creek educators the flexibility and functionality needed to support students working together in whole-class settings while simultaneously helping students advance their individual academic skills at school and at home.

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Mitigate the "summer slide" with a successful summer school implementation. Save money, reach the kids who need it most, and make the most of staff time with a well-planned program that takes advantage of 21st century technology.

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The benefits of blended learning in the current academic atmosphere are encouraging many districts to adopt online solutions. For a successful blended learning implementation, planning is crucial. Learn about the challenges of incorporating online curricula and how the right online solution can help an important investment yield the best possible results.

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For decades, students at Bonsall, California's Vivian Banks Charter School on the Pala reservation slid through courses lacking academic rigor, convinced they could do no better. Theirs is a story of dramatic improvement in the space of just one school year. See how the school's turnaround efforts resulted in it meeting the California Academic Performance Index target for the first time, corrected student behavior issues, reduced teacher turnover, and engaged students in learning.

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Each summer, Confratute sees the convergence of educators from across the globe. Learn more about some of this year's attendees, their excitement about the conference, and their expectations for what they'll take back to their schools from the acclaimed intensive on enrichment, differentiation, and creativity.

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Beaufort County School District needed a unified approach to increase the success of its diverse student population. Using approaches that extended learning past traditional school hours into the summer and off hours in the academic year, and with the committed partnership of its students' parents, the district saw impressive results from its efforts, with minimal resources required.

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An unconventional school model is nurturing a love of learning in students in Gainesville, Georgia. Without books, a cafeteria, and many of the staff members present in traditional schools, middle school students at the Da Vinci Academy are feeling empowered to learn and excelling academically.

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Same as before. Please do not use this for buildout.

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Renzulli Learning's latest release makes finding the right activities for students even easier. Read about the latest enhancements to resources, administrative functionality, and interface in Renzulli Learning's acclaimed education differentiation product.

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Formative testing is invaluable in improving student performance. However, data from formative exams becomes less meaningful the older it is. In order to get the most out of formative test results, some educators are turning to technology, with which they can quickly use test data to provide deeply personalized learning experiences for students and facilitate differentiation in the classroom.

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A new kind of public middle school opened just four years ago in the heart of Queens, New York. Departing from the standard middle school curriculum, its founder chose the Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM), with technology supporting student-centered, project-based learning. The top school in the borough, with graduates attending exclusive specialty high schools, BELL Academy is a testament to SEM's success.

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An organization dedicated to reforming secondary STEM education in its home state, the Texas High School Project has become a driving force for change — and hope — for underprivileged and at-risk students and their communities across the nation. Through strong relationships with higher education and industry partners, the group helps educators add engagement and relevance to STEM for students in grades 6–12.

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After just weeks of online curriculum use, Montgomery Township School district in New Jersey educators saw marked improvement in proficiency on the state's standardized examination. Accustomed to students meeting high expectations, teachers and administrators were amazed by the results and plan to expand use of the curriculum.

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National History Day presents a wonderful opportunity for middle and high school students to synthesize many types of learning. As they create original papers, exhibits, performances, websites, or documentaries for the competition, students don't just learn about history. They practice 21st century skills, including collaboration, time management, and project management, that will benefit them in both advanced education and the workplace.

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Using sophisticated differentiation technology, Queens, New York's Science, Technology, Enrichment and Math (S.T.E.M.) Academy at the Judge Charles Vallone Elementary School is engaging students in project-based learning that connects all curricular areas.

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The potential of technology to alter the status quo for the better has been a source of both inspiration and trepidation through generations. Historical perspective can help alleviate uncertainty about the teacher's place in the technologically enabled classroom. Expertise in the latest educational innovations enables teachers to increase their value, because it enables them to adopt advanced teaching techniques such as differentiation of instruction.

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Extraordinary innovation earned fourth-grade teacher Pamela Stahlak a CompassLearning Innovation Grant Award. Discover how Pamela combined a powerful curriculum with team-building techniques, impressive motivation, and parental participation to propel her students past significant challenges.

added 1/22/2012
Educational leadership is crucial to the success of students. Building great leaders requires more than just the dedication of individual districts, however. In order to achieve noble, far-reaching national goals for our kids, we must reach beyond what we perceive as the limits of our reach, through intense collaboration.

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Educators Seeking E-Learning Solutions Key Findings from Survey of Teachers and Administrators Attending Annual ASCD Conference in San Antonio from March 6-8, 2010

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How can educators increase student opportunities, extend the traditional classroom, and help students meet academic challenges? Read this article to discover the ways that blended learning combines the best aspects of in-person and online instruction for improved student-learning results.

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CompassLearning Impact Teacher Academy™ is more than just professional development. It is an engaging blend of workshops, leadership planning, real-world instructional coaching, and always-on technology that make a positive and sustainable impact on student achievement. It was developed in response to what school and district administrators and teachers told us they want in a professional learning environment: engaging, relevant, timely, flexible programs that deliver measurable results.

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In Manhattan, one school is making whole-group instruction a game for fifth-graders, enabled by student-response systems and CompassLearning Odyssey. This boisterous, engaging class experience is delighting both students and educators.

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This article briefly defines the instructional and organizational features of differentiating instruction. An overview is included that describes five practical, evidence-based steps for managing classrooms, behaviors, and student participation to enhance opportunities for differentiating instruction and practice.

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In early December, CompassLearning announced its purchase of Renzulli Learning. In light of more than 75 years of combined experience in education, including differentiation techniques with proven results, the joining of these two education innovators means a promising future for students.

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With the acquisition of Renzulli Learning in December 2010, CompassLearning welcomed some of the world's finest minds in personalized education to its family. Learn how technology powers intensely personalized learning from Renzulli Learning co-founders Joseph Renzulli and Sally M. Reis.

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In the 21st century, the global community is shrinking, bringing diverse cultures ever closer to one another. World language mastery enriches student understanding of neighboring cultures, enhances cognitive abilities, and can put a greater variety of employment possibilities within reach. Yet American students' opportunities to learn world languages are disappearing. How can educators turn the tide in a world where world language proficiency can affect attitudes, finance, and political stability?

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The problem of underachievement is a difficult one to remedy, since there are many complex reasons why bright students do not perform to expectations. Reversing the trend successfully can involve more than one method and requires dedication and understanding from educators.

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Are you concerned about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) proficiency in your schools? A good first stop on your journey to improving STEM performance is evaluating literacy proficiency. Learn more about the critical role literacy plays in helping students master complex STEM concepts, and see why merely "learning to read" is not enough for today's students.

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This July, Confratute, a summer institute on enrichment learning and teaching, comes once again to the University of Connecticut at Storrs. The effects of Confratute, now in its 34th year, are apparent worldwide, where teacher and student success abound following implementation of techniques presented at the conference.

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Odyssey Reading/Language Arts is presented in a comprehensive curriculum that connects listening, speaking, reading, and writing and is built on these five essential components : Phonemic awareness, Vocabulary, Phonics, Comprehension and Fluency. By applying skills in a language-rich environment, young readers and writers expand their knowledge and develop a love of the subjects they read about.

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Schools and districts nationwide face the same challenge: how to invest their limited budgets in a sustainable solution that provides the greatest value in terms of student academic success. CompassLearning® Odyssey can help you improve student achievement while creating accountability for districts, schools, and teachers — all without incurring repeated subscription costs.

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Because language is the key to learning, students whose first language is not English face many challenges in the classroom. ELL students must contend with concepts and vocabulary not used in everyday conversation or incorporated into other content areas. Odyssey Matemáticas is a browser-based mathematics curriculum designed to help learners whose first language is Spanish develop a working understanding of mathematics processes and procedures and develop critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.

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You invested in Odyssey® to help increase student achievement and success and to help your educators differentiate instruction for all students. We are honored to partner with you in bringing engaging and effective educational solutions to your classroom. Now we want to partner with you in publishing and sharing the results of your careful planning and hard work.

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Teachers at Maple Leaf Intermediate School decided to apply for an EETT grant in order to receive funding to purchase CompassLearning’s Odyssey software.

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The teachers and administrators at Lillie Burney Elementary School believed that CompassLearning Odyssey could help improve students' academic achievement in reading, language arts, and mathematics on the MCT.

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This report summarizes the results for Jefferson Davis Middle School for Odyssey users grades 6–8. The analysis focuses on 2007–2008 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) Math and Reading results for students with scores for both years.

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In the fall of 2007, Milwaukee College Preparatory School (MCPS) implemented CompassLearning® Odyssey in all of their K–8 classes to increase scores on the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) tests and as part of an overall strategy to address Wisconsin state test score objectives.

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CompassLearning® Odyssey solutions ensure that students develop 21st Century Skills through engaging, relevant, challenging activities that align to critical skills and objectives.

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CompassLearning® Odyssey helps teachers identify students who lack core algebra skills, targets the precise skills and concepts they need to work on, and provides additional education, explanation, and practice in those areas — and aligns with national and state standards.

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How does mathematics teaching and learning change when there is a wireless laptop for every student in the classroom?

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With personalized K–12 curricula, comprehensive professional development services, and 24/7 availability, we can help you design an extended curriculum that will energize, engage, and motivate students.

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From 2005 to 2007, Scotch Elementary students’ Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) mathematics scores showed improvement. Additionally, scores were higher for those students with a 75% or greater average Odyssey activity mastery score compared to those with less than a 75% average.