Impact Success Stories
“The result, I am happy to report, is that we are no longer on school improvement alert status. In fact, our standardized test scores have risen anywhere from 5% to 20% across the grade levels and across the curriculum. Our math and language scores were substantially improved over the previous year. We had approximately 95% of our students in algebra score at or above the proficient level on the End of-Course ACTAAP exam.” More... [PDF]
—Ron Hayes,
Curriculum Director Quitman Public Schools, Quitman, Arkansas
“The JEdI program, and all the training provided through it, has helped us at YCJDC to improve our program tremendously.” More... [PDF]
Aaron Chastain,
Advantage Learning Academy, Magazine Public Schools
“Having access to the tools in SkillsTutor through the JEdI program for at risk students has proven an invaluable tool for our Alternative Education program in South Logan County. The Magazine School system is a very small, rural district with limited resources. Our students really get into the interactive setting of SkillsTutor.” More... [PDF]
“I first used JEDI to tutor my paraprofessionals who were expected to take a test over educational information they had not seen for years. Of the six paraprofessionals tutored with JEDI, four passed the test the first time they took it. The use of JEDI with additional one to one instruction helped these people a great deal.” More... [PDF]
“After review of the data, the state made the strategic decision to expand availability of the JEdI concept to interested school districts, including those who were not making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) and those schools who needed additional access beyond just those students utilizing the program through the juvenile detention centers. ” More... [PDF]
“The JEdI began in 2001 as a Web-based, remedial math and reading program, called SkillsTutor, piloted by the Special Education Unit in Sebastian County. The use of SkillsTutor proved so effective that the state implemented the program in all of its then 15 detention centers. Reese said one of the most important aspects of the program is the student’s ability to work with the same program when they return to school.” More... [PDF]
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