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Our latest press releases, and Oklahoma Education news. Subscribe for our teaching tips and resources for school improvement.

New Oklahoma Academic Standards Approved by State Board of Education

New Oklahoma Academic Standards for Math and Reading are here http://sde.ok.gov/sde/newstandards. Required by August 1, 2016, the “annual high-quality statewide student assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics” must be developed by the 2017-18 school year. 

 

In the meantime, Oklahoma’s PASS-aligned test blueprints will be unchanged “until the new assessments are implemented.” The current Test Item Specifications and Test Blueprints are in your Alpha Plus Teacher Binders and online at http://sde.ok.gov/sde/documents/2013-09-05/blue-prints-plds-item-specs.

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Teachers change the world one child at a time!

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THANK YOU, Oklahoma educators, for all you do!

#TeacherAppreciationWeek

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Jan Barrick: Here's an idea: Test what we teach

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Alpha Plus CEO Jan Barrick gets to the point about high-stakes testing in a opinion piece on the editorial page of today's Tulsa World.

"Some third-graders will fail the reading test, and others will be promoted in spite of it. But is it fair to retain students because they failed to test well on standards they were never taught?" - Jan Barrick

Read Jan Barrick's analysis on The Tulsa World website: 

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Alpha Plus CEO meets Mayor Rudy Giuliani at UCO event

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Alpha Plus CEO Jan Barrick and Principal Max Miller met former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani after his keynote address at the UCO Distinguished Speaker Series event April 30, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond. Barrick said Mayor Giuliani's remarks were insightful and inspiring.

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Executive Q&A: Education consultant helps Oklahoma schools make the grade

Executive Q&A: Education consultant helps Oklahoma schools make the grade

By Paula Burkes Modified: March 16, 2014 at 10:00 am •  Published: March 16, 2014
 

In the early years after Jan Barrick started her education consulting business, her father and her Certified Public Accountant used to badger her annually around this time — tax time.

Photo - Jan Barrick, chief executive of Alpha Plus Educational Systems, Inc., displays some of the course curriculum she's written. Photo by Paul B. Southerland, The Oklahoman

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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.