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Introduction

EdisonLearning® eAcademyCombining today’s fundamentals;Education and Innovation

Presented by:First LastPartnership DeveloperEdisonLearning, [email protected]

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What We Do

EdisonLearning works with school leaders and communities to provide innovative achievement solutions that inspire students to think, learn, and succeed.

We partner with educators to create or support improvement in schools that helps students achieve lasting gains in performance and prepares them to realize their full potential and meet the expectations of the 21st century workplace.


Our Mission

To be the leading partner in providing innovative achievement solutions that deliver consistently superior improvements in student learning.

Working together for student success.TM EdisonLearning is the nation’s leading public school innovator and partner for school districts and charter schools.

Over nearly twenty years, more than 1 million students have been educated at schools partnering with EdisonLearning.

During the 2009-2010 school year, 400,000 children in 25 states, the U.K. and Abu Dhabi are being served through EdisonLearning’s partnerships and products.


Client Satisfaction

Our Focus

Partnership

A belief that every child can learn

Research-based Solutions

Results for the students we serve

1992 EdisonLearning is founded as “The Edison Project.”

1995 The first four EdisonLearning schools open their doors, using a research-based approach to create an innovative school design.

1999 Launch of the EdisonLearning Benchmarks in all partnership schools, the pioneering formative assessment system written to state standards.

2000 The first Summer Journey™ summer school opens, followed in 2001 with the launch of Learning Force™ standards-based tutoring.

2001 EdisonLearning begins a partnership with the School District of Philadelphia in what has become a prominent model for major urban school reform.

2004 The first full-scale EdisonLearning Alliance™ program is launched. Alliance boosts learning in low-performing schools by working within the existing school structure.

Nearly Two Decades of Driving Student Achievement

2008 EdisonLearning replaces “Edison Schools” as the company name. This re-branding reflects the company’s transformation.

With the acquisition of the education software company Provost Systems, EdisonLearning combines its experience and core competencies in teaching and learning with a fully integrated online solution that achieves universal student access to an individualized learning experience.

2009 EdisonLearning opens its first fully online public charter high school – Provost Academy™ South Carolina.

2010 EdisonLearning opens its second fully online public charter high school – Provost Academy Colorado.

EdisonLearning launches eValuate™, an enhanced Benchmark Assessment System which leverages innovative technologies in data collection and analysis to drive formative assessment.


Truly “hybrid” online experiences

The Future of InnovationWhat’s next for EdisonLearning?

Learning Force expansion: online, science, high school

Online professional development

Strategic community partnerships 100 Black Men of America, Carolina Bridge Project and more!

EdisonLearning College NEXT!TM

Partnerships for dropout recovery and credit recovery

Comprehensive relaunch of EdisonLearning Benchmarks

Global expansion in Europe, Asia and the middle east


An extensive portfolio of end-to-end achievement solutions that inspires all students to think, learn, and succeed:

School Designs

A comprehensive and coherent whole school

experience

Online

Curriculum, technology, and best practices for online learning environments

Achievement Services

A suite of tools and support that delivers sustainable

school improvement

Extended Education

Extra help designed to complement the school day

in an engaging way

K-8

High School

Alliance™

Alliance

High School

District Alliance

Learning Force™

Summer Journey™

eAcademy

eCourses

eSchoolware

EdisonLearning solutions meet the range of needs that face all public school systems

Schoolbased

Clusterbased

Districtwide

EdisonLearning Solutions


A Continuum of Services to Meet Your K-12 Needs


In the school year ending in 2009, EdisonLearning partnership schools‘ proficiency gains exceeded state averages.

In our most recent school year, students in EdisonLearning schools have made significant gains in Reading and Math on high stakes tests.

Reading

Math

Proven Results…



“Together, the resources and accountability systems that constitute [EdisonLearning’s] design represent a coherent, comprehensive, and ambitious strategy to address key elements relevant to providing high-quality education.”

“[The solution’s] well-developed information systems and focus on achievement-based accountability should make it especially well-suited to the high-stakes testing environment of No Child Left Behind (NCLB).”

“[EdisonLearning] has devised a range of strategies to promote in its teachers and principals not only the capacity to deliver high-quality instruction, but also the motivation and opportunity to do so.”

The RAND Corporation analyzed and validated EdisonLearning’s approach to school design and student performance over 6 years and recorded significant gains.

Notably, RAND foresaw the importance of several critical success factors:

The RAND Report

Reading

Math

Source: RAND Corporation report “Inspiration, Perspiration, and Time,” October 2005, y1 analysis

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2 3 4 5 6

…and Valid Results

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EdisonLearning® eAcademy

eAcademy is EdisonLearning’s comprehensive online learning solution designed

to help you start and/or run a complete online program. Boasting the flexibility

needed to use your own staff, or EdisonLearning’s highly experienced

administrators, teachers and educational and operational experts, eAcademy is a

true end-to-end solution for your online needs.

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EdisonLearning Four Cornerstones™ Philosophy

Top Talent

EdisonLearning provides support, best practices and professional development to ensure our partners become high quality online practitioners with improved overall capacity.

Culture of Engagement and Aspiration

Online learning offers students, parents and teachers innovative ways to connect with the learning process.

Demanding Content and Customized Instruction

We provide a rich, challenging, research-based curriculum; best-practice instructional methods and tools; and the resources needed to tailor instruction to the needs of every student.

Achievement-Driven Management

A comprehensive set of tools, best practices and resources helps you monitor student progress and ensure success.

Top Talent

• Online functionality offers effective professional development for teachers.

• System tools allow teachers to observe student progress more closely, promoting more tailored, effective instruction.

• EdisonLearning trains teachers to teach online. Within just a few days, teachers will be able to manage their online course.

With EdisonLearning’s ongoing training, teachers become 150% more efficient within 12 months.

• Forward-thinking content and presentation creates greater student engagement

• Parents are actively involved in their student’s schooling

• Messaging and forums for a virtual community promote communication among students and teachers

• The combination of EdisonLearning’s college prep courses and the incorporation of our intervention tools ensure students are well prepared for college level work

Culture of Engagement and Aspiration

Demanding Content and Customized Instruction

• Content is aligned to National and State standards

• EdisonLearning’s partnership with Dr. Paul Kim of Stanford University guarantees superior, innovative, rigorous curriculum

• Modular design keeps students focused and allows individualized learning tailored to each student’s unique needs

• Over 100 courses across a broad range of topics

Achievement-DrivenManagement

• Robust reporting and data systems allow for real-time progress and performance tracking based on student data

• Online activity monitoring and early warning and intervention systems allow administrators and teachers to alter instructionif need be to maximize student achievement

• Comprehensive measurement criteria



eCourses eSchoolware Best Practices



Personalized

Online

Learning

eAcademy offers a personalized online learning community designed around each student’s needs and aspirations.


eAcademy is…

Next generation online public school for grades 9-12

Focus on science and math STEM

Engaging content that utilizes 21st Century media for 21st Century Learning

Technology used to individualize instruction

Certified teachers and staff

Staff available from 8:30a to 4:30p by phone, email, instant message, video conference

Frequent contact with students and families


The eAcademy Difference

• Focus on science and mathematics; STEM

Higher degree of individualized instruction

Using modular curriculum

• Next generation content system

• Research supported by Dr. Paul Kim of Stanford University

• Education company leveraging the software and systems to deliver quality education – not the other way around

• Student-centric

Student

Standards-based curriculum

Portal, Forums & Blogs

Achievement Alerts

Student-centered

Learning Technology Learning

Technology

Student



Grading &Teacher

FeedbackOpen

Tutoring

Achievement Alerts

Student-centered

StudyGroups

Scheduled Lectures

Live TeachersLive Teachers

StudentStudent


Post-Grad Prep & Guidance

LearningCommunity

Bi-WeeklyStudy Planner

Check-in


Grading &Teacher

FeedbackOpen

Tutoring

Achievement Alerts

Student-centered

StudyGroups

Scheduled Lectures

Student

eAcademy’s Student-centric Design



Personalized Learning


EdisonLearning® eCourses


EdisonLearning eCourses

Every student is a unique individual with their own learning needs.

EdisonLearning eCourses are wonderfully suited to the customized instruction that online learning affords.

Based on highly researched methodology and unique industry experience, EdisonLearning eCourses are designed to personalize the learning experience and engage 21st century students.


Course Structure

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• 180 individual lessons that focus on one or two standards-based objectives

• Highly Structured for maintained focus and motivation.

• Delivered as a standalone that contains clear prerequisite skill identification.

Modular Structure allows the courses to be adapted to individual student needs and enables application to varied academic situations.

Consistent, Modular Lesson Structure

EdisonLearning eCourses take online learning to its highest potential by leveraging the opportunity for customized instruction.

Students are full time enrollees in the eAcademy and can take up to 6 courses a semester from the EdisonLearning eCourses catalog.

Based on highly researched methodology and unique industry experience, EdisonLearning eCourses are designed to personally engage 21st century students.

• Multi-media engagement Lessons are introduced and reinforced using multiple learning styles and media. Highlights include videos, podcasts, interactive activities, customized printable textbooks, messaging, digital notebooks, printable textbooks, forums, blogs, and an interactive Research Center that incorporates Web 2.0 technologies and social networking

• Individualized learning Instruction can be adapted to each student’s needs and interests.

Every page of each lesson clearly displays lesson objectives

A limited number of objectives per lesson enables modularity

eAcademy provides students the content they are expected to learn, when they are expected to learn it.

Modular courses can be modified using the custom course builder to align to your specific scope and sequence.


Achievement and Accountability

Intervention system automatically alerts students, parents and teacher when students fall behind.


Assessments

Daily standards-mapped assessments and real-time performance tracking allow for immediate individualized interventions and differentiated instruction.

Assessments following each lesson and unit provide real-time feedback on student progress towards mastery of taught material.

Types of Assessments:

• Daily Assessments (5 questions)

• Weekly Quiz (lessons 5 and 10 per Unit)

• Lab Quiz

• Unit Exam

• Some courses can also be provided with a Diagnostic AssessmentBased on student performance, courses are customized to their needs

Interventions keep students on the right track toward end-of-year standards. Interventions are built into eAcademy assessments so that teachers and parents can access a detailed report of student performance on any given assessment.

This allows for increased customization of the overall learning experience.

If an Intervention Alert is issued, students are assigned a specific Task to complete before being re-assessed on the lesson. Tasks can include review of literature, exercises or live one-on-one tutoring with a teacher.

Intervention Informs Instruction


Multi-Sensory Engagement

Lessons are introduced and reinforced using a mixture of media to address multiple learning styles. Highlights include Flash and Discovery Education® videos, podcasts of each lesson, an interactive Research Center, customized printable textbook, messaging, digital notebook, forums, blogs, and more.

N2K ActivityStreaming Video Gaming

Interactive Research Center

A Unique Focus on STEMScience, Technology, Engineering and Math


MathAlgebra I, II

CalculusGeneral Math

GeometryPre-AlgebraPre-CalculusProbabilityStatistics

SAT® MathematicsTrigonometry

EnglishAmerican Literature

British LiteraturePSSA ReadingPSSA Writing

World Literature I,IISAT ® Critical Reading & Writing

ScienceAstronomy

BiologyBiotechnology

ChemistryEarth Science

Environmental ScienceEpidemiology

ForensicsGenetics

Intro to Technological SciencesLife Science

Natural DisastersPhysical Science

PhysicsScience of Computing

Sports MedicineSports Science

Stem CellsSuperstars of Science

Social StudiesAmerican History

Early American HistoryMacroeconomicsMicroeconomics

PsychologySociology

US GovernmentWorld Geography

World History

ElectivesFitnessHealthHTML

Intro to Music TheoryIntro to Office Applications

JAVATM

Life SkillsChemical EngineeringComputer EngineeringElectrical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

World LanguagesChinese I, II

French I, II, III, IVGerman I, II

Spanish I, II, III, IV

Course list as of Fall 2010


EdisonLearning® eSchoolware


EdisonLearning eSchoolware

EdisonLearning’s eSchoolware is an easy-to-use, customizable, integrated software suite that serves as the foundation for your comprehensive online learning program.

eSchoolware provides the tools you need to…

• develop, manage and deliver your own or third-party online learning content.

• track, monitor and report on student performance.

• manage your online learning program including registration, scheduling, attendance and more.

• facilitate communication and sharing between students, teachers and advisors, parents and administrators.


eSchoolware System Portal

The system portal is the user’s homepage within eSchoolware. The portal centralizes all vital tools for students, teachers and advisors, parents and administrators, allowing them easy access to everything they need from a single, convenient location.

Information Management System A web-based information system designed expressly for the administration of enrollment, courses, students and instructors in online and hybrid environments.

Content Management System A user-friendly tool for developing and delivering online content. Upload images, videos and other media, include links, create custom curriculum and assessments, and more. Other tools allow users to effectively manage and align content to state, national or other standards.

Instructional Tools Applications that allow students, parents and administrators to monitor progress and cross communicate…promoting the sharing of ideas and the development of learning groups.


Robust Instructional Tools

The Information Management System and Content Management System are critical components of eSchoolware’s infrastructure… the Instructional Tools are our drivers of student achievement.

Gradebook

Report Card

Early warning and student

intervention system

Internal email system

Automated attendance

Teacher moderated forums

Course specific blogs


The Importance of Communicationin Virtual Learning Environments

As the online learning phenomenon has grown, concerns about appropriate and effective teaching practices in this environment have increased accordingly. Research shows the positive correlation that effective communication has on student achievement. So in an environment where educators, parents, and students have limited face-to-face contact, apprehension is expected.

EdisonLearning® eSchoolware Instructional Tools enable robust communication between students, parents and teachers and administrators.

75% of school districts have students currently enrolled in fully online or blended courses.

And this trend continues to grow. Over the past three years, the number of students engaged in online courses has increased by over 45%.

Source: The Sloan Consortium


95% Satisfaction Rate

“Provost Academy is great. It’s completely different than a traditional school, and it’s completely different than what you think. It really is a first rate school.”

“My favorite classes are American History and Life Skills, because it is an elective that is helping me prepare for life after high school…using credit cards, living on my own, really useful stuff.”

“I like Provost Academy because if I need to I can go to school at night or on the weekends. Also, I can attend school at my own pace. If I’m behind in one subject or ahead in another subject, I don’t have to rush myself or wait for others to catch up.”

“For us what separates Provost from other traditional high schools is that it allows the flexibility that our daughter needs to pursue her interest in the performing arts and ballet.”

A Spotlight on SatisfactionFeedback from Provost Academy South Carolina


Next Steps

Partnership Timeline

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A Proven Online Model


Partnership Profile Capital Area Intermediate Unit

The Results

•In its first year, CAOLA program had 13 participating districts. The program has now grown to 17 school districts in various regions of the state with more growth in the fall of 2010.

•The program started with 17 students successfully earning summer school credits. CAOLA now has 230 students enrolled in over 70 different courses.

•The CAOLA model has proven to be cost-effective, saving districts thousands of dollars when compared to dollars they would need to spend on sending students to virtual charter schools.

“The CAOLA program has helped our students to access courses that they typically would not be able to take, whether it is due to limited offerings or scheduling conflicts. This year one of our students was able to take a Chinese course. Financially, it doesn’t make sense for our district to hire a teacher to teach this course, but eCourses in the CAOLA program gave our student the opportunity for a valuable l earning experience.”

- Kevin Roberts, Director of Curriculum & CAOLASite Coordinator Big Spring School District


The Challenge

School districts in Pennsylvania were facing two challenges. First, many districts did not have the resources to provide students with online learning programs. With no option in the district, increasing numbers of students were leaving to attend virtual charter or other non-district schools. Secondly, small districts were struggling to provide expanded course selections for their students. Courses, such as AP courses and foreign languages like Chinese, were not available due to lack of means to hire teachers for these specific topics. Capital Area Intermediate Unit (CAIU) wanted to help its member districts address these challenges. They sought to redesign their high school offerings to increase learning options for high school students through online learning.

The Solution

CAIU established the Capital Area Online Learning Association (CAOLA) in 2009 to provide flexible online learning options to its member districts. Partnering with EdisonLearning, they expanded their high school offerings through EdisonLearning’s eCourses. CAOLA was also able to offer a full-time online high school program through EdisonLearning’s eAcademy.

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There is a positive correlation between parent satisfaction and student achievement.

According to a recent U.S. Department of Education report, "thirty years of research shows that greater family involvement in children's learning is a critical link to achieving a high-quality education and a safe disciplined learning environment for every student.”

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Parent Satisfaction

“My sixth grader’s reading has improved dramatically, and I’ve watched her academic performance go sky high!”

– Parent, EdisonLearning Partner School

95% of parents give EdisonLearning Partner Schools an overall satisfaction Grade of A or B.

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There is a positive correlation between teacher satisfaction and student achievement.

Teacher satisfaction is high at our partner schools. 76% of teachers gave EdisonLearning an “A” or B” on our annual satisfaction survey exceeding the national average that has peaked at 62% of teachers who call themselves “very satisfied.” *

*Source: Harris Interactive

On average, EdisonLearning Partnership Schools have a higher teacher attendance rate and lower turn-over rate than that of comparable schools.


Teacher Satisfaction

“What impresses me most about working at an EdisonLearning School is the sense of belonging and being part of a team that is willing and able to collaborate and support you in all that you do.”

- Pamela A. RoblesIntermediate Teacher & Learning Strategist

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In the school year ending in 2009, EdisonLearning partnership schools‘ proficiency gains exceeded state averages.

In our most recent school year, students in EdisonLearning schools have made significant gains in Reading and Math on high stakes tests.

Reading

Math


Proven Results…

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The solutions EdisonLearning offers districts and schools are designed to take advantage of what is known about every element of high-achieving schools, for all types of students.

The gains that Edison clients/students have posted over the last several years suggest that quality schooling and a commitment to achievement can make a meaningful difference for students from any background.

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25.5%

State District

Historic National Academic Gain PerformanceEdisonLearning partnerships serving 90% African-American, Hispanic and Asian enrollment

Average reading and math 7-year-gains; School years of 2002-2009

14.6%

Closing the Achievement Gap


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In key EdisonLearning states, our partnerships make a difference for students.

Percentage Point Increase on State Tests of Students Proficient or Advanced

Reading Gains

State EdisonLearning

Time period denotes length of EdisonLearning partnership

State Level AchievementReading Gains


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In key EdisonLearning states, our partnerships make a difference for students.

Percentage Point Increase on State Tests of Students Proficient or Advanced

Math Gains

State EdisonLearning

Time period denotes length of EdisonLearning partnership

State Level AchievementMath Gains


“Together, the resources and accountability systems that constitute [EdisonLearning’s] design represent a coherent, comprehensive, and ambitious strategy to address key elements relevant to providing high-quality education.”

“[The solution’s] well-developed information systems and focus on achievement-based accountability should make it especially well-suited to the high-stakes testing environment of No Child Left Behind (NCLB).”

“[EdisonLearning] has devised a range of strategies to promote in its teachers and principals not only the capacity to deliver high-quality instruction, but also the motivation and opportunity to do so.”

The RAND Corporation analyzed and validated EdisonLearning’s approach to school design and student performance over 6 years and recorded significant gains.

Notably, RAND foresaw the importance of several critical success factors:

The RAND Report

Reading

Math

Source: RAND Corporation report “Inspiration, Perspiration, and Time,” October 2005, y1 analysis

2 3 4 5 6

2 3 4 5 6

…and Valid Results


“Accountability and mastery are two attributes that I demand for our students when searching for online courses; EdisonLearning’s eCourses are centered around those two ideals and provide a product that is interactive, easy to navigate, and still holds the students to high levels of learning..”

- Andrew Maoury, Upper School Academy Director Renaissance Academy, Phoenixville PA

“My sixth grader’s reading has improved dramatically, and I’ve watched her academic performance go sky high!”

– Parent, New York CityEdisonLearning Partner School

“We stand out from other schools because of our EdisonLearning school design; our outstanding curriculum, the opportunity to work together as a staff to meet common goals and because of monthly Benchmarks which provide regular, real-time assessments of student performance allowing us to adjust and inform instruction for each individual child… Without these tools and this structure we wouldn’t be able to perform at the level we’re performing right now.”

- Lorna James-Cervantes, Principal Park-Edison Elementary, Las Vegas NV

“EdisonLearning’s high expectations for student learning, relentless commitment to building local capacity for improving classroom instruction, and the outstanding customer service provided by both the Hawaii-based and Headquarters teams continue to exceed expectations.”

– Ronn Nozoe, Complex Area SuperintendentHawaii Department of Education

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