Jamie+Washington+Module+4+Intervention+Project

   **Extended Learning: **  **A 45 to 60 Minute Targeted Intervention Segment **    **Jamie Washington **  **A00070793 ** jamie.washington@waldenu.edu   <span style="display: block; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">EDUC 7103 Leading and Managing Educational Technology ** <span style="display: block; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Rita Conrad ** <span style="display: block; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Walden University ** <span style="display: block; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">December 26, 2010 **

<span style="display: block; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Executive Summary ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> On this page you will provide a brief summary of this proposal in no more than one page. This is similar to the Abstracts you have written for other projects. Think of this as your 60 second commercial. You have one page in which to convince someone of the value of your intervention. It is suggested you restate the problem, solution, cost, and benefits. Creativity in your summary will be appreciated.

<span style="display: block; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Extended Learning: ** <span style="display: block; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">A 45 to 60 Minute Targeted Intervention Segment ** <span style="display: block; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Alps Road Elementary ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Problem Summary ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">Alps Road Elementary has been experiencing a decline in standardized test scores. The faculty has not experienced much turnover in the past five years, staff members at Alps Road Elementary on average have been at the school for seven years. Although the faculty has not changed much the test scores have been on a steady decline, each year the school struggles to make Adequate Yearly Progress during summer school. In the 2005-2006 school year 17.4% of students did not meet CRCT standards in English/Language Arts, during the 2006-2007 school year 25.4% of students did not meet CRCT standards in English/Language Arts, during the 2007-2008 academic year 22.4% did not meet, showing a slight improvement from the prior year (Georgia Department of Education, 2007). During 2008-2009 27.3% of students did not meet and in 2009-2010 21.2% of students did not meet the CRCT standards in English/Language Arts (Georgia Department of Education, 2007). Alps Road Elementary has had a hard time making Adequate Yearly Progress in English/Language Arts for the past five years and test results have been on a continual decline demonstrating the schools need for an intervention. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Background of Organization ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">Alps Road Elementary has been in Athens, Georgia for over 30 years. The school moved into a new building in early 2005. The school is centrally located, near the campus of the University of Georgia and the campus of Piedmont College. It is one of thirteen elementary schools in the Clarke County School district. Alps Road Elementary currently has 418 students, from neighborhoods within a one mile radius of the school. Information that would be helpful to plan interventions appropriate to the schools needs would be the detailed CRCT score reports from the past five years. Information about Alps Road Elementary can be obtained from [] Reports about the school’s performance on the CRCT are available on the Clarke County School district website, as well as the Georgia Department of Education website. Anisa Sullivan Jimenez, the public relations director for the Clarke County School District, is also available to be contacted for additional information about the school and the test scores. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Stakeholders and Decision-Makers ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">The students and faculty at Alps Road Elementary will be affected by this plan. The School Improvement Leadership Team are the final decision makers within the school. The School Improvement Leadership team is made up of grade level team leaders who represent all faculty members. The principal and assistant principal are also members of the School Improvement Leadership Team. The team meets bi-monthly to discuss school improvement goals and potential plans to meet these goals, team leaders then take these plans and goals back to their grade level teams and receive feedback. They then take that feedback to the leadership team, where the final decision is then made. All faculty input is heard and taken into serious consideration, and faculty members are always welcome to come sit in on any SILT meetings. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Performance Gap: Cause Analysis ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">Alps Road Elementary is currently making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) through the summer school re-test of students who did not pass the CRCT spring test. Alps Road Elementary would like to make AYP through the spring test scores. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Actual Current Performance **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Every spring the CRCT is administered to students in grades 1 through 5 at Alps Road Elementary. In order to make AYP, schools must make 95% in three areas, test participation, academic performance, and another indicator, which at Alps Road Elementary, is attendance. For the past two years Alps has made AYP in test participation and attendance from the spring performance, but it has taken the summer school English/Language Arts scores to make AYP in academic achievement. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Desired Performance **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Alps Road faculty and staff would like to make AYP in all three areas in the spring, and not have the summer school scores be the determining factor in the success of the school. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Performance Gap **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Alps Road Elementary students have not made AYP in English/Language Arts on the first round of CRCT testing since 2005. Upon summer retest, students who failed the CRCT are able to pass the test, increasing the school’s overall score and allowing the school to make AYP. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Cause Analysis **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Eighteen teachers who have been at Alps Road Elementary were given a survey about the students’ lack of achievement on the first round of CRCT testing. The surveys also included a section where teachers could add additional comments if necessary. Most teachers responded that the lack of achievement on the CRCT testing was mainly because of lack of preparation. They responded that although students had been taught the Georgia Performance Standards with fidelity, the students had not been taught how to take a test of that nature. Teachers responded that it was not a problem with the delivery of instruction or an inability on the students part, but the students were ill prepared to take a test that is as mentally taxing as the CRCT. The performance gap exists because students who fail the spring administration of the CRCT are remanded to summer school where they undergo six weeks of intensive instruction and explicit instruction in test taking strategies. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Organizational History and Background ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Goals ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Alps Road Elementary strives to create a positive environment that is inviting to students, parents, volunteers, mentors, and staff. Alps Road Elementary adheres to an academically challenging curriculum and provides a wide base of knowledge for all students. Basic skills, critical thinking, research and problem solving are integral parts of every teaching unit. Students at Alps receive two hours daily of language arts instruction. Academic excellence, social emotional learning, and a rigorous curriculum are all essential parts of Alps Road <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> **History** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> Alps Road Elementary has been educating students in Athens, Georgia for over thirty years. It has undergone many changes in its short history, including moving to a new school building in 2005. Alps Road is home to a premiere staff, including twelve Foundation for Excellence award winners in the past ten years. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Mission and Vision ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"> Alps Road Elementary School is a collaborative community of students, parents and staff creating an environment where students learn academic, behavioral and social-emotional skills at their highest level of achievement. Faculty and staff at Alps Road Elementary are committed to engaging students in creative and motivating learning experiences that promote positive growth. Alps Road faculty and staff have implemented a system to continuously measure and track the progress of students and provide the necessary support to ensure their ongoing success. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Three Intervention Strategies ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">Alps Road Elementary is facing a serious problem. With English/Language Arts test scores on a steady decline, each year it has become a little more difficult for the school to make AYP. The school has three options to help students become better prepared to take the CRCT test, while also improving their reading achievement. Each of these options has the potential to remedy Alps Road Elementary problem with CRCT English/Language Arts test scores. · **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Low end intervention ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0.25in;">Based on current Benchmark testing results, there are nineteen children in third through fifth grades that are reading below grade level and/or have not mastered the necessary standards to be successful on the CRCT in the spring. These students would receive instruction from the Georgia Coach //Ladders to Success// books at a total cost of $227.81. Teacher’s Guides for each grade level would need to be purchased as well at a cost of $17.97. These students will also receive targeted instruction from the research based Coach program. This program caters specifically to the needs of striving students and students who on the cusp of mastery and need extra practice. These workbooks are designed to help students master ten fundamental, grade-appropriate reading skills essential to success in the curriculum and on the CRCT (Triumph Learning, n.d.). These books were designed collaboratively with Georgia educators who helped identify the skills essential for success in the curriculum and on the CRCT. The lessons are scaffolded, beginning with lots of a support and at readability at 1.5 levels below grade level, to help students learn and master grade level skills. The lessons increase in difficulty and end with readability on grade level. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0.25in;">All students in grades third through fifth would receive a CRCT //Workout// and a //Georgia Coach// booklet at a total cost of $3092.56. //CRCT Workout// concentrates on essential grade-specific reading skills, helping students master critical reading skills measured on the Georgia CRCT (Triumph Learning, n.d.). Aligned to the Georgia Performance Standards, //Workout// will assist students with CRCT test practice-and ultimately boost their performance. These booklets are user-friendly and easy to understand, with the skills covered in progressive units (Triumph Learning, n.d.). The booklets are designed for plenty of independent and guided practice, with opportunities to review and practice skills with a variety of multiple-choice and short response questions (Triumph Learning, n.d.). //Georgia Coach// is fully aligned to the Georgia Performance Standards and covers all English Language Arts requirements and areas assessed on the CRCT (Triumph Learning, n.d.). The book includes two full length practice CRCT tests, in-depth chapters aligned to the content domains of the Georgia Performance Standards, and guided and independent CRCT test practice. At a total overall cost of $3338.34 this low cost intervention can be implemented efficiently and it will improve student performance. · **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Middle end intervention ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0.25in;">Voyager Ticket to Read is a computer based reading program that helps students become active readers, a necessary component to reading comprehension and reading success. It is designed for students to work independently on reading passages for fluency and vital reading skills (Voyager Expanded Learning, 2008). This program facilitates independent practice and teaches and builds upon reading skills. The program is unique in that it can adapt instruction based on students’ needs in phonics, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. The program has hundreds of high interest reading passages on a variety of reading levels. Students using the program are rewarded based on their performance, and can compete with students across the nation in the race for points and prizes. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0.25in;">Voyager Ticket to Read can be purchased for each third through fifth grade classroom at a cost of $2249.55. Each classroom would need to be equipped with three student desktop workstations, these workstations can be purchased from Dell at a cost of $26010.00. This mid-price intervention can motivate students into becoming better readers, and better test takers. · **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">High end intervention ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0.25in;">Study Island is a computer based intervention that is specifically designed to help students master the content specified in the Georgia Performance Standards. Study Island focuses on the Georgia Performance Standards and covers all the content domains addressed on the CRCT (Study Island, 2011). This program enables students to improve their performance in all skill areas tested on the CRCT, moving step-by-step through the program. The sections begin with a pre-test and conclude with a post-test, which allows teachers to monitor student progress and flag areas for re-teaching (Study Island, 2011). Study Island is a highly motivating intervention with built in interventions given by the program, and teachers have the ability to monitor students progress live and send motivating pop-ups to students (Study Island, 2011). The program provides teachers and parents with up-to-date Response to Intervention reports that detail skills students are working on and their progress over time (Study Island, 2011). The program is web-based so it can be accessed from any computer that is connected to the internet, allowing students to have access at home and at school. Study Island builds students test-taking skills through repetition, motivation, and building student confidence. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0.25in;">The program can be purchased and placed on the existing laptops owned by the school; in order to have a laptop cart available to grades third through fifth, one additional laptop cart and 24 laptops will need to be purchased. Twenty-four Dell Pre-Configured Latitude laptops can be purchased at a cost of $35592.48. An Earth Walk FlexCart Laptop Storage Cart can be purchased to house the laptops at a total cost of $9784.99. The Study Island one year product license can be purchased for grades third through fifth at a cost of $2781. The total cost for this high-end intervention is $48158.47. This intervention will not only address the gaps in English/Language Arts, but it addresses student performance on the CRCT in all areas English/Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies. Study Island can improve Alps Road Elementary CRCT overall scores. Justification for Intervention Strategy Purchasing Coach books for students in third through fifth grade is a great intervention strategy to be implemented at the beginning of the school year, but Coach has many restrictions on the books, they are not allowed to be photocopied or reproduced in any way. With the population at Alps Road changing so often, the school might need to purchase many additional Coach books. These books are meant to be written in and used by just one student, so each year the school would need to purchase books for third through fifth grade students, so the cost for this intervention would be recurring. These books can be purchased for other content areas addressed on the CRCT, but that would drive up the cost of the intervention. Although this is a great intervention, it is not the best intervention for Alps Road Elementary’s overall needs. Voyager Ticket to Read is a very good effective intervention that offers many benefits. It is portable, only requiring internet access and login information. This intervention can be used at home as well as school. It provides detailed reports for teachers on the skills students are working on and flags areas for re-teaching. The program also provides detailed information about the amount of time spent practicing per week, and it moves students through various learning paths based on students needs. It is a median priced strategy that includes the purchase of three desktop computers for all third through fifth classrooms. This intervention only comes with a one year license, so the costs associated with this intervention would also be recurring. This intervention addresses reading standards, but it does not address Language Arts standards an area essential to Alps Road making AYP during the spring CRCT testing window. Because of Voyager Ticket to Read’s lack of a Language Arts component in its test preparation program, this intervention was not selected. Study Island has been selected as the Performance Improvement Intervention. This intervention, although costly is the best intervention strategy. It not only addresses the performance gap in English Language Arts, but it builds on and covers skills in other content areas assessed by the CRCT. This intervention is portable, it can be used anywhere students have access to the internet, and is not restricted to school use only. This intervention is limited in the possibility that the school may not be able to purchase licenses for an additional year if the budget does not allow. However, the long-term benefits of purchasing an additional laptop cart and laptops will continue to be reaped even after the Study Island licenses expire. Study Island is a research based computer program that has increased student achievement on the CRCT (Study Island, 2011).

Comments from LaTonya 1-29-11 <span style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> The Manager’s Many Roles ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> Project management techniques: Explain your role as project manager for this intervention strategy. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">Resource management techniques: Describe the resources that will be used for this intervention and how they will be tracked. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">Delivery system management techniques: Identify the medium for the delivery of the intervention strategy and how the technology will be implemented within the instructional context. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">Information management techniques: Describe how information related to this intervention strategy will be stored, accessed, and processed. This may include information that l be used for evaluation of the intervention. · **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">The Manager as Change Agent ** <span style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Financial and Budget Information. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Tentative budget for your intervention strategy, along with supporting documentation; consider technology purchases, personnel training, additional support, and other considerations specific to your proposal. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">Supporting documentation for your budget, including links to Web sites where purchases can be made and the costs of implementation. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Project Assessment. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Describe how the project objectives will be evaluated. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"> Describe the formative evaluation plan you will use. Include your formative evaluation instrument in an Appendix. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"> Describe the summative evaluation plans you will use. Include your summative evaluation instrument in an Appendix. <span style="display: block; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">Reference <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Georgia Department of Edcuation. (2007). //2005-2006 Adequate yearly progress (AYP).// [Data <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">file].Retrieved from [].

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Georgia Department of Edcuation. (2007). //2006-2007 Adequate yearly progress (AYP).// [Data <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">file].Retrieved from [].

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Georgia Department of Edcuation. (2007). //2007-2008 Adequate yearly progress (AYP).// [Data <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">file].Retrieved from [].

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Georgia Department of Edcuation. (2007). //2008-2009 Adequate yearly progress (AYP).// [Data <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">file].Retrieved from [].

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Georgia Department of Edcuation. (2007). //2009-2010 Adequate yearly progress (AYP).// [Data <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">file].Retrieved from [].

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Triumph Learning. (n.d.) //Coach educate. inspire. empower..// Retrieved from <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">[].

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Voyager Expanded Learning. (2008). //Generate reading excitement with ticket to read.// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;">Retrieved from [].