Transcript CADDO PARISH AND AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY

CADDO PARISH
AND
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
Partnering for Success on the iLEAP, LEAP, GLE
Review, and EOC
Presenter: Dr. Frank J. Pintozzi, Executive VP
American Book Company
December 2, 2010
Dr. Frank J. Pintozzi
• Credentials
• Experience
• My Principles for Learning
American Book Company
• Mission
• Company Motto
• Operating Principles
Why ABC’s Books Work So Well in
Louisiana’s Classrooms
• Three full-length tests that mirror Louisiana’s
assessments for elementary, middle, and high
school
• Diagnostic, formative practice, and summative practice
tests
• Questions aligned to cover 100% of the tested GLEs
• Questions mirror the exams in content, weighting, and
formatting
Why ABC’s Books Work So Well in
Louisiana’s Classrooms
• Item analysis in the Diagnostic Test Evaluation
Chart and in the Chart of Standards for all
three simulated tests.
• Precise diagnostic approach useful for
differentiated, small group, and whole class
instruction as needed.
Why ABC’s Books Work So Well in
Louisiana’s Classrooms
• Our chapters support specific Louisiana
Standards.
– Each chapter lists the standards covered.
Why ABC’s Books Work So Well in
Louisiana’s Classrooms
• Chapters
– present content in concise, easy-to-understand
concepts.
– provide students with visual support for explanations
through diagrams, illustrations, and graphic aids.
– include bolded key terms in context for easy, efficient
reading comprehension.
– contain frequent benchmark exercises, quizzes, and
activities to measure student progress.
Book Layout Increases Student
Performance
• Students can write in the books.
– Gives ownership of learning to student
• Easy-to-understand content facilitates parentchild involvement.
• The format, questions, and content coverage
across all three tests and within the chapters
give students great test familiarity before they
take the actual exam.
Steps for Success: Using ABC’s Books in
Your Classroom
• Step 1: Administer the Diagnostic Test.
• Step 2: Score the Diagnostic Test.
– Short answer questions must be hand graded.
Steps for Success: Using ABC’s Books in
Your Classroom
• Step 3: Do an item analysis on the test results
using the evaluation chart.
– Base your program of study on the number of
questions missed, which align with the chapters
within the book.
– If a student misses more than one question per
chapter, the student should review this chapter.
Steps for Success: Using ABC’s Books in
Your Classroom
• Step 4: Develop a schedule of lesson plans
based on the diagnostic test results.
– Include chapter assignments, quizzes, activities,
and reviews for students to complete for your
grading.
– Base your schedule of lessons on the number of
days before the actual test.
Steps for Success: Using ABC’s Books in
Your Classroom
• Step 5: Pace the lessons.
– Chunk the lessons into segments that will hold the
students’ attention for the maximum time
possible during the class sessions.
– Remember, the key to better test scores is
consistent and continuous use of our books over
an extended period of time.
– Warning: Extended use of ABC’s resources will result in
improved GLE knowledge and greater testing
confidence.
Steps for Success: Using ABC’s Books in
Your Classroom
• Step 6: Give a mid-point progress test.
– Administer Post Test 1 (AKA Practice Test 1) at the
mid-point of your program of study. After scoring
the test, use the Chart of Standards to run an item
analysis .
– Identify the standards and chapters that students
still need to review. Review commonly missed
questions in class.
Steps for Success: Using ABC’s Books in
Your Classroom
• Step 7: Cover remaining chapters, exercises,
quizzes, and reviews as needed.
– Continue teaching the concepts and skills in the
chapters to prepare for the Summative
Assessment (Practice Test 2).
Steps for Success: Using ABC’s Books in
Your Classroom
• Step 8: Administer the Summative
Assessment.
– Administer Post Test 2 (AKA Practice Test 2) a
week prior to when students take the actual test.
– Score the test, do an item analysis, and review any
standards and concepts students still need to
learn.
– Review the test questions students missed often
to reinforce success on the actual test.
Steps for Success: Using ABC’s Books in
Your Classroom
• Step 9: Students take the real iLEAP, LEAP, or
EOC test.
– Suggest general test-taking tips prior to the actual
exam. Some of these are located at the front of
each book.
– Give students words of encouragement both
before and after the exam.
– Students are now ready for SUCCESS!
Validation Studies
• Morehouse Parish
– After using ABC materials as their test-preparation
programs for science in grades 3, 5, 7, and the
GEE, Morehouse experienced the following
improvements:
Validation Studies
Actual Score Improvement:
Morehouse Parish in Science
with ABC:
Grade
2009
2010
Grade 3
42 %
50 %
Grade 5
45 %
55 %
Grade 7
50 %
62 %
GEE
49 %
51 %
% = students scoring basic and above
*
Validation Studies
• Webster Parish
– J.A. Phillips Middle School (Title 1) used our 6th
Grade SS last year for their test preparation.
• 42 advanced scorers represented 20% of the student
body.
• Mr. Busby, secondary supervisor for Webster Parish
schools, was impressed with the improvement.
Typically, a school gets an average of 1012% being
advanced scorers on the iLEAP 6th SS exam.
• Using ABC materials for 4th and 8th Grade LEAP ELA and
Math for summer school remediation.
Validation Studies
Validation Studies
• Jackson Parish
– Jonesboro-Hodge High School used our GEE
mathematics books as their test-remediation
source and experienced the following score
improvements:
Validation Studies
Validation Studies
• St. Tammany Parish School District
– Salmen High School (Title 1) used our GEE ELA
book as its primary course of study for
remediation and experienced the following score
improvements:
Validation Studies
Educator Testimonials
Seron Tyro, Lafargue Elementary, writes: “I
discovered a copy of Passing the iLEAP Math Test
in Grade 7 in one of the math classrooms... It was
awesome! You have outlined the GLEs, which is
what I am basing my entire summer school
program on. In my 11 years of teaching, I have
used numerous workbooks, but I have never come
across one that excited me this much!”
Educator Testimonials
Marguerite Guilbeaux, St. Martinville Junior High
School, said: “I have recently ordered and received
copies of Passing the LEAP Grade 8 in Social
Studies. These books are wonderful, and as soon
as our next CNI funds come in, we will order more
for all of the students.”
Supplementals for ABC’s books
• For more information, consult our
Louisiana catalog or our website at
www.americanbookcompany.com/LA
Additional Resources
• E-books. PDFs delivered online. All files are
exactly like the book and project easily onto
SMART Board and Promethean board. Files
are viewable only.
– All of our sample e-books are viewable as full
versions at
http://www.americanbookcompany.com/LA/LAdigitpc.html
Additional Resources
• Dolch Sight Words Flash Cards – cover all
Dolch word lists Pre-K-3. See our samples at
http://www.americanbookcompany.com/FC/dolchflashcards.html
• Musical Mathematics – full skip counting
curriculum for K-5 mathematics has music CDs
in a variety of engaging styles and workbooks.
View the sample workbooks and CD cuts at
http://www.americanbookcompany.com/Content/musicalmath.html
Additional Resources
• Online testing for LA EOC Algebra 1 and
English II. Three unique tests simulate the
actual testing environment. All scores are
collected and can be analyzed in our
classroom management system.
• http://www.americanbookcompany.com/online/abc.html
Username: abc Password: abc123
Additional Resources
• Flashcards. Math and Science Flash cards
covering key concepts in Middle and High School.
• 3-D Mathematics Flashcard Games for the
SMART Board and Promethean board.
Materials correlated to Common Core Standards
for math in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. See a demo of
the beta version at
http://www.americanbookcompany.com/abclabs/game/index.html
Additional Resources
• ACT Books. ACT test preparation books
covering English, Math, Reading, and Science.
This four-book series covers all ACT test
preparation. See our ACT offerings at
http://www.americanbookcompany.com/ACT/ACTenglish.html
Quotes to Ponder
• “As long as teachers give tests, there will
always be prayer in schools.”
• “A teacher lights the lamp that leads students
into a future bright with hope and promise.”
Questions and Comments
• We look forward to continuing our partnership
with Caddo Parish. Let us know if you have
any questions. Our representative, Debbie
Price, is available at [email protected].
• Cell 318-366-8737
• Office 318-396-0391