edReformer jots some notes from a site visit with Rocketship (charter) elementary schools. I've picked out items relating to online ed (but the others are fascinating as well):
School Model:
Learning lab:
- 25% student time on computer-based basic skills learning (non-cert supervision)
Growth plans (and they’re aggressive):
- Content: DreamBox, Rosetta, Accelerated Reader, Reasoning Mind, Head Sprout
- embedded assessment of little value
- big variation in data export ease & transferability
- common tagging & data management scheme would help
- Assessment: Promethean and Synaptic Mash
- little online assessment; questions are read out loud and kids type into online environment
- looking for philanthropic support for better assessments
- Powerschools SIS and Google apps for education
- PD all focused on traditional instructional strategies
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