Computer Using Educators Annual Conference
Way Out West (WOW) Conference
Elevating Student Achievement Seminar: Exploring What Works
There is widespread agreement that in order to continue to be competitive in the global society in which we live, we must elevate student achievement significantly beyond current levels. The current national commitment to elevating student achievement is apparent in the Federal Race to the Top initiative which commits over four billion dollars to the national effort to increase student achievement.
If schools are to change achievement by the end of each school year, they will need to change instruction during the school year. Learning occurs on a daily basis during the year. Thus, it is reasonable to argue that the goal of increasing learning can be effectively supported one day at a time by implementing intervention initiatives adjusting instruction to promote learning.
ATI Town Hall Blog: Race to the Top
Thoughts on Race to the Top: Collaboration and local control
The guidelines presented to the states to prepare their RTT applications contained two clear themes. On the one hand, state education initiatives are supposed to preserve the “flexibility and autonomy” of LEAs. There is clear recognition of the need for districts to be supported in their efforts to make decisions about curriculum assessments and other issues that are in the best interests of their staff and students. In addition to the call for local control there is also a clear mandate for collaboration. States are encouraged to adopt common standards and collaborate to produce common assessments. One of the questions that state governments face in their preparation of their proposals is how best to balance these two, at times seemingly contradictory, objectives. Read complete blog entry
Additional Race to the Top Links
Flagship Products
Galileo K-12 Online is a fully integrated instructional improvement system that combines the strength of research and the power of innovation to assist educators in promoting student mastery of local and state standards. Its patented technology supports customized assessment, data driven instruction, actionable reporting and reliable support services.
Galileo Pre-K Online provides preschool educators and other stakeholders a complete assessment, curriculum, and reporting system with online and offline capabilities that links planning, individualization, outcome documentation, and program enhancement.
Educational Interventions Forum
The ATI Educational Interventions Forum was held February 12 and 13, 2009 at six sites throughout the country. It was designed to begin, at the grass roots level, a national dialog on interventions that can change current levels of student achievement. Forum Proceedings are available to the public. These include videos from the forums, instructional dialogs regarding forum topics, and white papers. You may also wish to continue the dialog regarding educational interventions at the Town Hall Blog.
Why we do what we do
Sean and Claire are part of the ATI family. One wants to be an engineer or a veterinarian, and the other wants to be a doctor and maybe do some acting on the side. They are just two of the reasons why improving education is very personal for us at ATI.