1. SDUSD Principals’ Meeting
Presenters:
Stephanie Dixon
Manager of Professional Services
John Stippick
VP of Sales, Western Region

2. Who is Vantage Learning?
Subsidiary of Vantage Labs, owner of over 40 patents.
Established in 1998 to address challenges in traditional educational assessment systems by using advanced technology.
Creator of quality, online solutions in assessment, diagnosis, curriculum development, standards alignment, & professional development.

3. What has Vantage Learning Accomplished?
1st company to reach human level performance of essay scoring and grading (The world’s most accurate scoring engine, IntelliMetric™, helps students improve their writing skills).
Creator of only scoring engine that is trained specifically to the prompt, genre, & scoring rubric….across 350+ different attributes of writing, using multiple judges.
We deliver 26 million assessments each month!
Most recognized component is the spelling and grammar checking software used by over 320 million PC users worldwide.

4. With Whom has Vantage Worked and Partnered?
The College Board, ACT, GMAC, other test publishers
Hampton Brown, CTB/McGraw Hill, other content publishers
Thomson Prometric
Apple, HP, other resellers
Mississippi Department of Education
Oregon Department of Education
Virginia Department of Education
West Virginia Department of Education
Texas Education Agency
TX Region X, PA IU21, SEETC, other consortium units
The University of Texas
Glendale School District, CA
Valousia County Schools, FL
Red Clay, DE
Santa Rosa County, FL
Los Angeles County Schools, CA
Los Angeles Unified SD, CA
Santa Ana School District, CA
Roberto Clemente, NJ
Fullerton USD, CA
Plano ISD, TX
Fountain Valley USD, CA
Todd County SD, MO
South East Educational Technology
Consortium (SEETC)
New Jersey Educational Computing
Cooperative (NJECC)
Los Angeles Unified School District, CA
San Diego City Schools, CA
Yonkers City School District, NY
Saddleback Valley USD, CA
Hacienda La Puente SD, CA
Huffman ISD, TX
Ann Arbor, MI
Newark, NJ
Capistrano USD, CA
Honolulu SD, HI
Many other satisified teachers & students!

5. Why Focus on Writing?

6. A Demand for Writing! Dr. Robert Marzano states in his book,
What Works in Schools, “The greatest
gains, that can be made in the shortest time,
are in writing.”
Writing is the vehicle that leads
to improvement in achievement
across the curriculum.

7. Other Demand Drivers
Writing is how students connect the dots in their knowledge.
The National Science Foundation Standards direct teachers to use writing as a tool for building scientific understanding.
The ACT and SAT both added a writing component mandatory for college placement!

8. Award-Winning MY Access!® Writing Instruction and Assessment Program
The Solution!
Award-Winning MY Access!® Writing Instruction and Assessment Program

9. MY Access! Writing Instruction and Assessment Program
Rapidly improves student writing achievement.
Helps teachers integrate technology more effectively in the classroom.
Results in immediate ROI on technology purchases.
Helps schools achieve and exceed AYP.
Delivers assessment and reporting for NCLB.

10. Why MY Access!?
Enables students to engage in the writing process, more frequently, with instant assessment.
Immediate instructional feedback helps students develop a repertoire of writing techniques.
Allows teachers to easily monitor student progress over time & deliver data driven instruction.
Provides a one-to-one learning environment.
Aligned to widely adopted reading programs and state standards.

11. Now Let’s Take a Look at MY Access
Now Let’s Take a Look at MY Access! in Action from a Student’s Perspective

21. Now Let’s Take a Look at MY Access
Now Let’s Take a Look at MY Access! in Action from a Teacher/Administrator’s Perspective

28. SDUSD Principals’ Meeting
Presenters:
Stephanie Dixon
Manager of Professional Services
John Stippick
VP of Sales, Western Region