1. Overview of CompassLearning Odyssey

2. www.compasslearning.com CompassLearning and Palm Beach Schools CompassLearning is partnering with the Palm Beach School District to not only go beyond the typical performance expectations for teachers and students, but to employ strategies that will take achievement to another level altogether.

3. www.compasslearning.com About CompassLearning  Over 35 years of experience meeting each customer’s unique needs  Curriculum and technology experts working together in our Austin, TX, Learning Studio  Solutions recognized by industry and user awards – CODiE, BESSIE, EDDIE, Technology & Learning and eSchool News, just to name a few  More than 11 million students served in 20,000+ schools  Part of the Reader’s Digest family of companies

4. www.compasslearning.com CompassLearning Odyssey Provides Award-Winning Solutions

5. www.compasslearning.com CompassLearning Odyssey Engages and motivates students Easy to use Provides formative assessments Offers flexibility to customize tests for your needs Prescribes online lessons automatically Monitors student progress on standards mastery Provides reliable solutions for classroom management while providing differentiated instruction Generates multiple reports for students, parents, teachers, and administrators Provides support for RtI implementation

6. www.compasslearning.com CompassLearning Odyssey PreK-12  Odyssey Reading/Language Arts  Odyssey Writer  Odyssey Math Toolkit  Odyssey Honors Algebra  Odyssey Science  Odyssey Social Studies  Odyssey Thematic Research Projects  Odyssey Brain Buzzers  Odyssey High School

7. www.compasslearning.com Our Solution CompassLearning creates personalized K-12 technology solutions to help students and educators succeed.

8. www.compasslearning.com Research / Development – Critical Mistakes  Recurring errors that students make in a particular subject area  Test makers use this information when designing tests  CompassLearning – mapped students’ misunderstandings of specific concepts, and created the Critical Mistakes Library  Odyssey exposes students to these critical mistakes thereby providing them with a greater understanding of what makes a wrong answer WRONG

9. www.compasslearning.com Course Recovery vs. Course Remediation Course Recovery vs. Course Remediation Course Remediation: Designed for the student who is not passing in a specific 9-week period within a content area. Example: Jessica is struggling and fails the 2 nd nine-week math class. Jessica’s teacher has assigned her the course for 7 th grade 2 nd nine- week math. Remediation can occur for one or more nine week course(s). Course Recovery:  Designed for students who have previously failed a specific subject, but promoted to the next grade level  Example: Tom is a current 7 th grade student who failed 6 th grade Math. This school year he will be recovering 6 th grade Math using Odyssey.  Recovery occurs for an entire course (all quarters).

10. www.compasslearning.com Odyssey – Enterprise System  Servers housed in the district office  Automated importing of student information  Automated processing of student transfers  All Middle School students can access Odyssey

11. www.compasslearning.com CompassLearning…  Aligns to the Sunshine State standards  Provides course recovery option for language arts, math, science, social studies  Determines student mastery of state standards  Prescribes online lessons automatically  Monitors student progress toward standards mastery  Makes differentiated instruction possible  Integration - Application to classroom learning

12. www.compasslearning.com CompassLearning - Formative assessment to individualize instruction

13. www.compasslearning.com 5 Performance data available online for analysis Palm Beach District Aligned Assessments 1 District selects or creates benchmark assessment for students 4 Objectives are automatically linked to individual learning paths 2 Students take assessment on the computer Odyssey Manager automatically scores and identifies non- mastered objectives 3

14. www.compasslearning.com Individualized Lessons Aligned with State Standards

15. www.compasslearning.com Comprehensive Reporting  Documentation of mastered and non- mastered state standards  Documentation of learning paths and progress monitoring  Time-on-task reporting  Disaggregated and aggregated student information based on NCLB attributes  District, school, teacher, and individual student reporting

16. www.compasslearning.com Monitor Student Progress

17. www.compasslearning.com Student & Parent - Monitor Progress

18. www.compasslearning.com Core Content Odyssey…

19. www.compasslearning.com Effective Language Arts Instruction  Provides research-base curriculum and strategies  Critical mistakes  “sticky learning”  Aligns with NAEP, IRA, and NCTE standards and guidelines  Expands and enhances vocabulary  Incorporates a variety of literature and genre  Uses various comprehension strategies  Includes writing for a variety of purposes and audiences  Supports parental involvement

20. www.compasslearning.com NCTM Process Standards

21. www.compasslearning.com  Carefully planned lessons  Clearly defined learning tasks  Connections to prior knowledge  Real world experiences Odyssey Math

22. www.compasslearning.com Odyssey Social Studies Odyssey Social Studies is a standards-based, supplemental solution for grades 2- 8. Odyssey Social Studies learning activities focus on National Council for Social Studies thematic standards and supports the learning goals related to curriculum standards for students in grades 2-8.

23. www.compasslearning.com Odyssey Science CompassLearning Odyssey Science is a standards-based, supplemental solution for grades 1-8. All activities are based on National Science Education Standards and the National Science Teachers Association and support the learning goals related to the curriculum standards for students in grades 1-8.

24. www.compasslearning.com Offline Resources  Supplementary tools for teachers  Ideal for classroom integration  Parental Involvement  Cooperative Learning

25. www.compasslearning.com CompassLearning Support Provide

26. www.compasslearning.com Professional Development  on-site Support  Customized implementation  Experienced consultants  Innovative training models  Ongoing data management  Comprehensive reporting  Online Support  Customized classes to meet your needs

27. www.compasslearning.com CompassLearning Technical Support Services  Helpline  Email  Web-based  Technical e-Newsletter

28. Questions and Answers