Study Island

by Addie/mo

Jan 26, 2007

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I am interested in hearing from anyone who has used Study
Island for MAP prep. I would especially like to hear from
anyone who has used it more than this year and what
effects you saw on last year's MAP. I linked it in case
people hadn't seen it and wanted to know what it was.

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Andrea On 2/14/07, Addie/mo wrote: > Hi Julie, >I offer an after school program using Study Island. The students are in 6th grade and the parents pay for the program and insruction time. I plan weekly goals for the student and monitor their progress. I offer individual instruction as needed by the students. This is a very successful program because ...See MoreOn 2/14/07, Addie/mo wrote: > Hi Julie, >I offer an after school program using Study Island. The students are in 6th grade and the parents pay for the program and insruction time. I plan weekly goals for the student and monitor their progress. I offer individual instruction as needed by the students. This is a very successful program because the students are generally highly motivated and they and their parents are educationally and monetarily committed to the program. They invariably review their errors and strive to earn Blue Ribbons. A friend of mine uses Study Island in another public school. All students are required to do x number of problems per week. She observes agreat deal of guessing just to achieve the expected goal. Beware of using this program with all students.

We did try the trial version for 3-8. The MS wasn't as crazy > about it, but I found money to order it for 3rd grade for math > and comm arts, because the third grade teachers really wanted > it. If you order it now, you get to have it until June of > 2008 for the one year price. That was why I didn't want to > wait until my next budget to order it, since we could have the > rest of this year. Plus I figured we could use it during > summer school for the lower incoming 4th graders to help them > continue to master GLEs and the new incoming 3rd graders to > get them started on third grade GLEs. > > We just started using it for real this week. The kids love it. > After I couldn't get much response on this board or the main > board, I emailed the sales rep David Lozano and asked him for > the names of Missouri schools that have been using it for 2 or > more years (because I was going to look up their MAP scores > and see if they had gone up or not) and he said there weren't > any, because it is new in Missouri. They have had it in other > states for longer and there were results from other states on > their site. He also told me that when they sold more schools > in Missouri, they would be adding science and eventually going > down to lower grades to provide this type of program. > > He did send me list of schools that were using it in MO and I > emailed the supt/principal at Richards, since I knew him. > They had just started using it and he said that so far they > liked it. > > David will do an online/conference call inservice for you if > you want him to, but I found that his inservice really didn't > tell us anything we hadn't figured out on our own. > > You can ask me again in a few weeks to see if we are still > happy. Of course, the big test will be after we get our MAP > scores.

Jun 2, 2009

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Cora On 1/26/07, Addie/mo wrote: > I am interested in hearing from anyone who has used Study > Island for MAP prep. I would especially like to hear from > anyone who has used it more than this year and what > effects you saw on last year's MAP. I linked it in case > people hadn't seen it and wanted to know what it was.

Our school...See More

Jun 3, 2009

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Jerry Now, after a few years using Study Island, what are the opinions of teachers who use it? How has your district used it? Did MAP scores show any differences for classrooms who used it more?

Feb 15, 2010

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Carroll On 2/15/10, Jerry wrote: > Now, after a few years using Study Island, what are the opinions > of teachers who use it? How has your district used it? Did MAP > scores show any differences for classrooms who used it more?

MAP scores actually went down. Teachers not teaching, kids playing games. What else is new?

Feb 20, 2010

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How do I get a two weeks free trial On 2/14/07, Julie/MO wrote: > Addie, > Have you had a trial of Study Island yet? We are in our two > week free trial right now, so I don't have anything about how > it helps with MAP. I like it so far. I used it in tutoring > last week and Monday I had my high school helper sit with the > kids and go over the lesson and quiz with ...See More

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