Overview of CompassLearning Odyssey

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.
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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 www.compasslearning.com

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

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

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

Course Recovery vs. Course Remediation
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.
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 nineweek math.
 Recovery occurs for an entire course (all quarters).
 Remediation can occur for one or more nine week course(s).
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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 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 www.compasslearning.com

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

Individualized Lessons Aligned with State Standards www.compasslearning.com

Comprehensive Reporting
 Documentation of mastered and nonmastered 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 www.compasslearning.com

Monitor Student Progress www.compasslearning.com

Student & Parent - Monitor Progress www.compasslearning.com

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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 www.compasslearning.com

NCTM Process Standards www.compasslearning.com

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

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

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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 www.compasslearning.com

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

Questions and Answers