Used by more than 10 million students in 23,000 schools across the country, Study Island offers a comprehensive web-based, standards-aligned education program in math, reading, writing, science, and social studies. Its interactive games and instructional model engage students, reinforce accomplishments, and create a culture of academic success. The program is built directly from state standards and the new Common Core State Standards, with cross walks between the two. It also includes inventive practice activities, customized assessments, and reporting tools that help to improve the performance of all students.
In addition, Study Island offers e-learning professional development workshops, which help educators to most effectively use the curriculum, assessment and reporting features and functionality.
Study Island is available for purchase by schools, districts and learning centers, as well as parents and students. More information, along with pricing for individuals and quantity discounts for educational institutions, is available at the Study Island website:
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About Archipelago Learning
Archipelago Learning is a leading subscription-based online education company that provides standards-based instruction, practice, assessments, productivity and reporting tools that improve the performance of educators and students.
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COAL TOWNSHIP - Darlene Beishline, a middle school teacher of special education and the K-12 facilitator for Study Island in the Shamokin Area School District, has been named as an ambassador for Study Island during the spring of 2010 school term.
Study Island is a computerized software program that is built directly from state standards in each subject area. The program helps K-12 students master grade-level content and prepare for state assessments in a fun and engaging manner. With real-time reporting on student achievement, teachers can easily differentiate instruction to address learning gaps and help students prepare for the PSSA.
At the present time, there are only 40 ambassadors nationwide for Study Island, which serves more than 19,000 schools nationwide (and in Canada).
As an ambassador, Beishline provides input into new features for the program, completes product reviews, and discusses a variety of topics on the ambassador's forum with the other ambassadors. She is on the front line of viewing new products and she earns points through a variety of activities such as teacher trainings, attending webinars, collaborating with other teachers and posting comments on the Study Island Forum. With these points, she can earn incentives for her school district and her classroom.
One of her projects as an ambassador for Study Island was to conduct a case study that evaluated PSSA math outcomes for students in her classes who were exposed to the Study Island program on a (daily/weekly basis). The result of her study revealed that from 2009 to 2010, the percentage of middle school special education students scoring at the proficient level in math on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) jumped from 38.8 percent to 62.5 percent.
Study Island Information for Parents
Harborview has purchased a building license for a great resource called Study Island. Study Island is a web-based program that helps prepare students for Standards Based Testing and Measures of Academic Progress Testing in grades K-6.
Study Island is accessible from school, home, library any location that has an Internet connection. This is a great tool to use with your child throughout the year to review reading, writing and math lessons and play fun games including during summer months!
We are excited about the benefits that Study Island can bring to our students and we encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity by using Study Island.
All students have their own usernames and passwords to log into their Study Island accounts. We will be sending home index cards with student logins before winter break.
Shamokin Area School District began using Study Island to improve the performance of middle school students receiving special education services, and then expanded the implementation to provide standards-based instruction, practice, and assessment to students in grades three through 11. In 2010, for the second year in a row, the district made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) across all areas of the PSSA.
"The main benefits of Study Island are that it helps my students achieve grade level growth, and it gives them a sense of accomplishment," said Beishline. "Many special education students have struggled for so long that they develop a low opinion of themselves…they used to always say, 'I can't do this.' Now we can point to their success in Study Island and they know they can do it."
Study Island
Study Island is a third-party, web-based software package that we at PA Virtual Charter school use as a way to help our students practice, develop, and advance their math, reading, writing, and science skills. From their website, "Study Island is a leading provider of web-based state assessment preparation programs and standards based learning programs." We feel that Study Island does a great job of directly addressing state standards in a way that is both fun and educational to the students.
Your child's username is his or her entire first name entire last name @ PAVCS. For example, Jane Smith's username would be JaneSmith@PAVCS. Please note there are no spaces in the name. Your student's original password is PAVCS. NOTE: If your child's name contains an apostrophe or other unusual character, try the username including the character.
Once logged on, students should not keep the PAVCS password. If you are not prompted to automatically change the password, you should go to My Attributes, in the top left hand corner, to change the password. Please write the new password down. If you forget your password, please use the "Forgot Username and Password" button, email your teacher, or email Amy Nocida. Please remember the site is case sensitive.
Once your child is in logged into Study Island, they should select the grade level that correlates to their grade level, regardless of the level they are working on in the curriculum. Remember, using this site will help your child prepare for the PSSA test they will be taking in the spring, so they should be working on that level in order to receive the most benefit. Also, because Study Island provides parents, students, and teachers with useful data regarding a student's strengths and weaknesses, you should avoid allowing others to use the program under your PAVCS student's username and password. Study Island
Study Island is a standards based learning program that provides targeted instruction to prepare students for success with a standards-based academic program and standardized assessments such as the PSSA exam.
All students may use the Study Island program at home as well as at school to reach their maximum level of academic achievement in reading and mathematics for grades K-12. Writing content is available for grades 5, 8, and 11. Science content is available for grades 4, 8, and 11.Studyisland.com is a website that provides online preparation products that students can use to prepare for state and district examinations.
Visitors begin by selecting their state from the drop down menu or clicking the interactive map. Each state page provides a list of the exam preparation programs available for that state, as well as a video tour and links to free trials for teachers and administrators, and parents and students.
The ‘Products’ tab provides links to a video tour, a price list, a sales brochure, the reading R&R program, which is designed to attract students to reading, and a GED section with preparation products developed for students who will be taking the General Educational Development (GED) exam, a high school equivalency exam.
The ‘Research’ tab provides links to company sponsored research documents, as well as independent foundational research reports and statistical research reports that support the programs offered by the company.
The ‘Success Stories’ tab features links to case studies, student success stories, and video testimonials. The ‘News’ tab features links to the latest company news, contests, and upcoming conferences. The ‘Grants & Funding’ tab displays links to grants and funding available for educators and school administrators, as well as grant writing tips, links to funding assistance, and links to government grants.
The ‘Training’ tab displays links to the training program available for the products offered by the company, as well as links to member only tutorials, online training, and a webinar schedule.
Registration is available to educators and school administrators who purchase school licenses to Study Island programs.
The problem was he was a clicker. He could answer more questions on Study Island than any other student in the school. He figured out, the easiest way to do a session was to just keep clicking on that Enter button And because the questions were multiple choice, he could always get about 25%. Unfortunately for him, his teacher soon caught on to the fact that he was blowing away lessons like a windstorm blowing leaves in an oak woods. He could complete ten questions in about a minute.
Study Island is based on state standards. It is an excellent online learning program that features lessons, and remidiation by bumping students down to lower grade levels if they are unable to pass the tests. Each session features four answer multiple choice questions on a chosen topic. The test is an excellent predicter in the likelihood of students passing the Ohio Achievement Test.
