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Real SuccessMaker user

Who we serve

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At Pearson, we know that generations of tomorrow’s leaders are counting on you, and we will not let you or your students down. We are always learning, trying new ideas, and researching new ways to make education more relevant, more engaging, and more meaningful for today’s learners.

With more than 40 years in the educational technology industry and over six million students inspired by our programs, we dedicate our experience, our people, and our passion to creating dynamic educational software programs like SuccessMaker that prepare learners today for the world they will build tomorrow.

My future looks different than yours did at my age. i will likely have at least five different careers in my lifetime, some of which don’t even exist yet. i will use tools that haven’t been invented yet to help solve problems that aren’t even on the horizon today. i will use technology in new ways to share my knowledge, collaborate with others, and shape the world around me. And I rely on you to prepare me.

Amanda, real SuccessMaker user

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Ask any group of students how they like to learn and you won’t hear “we” in the response. you’ll hear things like “i like games,” or “i don’t like to read.” Ask a group of educators what their biggest challenges are, and you’ll get a variety of responses. how do we know? We’ve been asking learners and educators for nearly 40 years what’s important to each of them and we built our program around it.

successmaker is educational software that differentiates and personalizes k-8 reading and math instruction better than any other program on the market. every aspect of successmaker is singularly focused on the individual needs and desires of real students and educators allowing you to effectively address individual learning needs while supporting the instructional goals of your school or district.

the Power to engageToday’s video game generation craves more than a pat on the back to reward performance. 17

Support Instructional ChallengesSuccessMaker offers the flexibility to address a wide range of instructional challenges. 5

7Curriculum Connections to Common CoreSuccessMaker is a complete K-8 curriculum solution offering content to support core reading and mathinstruction for grades k through 8 in one comprehensive program.

9expanding Your Access to Common CoreSuccessMaker is committed to helping you meet thischallenge with access to new Common Coreresources from Pearson Perspective lite.

19Real-world ImplementationWith your schedule, your technology and your staff in mind, SuccessMaker is designed to work in the real world,not just an ideal one, offering flexible deploymentand extended learning.

Differentiation on DemandSuccessMaker is designed to evaluate, support, and challenge learners in the way that’s right for them based on actual performance. This deep differentiation allows you toserve students of all levels in an environment that empowers each of them to be successful. 11

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Data-driven DecisionsSuccessMaker is uniquely designed with a robustreporting system enabling teachers and administratorsto make data-based, instructional decisions to personalize learning.

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nearly 40 Years of ResultsSuccessMaker has impacted the lives of students in tens of thousands of schools and districts amassingvolumes of success stories. The latest chapters arestill being written. 3

neArly 40 yeArs of helPinGyou reACh your GoAlsAchieving academic success requires a diverse group of stakeholders—from students and teachers in the classroom to leaders at the school and district level—to persevere through a variety of challenges. for nearly 40 years, SuccessMaker has been helping educators at every level tackle their toughest challenges so every student can experience success on a personal level. here are just a few stories from real SuccessMaker users that speak to the power of the program to help make goals achievable.

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suPPorTinG you AT every level

As the principal of our campus, i can be assured that when students are in our computer lab, they are working on lessons that are designed to strengthen their individual weaknesses and that quality learning is taking place.

Louis Lowe, IVPrincipal

hunt elementary schoolCuero, Texas

Read them for yourself! if you’d like to read one of these amazing stories or one of the many others that SuccessMaker users have written, download one now at PearsonSchool.com/SuccessMaker.

successmaker is very easy to learn and administer, which results in one less challenge for the classroom teacher.

Adrian Sandersintensive math Teacher

marion County Public schoolsocala, florida

I find as a district leader [that] successmaker provides a quick yet informative picture of each student within every school in the district. i am able to find information to utilize in planning what will need to be done by subject, strand, and how long it will take to have the individual student more to a proficient level.

Debora Piotrowskisuperintendent

Xenia Community schoolsXenia, ohio

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This program meets the needs of the students where they are and then moves them forward and you can see the progress. sooften the programs we use are not designed for a student with disabilities but this program is designed to push forward and thenspiral back to skills that they have not mastered. historically programs come and go, but this one is here for the duration.

margaret smith, Special Education Teacher • Harker Heights High School • harker heights, Texas

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resPonse To inTervenTion

in monitoring them, i can see how exposure to this program has promoted learning amongst our students. further, when used as a tool for response to intervention, our at-risk students are exposed to additional time on the program further lending to their growth in language arts and math.

darlene noriega, Computer Lab Manager • John F. Kennedy Magnet School • Port Chester, new york

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successmaker does a wonderful job of supporting the needs of english language learners.

dr. Christopher oram, Director of Technology & Student Assessment • National School District • National City, California

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if [successmaker math] worked very well in a middle school, i couldn’t see why it wouldn’t work in a high school situation... i had 9th grade, I had 10th grade and then my 11th and 12th non-proficient kids were grouped together...Last year our school grade was a ‘B’ which was the first time ever–15 points from an ‘A’–and our biggest gains were in math... 76% of our bottom quartile...and 81% of all of our math students made at least one year’s worth of growth.

Cynthia saunders, Principal • Lake Weir High School • Ocala, Florida

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i can’t be with each student individually at all times. successmaker ensures that while i am working with a student or a small group of students, the others will be getting on-level review and tutorials.

heather Parsons, 3rd Grade Teacher • Eliot Elementary School • Gilroy, California

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our students look forward to working on successmaker each and every day! This computer program allows us to meet the needs of our students because they can work and progress at their own individual level. Teachers are able to access data to make instructional decisions to help each student reach their own learning potential.

Teresa sprague, Principal • Loy Elementary School • Great Falls, Montana

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SuccessMaker ends the guesswork by quickly and efficiently evaluating specifically where and why learners struggle and beginning instruction at the right spot, even if it’s multiple levels below grade.

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successmaker individualizes instruction for every learner with:

A personalized, data-driven learning trajectory that creates each learner’s path through the program based on his or her individual performance.

Access to a variety of tools, manipulatives, and options for solving problems giving students an ownership stake in their learning and helping

them to discover their own educational preferences.

successmaker reports allow you to:

simultaneously view class- and individual learner-level progress from the

data dashboard. Track progress toward a specific target. Assign lessons by standard for additional

coverage of skills.

successmaker supports english language learners with:

short, explicit videos and animations introducing concepts to help learners

build background. A hyperlinked glossary with images, audio

and video, and a text tracker feature for additional reading support.

A spanish language version of the reading glossary for additional support in

ensuring comprehension.

successmaker reports allow you to:

Monitor the areas of difficulty for each individual student with reports that highlight specific skills or strategies in need

of attention. Create flexible groups for small group

reading intervention by viewing common areas of difficulty across a class.

Assign lessons by learning objective to shore up specific skill deficiencies.

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engLISh LAnguAge LeARneRSMuLtIPLe LeARnIng StYLeSMainstream learners • Students with special needs • Advanced learners

Asmir, real SuccessMaker user

SuccessMaker offers a perfect match for response to intervention with:

Layers of scaffolded feedback initiated automatically based on performance.

Guiding feedback that escalates to step-by-step tutorials, pre-requisite instruction, and other interventions as needed.

successmaker reports allow you to:

identify opportunities for tier two intervention by grouping students around common areas of difficulty.

Communicate learner progress clearly and easily.

Track student progress and create custom lessons focusing on skills to meet specific performance goals.

get the data you need to inform decisions! you can see samples of the reports available in successmaker in our content gallery on PearsonSchool.com/SuccessMaker.

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ReSPonSe to InteRVentIon

Visit our content gallery at PearsonSchool.com/SuccessMaker to see video clips of real lessons or contact your Pearson professional for scope and sequence information.

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CurriCulum ConneCTions To Common Core

reading and math skills are interrelated—students who struggle with reading will likely encounter the same struggles working through a word problem in math. That’s why SuccessMaker offers comprehensive math and reading curricula in the same program. These curricula also offer strong support for the Common Core State standards as well as newer, more stringent individual state standards so no matter where you are, SuccessMaker can help you achieve your instructional goals.

Both the reading and math curricula are fully correlated to the Common Core state standards so you know that instruction within the program supports your Common Core goals. And to give you peace of mind, correlation documents are available to give you a detailed view of the individual learning objectives within the program and which Common Core state standards they support.

The movement toward Common Core has resulted in a dramatic shift in english/language arts and mathematics instruction to support the ultimate goal of producing high school graduates ready for college, career and the world that lies ahead.

successmaker provides english/language arts and mathematics curriculum correlated to these instructional shifts to help you ensure that your elementary, middle and high school students are on the path to college andcareer readiness.

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successmaker provides a coherentmath curriculum that spirals, introducing core concepts in the early grades to build foundational understanding and returning to them at subsequent grade levels to deepen understanding and extend prior learning.

successmaker speed Games provides focused drill practice of core mathematical functions to build speed, accuracy and overall fluency, preserving free working memory for the challenge of tackling more complex concepts.

successmaker challenges learners to consider the elements and goal of a problem to determine the best approach for solving it. As students progress, they learn to evaluate arguments and suppositions and decide whether they make sense in order to demonstrate deepconceptual understanding.

successmaker challenges students to apply what they know to real-life scenarios to prepare them for successful application of math concepts in thereal world.

successmaker approaches skill practice and conceptual understanding with dual intensity, offering sequential and prerequisite practice for application; intelligent feedback, direct instruction and guiding tutorials to build understanding; and delayed practice to ensure retention.

successmaker can help you increase students’ exposure to nonfiction texts with a range of digital reading selections of which 70% are nonfiction titles.

successmaker’s reading selections integrate domain-specific themes with reading topics that highlight different cultures, historical figures and events, and scientific concepts to help build content area literacy.

successmaker prepares learners to read increasingly complex texts through guided practice that provides students with scaffolded instruction based on instructional reading level until they’re ready to advance to the next levelof complexity.

successmaker’s post-reading questions help prepare students to use evidence from text to craft their answers. students refer back to the reading to gather the details they need to respond, simultaneously reinforcing reading comprehension skills and developing the ability to use text as a sourceof evidence.

successmaker provides opportunities to interact with academic vocabulary in context supported by multimedia glossary entries to help students expandtheir vocabularies with more complex, academic language.

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As a teacher, the demands of the new Common Core state standards are pushing you to stretch your skills in new ways. successmaker is committed to helping you meet this challenge with access to new Common Core resources from Pearson Perspective lite.

Perspective lite puts thousands of media-rich learning activities aligned to Common Core standards at your fingertips. It’s easy to browse and quickly target resources by grade, subject, and key word. Choose from instructional and practice activities in video, interactive, or printable format. you’ll also have access to resources to aid in your own professional growth. And the best part is it’s accessible directly from the successmaker teacher dashboard.

The resources button inside successmaker’s teacher dashboard connects you directly to a library of Common Core learning resources from Pearson’s Perspective lite.

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Quickly browse learning resources by grade, subject and standard and simply click to build Common Core-focused homework assignments. Assignment sheets are auto-generated with your selected activities making it easy for students to access themfrom home.

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Perspective lite’s library of thousands of media-rich, Common Core-aligned activities is an ideal way to extend learning at home. it’s appealing to successmaker students who are used to technology and expect media-based learning experiences. it’s also convenient for teachers and families looking for materials specific to an individual student’s skill level and learning style.

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SuccessMaker was built from start to finish with a single goal in mind—to identify and address individual learning needs quickly and efficiently without sacrificing ultimate engagement for the learner and without creating more work for the teacher. SuccessMaker is uniquely designed to meet the needs of today’s students because it’s the only program with the power to provide a learning experience as unique as each one of them. here’s how it works:

Start smart with a custom-tailored learning experience that begins as students work through initial embeddedassessments designed to quickly and efficiently determine each student’s unique starting place.

Individualize automatically with SuccessMaker’s unique ability to continuously analyze each student’s actual performance and automatically create a personalized path through the curriculum based on his or her personal strengths and challenges. This powerful technology pinpoints the specific areas where a student struggles and focuses on addressing areas of difficulty while advancing students through areas where they show content mastery. The result is a completely personalized experience that’s automatic for every learner making SuccessMaker a great match for students at varying proficiency levels and for a variety of learning needs including response to intervention, special education, and english language development.

Lauren, real SuccessMaker user

interactive features like highlighting and sticky notes in reading activities and choosing how to solve problems in math keep students who are working at or beyond grade level appropriately challenged, motivated and engaged.

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successmaker empowers learners who are just a bit behind with timely intervention and just the right amount of on-the-spot support including incorrect answer feedback through which the program responds with help to guide learners toward the correct answer. Cognitive coaches are also on hand to offer hints and insights to help learners attend to critical points inreading passages.

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successmaker supports learners who are struggling with background-building explicit instruction, tutorial intervention, and a data dashboard that helps teachers understand how to keep students from falling through the cracks.

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dATA-driven deCisions

SuccessMaker is uniquely designed to provide continuous formative assessment and easy-to-interpret reports for a detailed view of student performance information. Whether tracking student progress toward a specific performance target or monitoring time on system to ensure students meet school and high-stakes testing goals, SuccessMaker allows you to monitor student performance on an individual basis at every school and every grade level.

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Because the best results are achieved when minimum usage requirements are met, managing time on task is critical. To help teachers monitor time on task more easily, successmaker’s dashboard features a “Time Goal monitoring” graphic view to help teachers easily see big-picture class usage or individual student usage as desired.

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for delivering targeted intervention, precision is key. successmaker drills down to the instructional strand name, level, description of the specific unmastered learning objective, and the date on which the student became at risk of not mastering the skill. This level of detail allows teachers to quickly assess risk levels and deliver timely, targeted intervention.

viewing the last session graph with individual students and reviewing the learning objects from that lesson which are linked directly to the graph provides an ideal opportunity to reteach difficult concepts the student encountered in the previous session.

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successmaker helps you manage accountability with tools like the skills mastery view that lets you quickly see who’s on track and who needs additional support to master target skills.

MAnAge ACCountABILItY

To ensure that every student is prepared to show mastery onhigh-stakes assessments, successmaker provides a snapshot of growth comparing starting, current and target course levels with a visual map of gain trends over time. Additional performance detail on every session taken can also be accessed directly fromthe graph.

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MOBILE DATA ACCess

We know that SuccessMaker data is used by a variety of staff whose jobs don’t necessarily end when the day does. The data dashboard is accessible on most mobile browsers for on-the-go access with no plug-ins required.

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The PoWer To enGAGeToday’s video game generation craves more than a pat on the back to reward performance. SuccessMaker offers a variety of ways to incent achievement to keep learners engaged, motivated and tuned into learning.

As learners move through the reading course, they’ll be met with the new reward interface. As they achieve specific gain benchmarks, additional rewards are unlocked.

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At regular intervals, rewards are unlocked as students move through the courseware. for learners in grades K-5, rewards provide them with furniture, posters and accessories to decorate ferris the ferret’s room. As rewards are earned, students will have one minute at the start of each session to use their reward. Alternately, students can go directly into the course without using their reward ifthey choose.

Students in grades 6-12 are rewarded with additional backgrounds for the student interface. They’ll have one minute at the start of the session to choose a new background from the available choices and once the selection is made, the background is saved and will display at the start of the next session and until a new background is chosen.

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for younger students using SuccessMaker, it’s often love at first sight. But it’s tough for any program to break through older students’ “too cool for school” demeanor to really draw them in. successmaker amps up the appeal for students in grades 6 through 12 with newly designed remedial instruction so your older students experience lessons with a look and feel specifically designed for them, even when they’re working below grade level.

motivation can be a very powerful instructional tool and a large body of research exists that suggests a number of instructional design principles for motivating learners. one design principle common to multiple motivational models is the element of autonomy or control. This principle is also a tenant of the cognitive load theory. Together, this research recommends providing learners with a sense of control over the learning activity and allowing them to make decisions.

successmaker’s rewards interface provides one way to put learners in the driver’s seat giving them a sense of control over their environment which, in turn, increases their investment in the experience and increases motivation to keep moving forward.

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students in all grades will be able to select a new theme for the student interface in the math course at regular reward intervals. As with the reading rewards, they’ll have one minute at the start of the session to select a theme or the system will choose one at random.

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no matter the content level at which a student is working—whether advanced, on grade level or remedial—focused instruction is presented in an age-appropriate environment.

reAl-World imPlemenTATion

When implementation guidelines don’t match classroom reality, even the best-designed programs won’t get used. your schedule is tight, ramp-up time is short, bandwidth and iT infrastructure may be limited, but the stakes are still high. you need a program that will work in the world you live in, not just a perfect one.

Because the best SuccessMaker implementation is the one that matches your infrastructure requirements as well as your instructional goals, we offer three distinct implementation models designed to provide the flexibility to deliver the academic gains you need within the parameters of your site’s infrastructure. We’ll work with you to design an implementation plan that delivers measurable achievement gains within the limitations of your schedule. And because instruction, practice, reading passages, and assessment are all integrated into the program experience, you don’t have to worry about juggling multiple program components.

Additional options like before- and after-school labs and district-supported home access can expand the reach of your implementation and provide opportunities for extended learning. SuccessMaker also offers the flexibility to scale your

implementation to meet your technology needs as they change.

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Actual SuccessMaker lab

system requirements are available at http://support.pearsonschool.com.

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The district-supported local deployment option allows SuccessMaker content and student data to be locally stored in the district data Center and delivered via network to school sites across the district.

The Pearson-hosted Web deployment option allows SuccessMaker content and student data to be hosted by Pearson and delivered online via the web to school sites across the district. This secure and reliable Pearson-hosted deployment can easily accommodate large scale implementations with flexible access while reducing your total cost of ownership.

The Pearson-hosted Web deployment is also available with subscription licensing which allows you to purchase access to SuccessMaker for a year or more at a time. This option is ideal for schools and districts looking for an implementation that offers all the benefits of the perpetually licensed Pearson-hosted Web Deployment option plus low initial start-up cost and the flexibility to scale implementations as needs change from year to year.

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for us, every new SuccessMaker implementation is the beginning of a long-term relationship. To keep that relationship strong, we offer best-in-class training, professional consulting services, and outstanding technical support to ensure that SuccessMaker isn’t just a piece of software on your computer – it’s a solution to your challenges. And like our programs, our services are completely focused on your unique needs offering a wide variety of options for getting the support you need.

We support you from the start with a team of technical implementation specialists that partner with you to assess your site infrastructure and develop an implementation plan that’s right for you.

our training and professional development are singularly focused on you with a wide variety of training resources and delivery formats including our latest innovation, myTrainingConnection.com, a self-paced training website providing instant access to on-demand modules and live, interactive web sessions.

We’re there when you call with support agents ready to assist you by phone, email and even by online chat.

We’re building a community around you with Community Connection, our online customer community site that delivers program information, news, downloads, customer support and more all in one place.

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We’ll sTAnd BY YOUR SIDE

We’re at your service! if you’d like to learn more about our programs and services and see a sample online training module, visit Pearsonschool.com/successmaker

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ABOUT us

Pearson is the leader in electronic education and continuously invests in the development of digital solutions for personalizing learning. our mission is to help people make progress in their lives through learning by leveraging personalized learning models that improve access, ensure the highest quality of content and drive meaningful, measurable performance toward our customers’ personal definitions of achievement.

schools and districts look to us for solutions that accelerate achievement, offer affordability and make teachers’ lives easier and they count on our unrivaled services, customer support and unwavering partnership to help them ensure that their goals are always within reach.

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