Mangum Star-News
Mangum- Hollis Teach-
ers Receive Alpha Awards
Students, Teachers Honored
for Progress with Oklahoma
May S t a n d a r d s .
The state’s only data-driven
23 teacher and class awards have
been decided, according to
Alpha Plus CEO Jan Barrick.
2019 The 2019 Success with
OAS Awards recognize stu-
dents and teachers for their
Page achievements under the Okla-
homa Academic Standards
0006 (OAS) in mathematics and
Clip reading.
resized To choose the honorees,
Barrick says her Oklahoma
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City-based team analyzed cur-
rent school-year assessment
data through April 15 at
schools statewide that use Al-
pha Plus tools. Awards are
being sent to 65 schools this
week, with some being pre-
sented in school assemblies
this month.
“Our data allows us to
monitor – in real time – student
progress under the new, more-
rigorous Oklahoma Academic
Standards,” Barrick said. “For
these awards, we evaluated
math and reading formative
and summative data. This
year’s honorees have made
tremendous progress.”
While student scores on the
2019 state tests will not be
available until later this month,
Alpha Plus data has histori-
cally been an accurate predic-
tor of student success.
“Teachers who use our data
are able to identify the specific
skills they need to address for
each student,” Barrick said.
“The granular level of our data
helps teachers better prepare
students to succeed.”
The awards being distributed
this week include:
x Alpha Plus Model Teach-
ers were selected from each
school administering both for-
mative and summative assess-
ments in Grades 3-8 this school
year according to the Alpha
Plus Model of School Im-
provement. Only teachers
meeting minimum criteria in
terms of data and evidence of
effectiveness were eligible for
recognition. More than 400
teachers statewide were eligi-
ble as of April 15, yet only 57
teachers were chosen for
awards.
Local Teachers winning this
award were:
Mangum: Chelsea Richardson
- 3rd grade teacher at Edison
elementary:
Hollis: Kaitlin Strawn and
Mona Reagan- both 3rd grade
at Hollis Elementary; Bill
Flesher and Karla Webb
(teacher team) 6th and 7th grade
at Hollis Middle School.
x Greatest OAS Growth
Math Class and Greatest
OAS Growth Reading
Class Awards recognize
classes with the highest aca-
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demic growth between the
baseline and spring summative
benchmarks. A mirror of the
state tests, these assessments
help teachers know each stu-
dent level of mastery at key
points in the year. Alpha Plus
benchmarks provide a true
growth model for ensuring
progress of each student
throughout the year. Fifty-six
math classes and 46 reading
classes were recognized for
highest growth in their
schools.
Local teachers wining this
award were:
Mangum: Edison Elementary;
Richardson- Math 3-5th hour;
Gordon- Reading 3- 3rd hour;
Hollis: Elementary; Reagan-
Math 3 and Reading 3; Hanks-
Math 6- 3rd hour and Reading 3
in Hollis Middle School.
x Success with OAS Goals
Met Awards honor each class
that covered the subject matter
required in state and federal
law by completing all forma-
tive quizzes aligned to the
OAS objectives. These awards
recognize teachers and students
who work at a steady pace
from Labor Day to Spring
Break each year. Statewide,
355 classes using common
formative assessments
achieved their OAS goals for
the year.
Local teacher wining this
award were:
Mangum Elementary: Hussey-
Reading 4-1st hour; Hussey
Reading 4-2nd hour; Richard-
son- math 3-4th hour, Richard-
son math 3- 5th hour, Richard-
son math 3-6th hour; Wendt
math 4-3rd hour, Wendt math 4
-4th hour:
Hollis Elementary School:
Bogle reading 4, Bogle reading
5; Hanks-reading 5; Reagan-
math 3, Reagan- reading 3;
Strawn- math 3, Strawn math
3; Hollis Middle School: Webb
-reading 6-2nd hour, Webb
reading 6-4th hour, Webb-
reading 7-1st hour, Webb read-
ing 7-6th hour.
“This year, we were hon-
ored to work with more than
500 educators serving 10,500
students to improve teaching
and learning of the OAS,” Bar-
rick said. “We thank all of the
great teachers who live and
work in communities across
our state. We are pleased to
recognize these educators for
going above and beyond for
Oklahoma kids.”
Alpha Plus provides train-
ing, assessments and resources
for schools statewide. Founded
in 1990 by an Oklahoma
teacher, Alpha Plus curriculum
and teaching tools are aligned
solely to Oklahoma Academic
Standards. More information,
including a full list of this
year’s honorees, is available at
www.alphaplus.org.