PassKey to Success for at-Risk Students - Initial Grant
Mr. Wolgast, Associate Principal
- $6,000 — Provide funds to purchase of 200 individual student licenses for the PassKey Learning System to assist at-risk students at SME who are enrolled in East for Excellence, Reading Skills and/or Math 1 who need additional support.
- 200 at-risk students at Shawnee Mission East.
- PassKey is a modular, computer-based program providing instruction in math, reading, writing, science and social studies.
The PassKey learning system provides additional academic support for students who would benefit from an alternative to traditional classroom instruction. The PassKey learning system is computer-based and has the following features:
- Outstanding lesson design with a unique lesson structure that includes a pretest, tutorial, guided practice, and posttest to maximize learning.
- Built-in correlations to state standards that allow teachers the ability to assign lessons that match state proficiency tests, making it easy to assist students as they prepare for the Kansas Assessment test.
- Automatic diagnostic feature that provides online diagnostics so teachers can develop an individualized learning/tutoring program for each student.
The PassKey learning system evaluates itself. It provides immediate feedback for the teacher and the student as they master a particular skill. It allows the teacher to set standards to be met before students can advance on to other skills. In addition, students will be able to access PassKey from any computer, whether at school or home. The impact and success of this program will be evaluated based on comparison of standardized test scores, local performance assessments, and general evaluative tools used by the individual teachers involved in the program. If PassKey proves to be successful, future funding will be pursued through district and building level resources on an annual basis.
A second PassKey grant in 2005-2006 provided additional hardware, 16 laptops and a mobile printer and cart.
Grant awarded December 2004
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