NAESP

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Who are the partners on this grant? 3 What is ASSISTments? 4 What will this grant offer districts? 5 What are you committing to by sending in a letter of commitment? 6 What does your district need to do to participate? 7 When do we find out if our school is selected to participate?

Introduction

April 22, 2011

Welcome,

As a member of NAESP, you are invited to participate in a grant-funded program that will provide your school with free training, mentoring, and online tools for mathematics instruction in the middle grades. This page is designed to help you learn about that tool, called ASSISTments, and how you can be part of this grant.

Who are the partners on this grant?

NAESP, with Worcester Polytechnic Institute , Edutopia™ and the Connecting Education, Leadership and Technology (CELT) Corporation are finalists for a Next Generation Learning Challenge grant to expand use of a scientifically-proven, web-based formative assessment and tutoring system called ASSISTments™. The Next Generation Learning Challenge is funded in part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

What is ASSISTments?

Here are a few links you can use to learn about ASSISTments.

• About ASSISTments
• This page has a video of teachers and prinipals talking about ASSISTments with the Massachusetts Secretary of Education.
• Research Results show that ASSISTments works.
• Who is behind ASSISTments?
• See a video showing what ASSISTments looks like from the inside.
• Lots more information at our main teacher site.

What will this grant offer districts?

If your school is selected to participate and the grant is funded, your school will benefit from:

• ASSISTments Institute Train-the-Trainer Program where you will send a staff member to be trained so they can train the rest of the schools staff.
• Unlimited Access to the Online Formative Assessment/Assistance System by students, parents, teachers, and instructional leaders (ASSISTments is free and will continue to be free after the grant period.)
• Virtual Mentoring for Participating Teachers and Instructional Leaders

What are you committing to by sending in a letter of commitment?

You are committing to sending one of your staff members to get training in a Train-the-Trainer class. You are committing that you will then have that person train your other math teachers. You are committing that you want your staff to practice formative assessment.

What does your district need to do to participate?

Schools will be selected to participate in the project and be included in the final proposal via a two-step application process:

1. Complete an online survey.
2. Submit a letter of commitment, on school stationary to NAESP@wpi.edu. It should follow this format.

When do we find out if our school is selected to participate?

We anticipate being informed June 13, 2011.