Online Tutoring: A Proven Academic Solution for Rural Students Presentation to the South Dakota...

Online Tutoring: A Proven Academic Solution for Rural Students

Presentation to the South Dakota Laptop Institute

Mitchell, SD

June 11-13, 2007

Live, Personalized, Online Tutoring

• The nation’s leading provider of online after-school instruction to public schools, non-public schools and communities

• With our predecessor companies, we have more than 20 years of experience partnering with education institutions, government agencies and community groups

• To date, Catapult Online has provided online tutoring to more than 25,000 students nationwide

Who is Catapult Online?


Proprietary SystemDiagnostic skills assessment

Individual learning objectives

Prescriptive program

Mastery Learning

State-certified teachers

Positive reinforcement

Benefits

Individualized instruction

Measurable results

Student success

What we offerLive, Individualized Instruction


• Live, online tutoring from home

• Programs personalized to each child’s needs

• Live, state-certified teachers

• We provide the computer

• Student completes the program and they earn the right to KEEP THE COMPUTER!

Catapult Online SolutionCatapult Online offers a unique solution for rural markets


• Distance: Catapult Online can serve students from their own homes

• Access: No transportation resources required to access program

• Transportation: No cost to transport students to a site-based provider

• Tutors: Certified instructors are based throughout the country so students have access to qualified instructors

• Access to Technology: Provides families an opportunity to gain access to technology which may otherwise be out of reach

Ideal for rural areas


South Dakota Programs

• Types of Programs– After school – Remediation– High School Reform– Supplemental Education Services (NCLB)

SY 06-07– Sioux Falls (32 students)– Watertown High School (6 students)– Winner (1 student)– Andes Central (16 students)– Region 3 Education Service Center (50 students)

– AP Courses and other in-school support


Our ResultsNational Average Grade-Level Gains

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0.3

0.6

0.9

1.2

Math Reading Total

1.2 0.8 1.0


South Dakota: Our Results

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0.3

0.6

0.9

1.2

1.5

Math Reading Total

Average Grade-Level Gains

80 students have completed the Catapult Online program in the 2006-2007 school year

0-12 Skills 16%

13-18 Skills 21%

19+ Skills 63%

Average Number of Skills Mastered


South Dakota: Results Cont.Average Grade-Level Gains by District

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Region 3 Andes Central Sioux Falls Watertown

Pre-test

Post-test

1.5

1.2

1.3

1.1


How it works: Demonstration


Questions?

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