How to Use Federal Funding to Purchase Study Island

No Child Left Behind (NCLB), re-authorized in 2005, is the common name for the latest version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) originally enacted in 1965. Assessment of students and schools plus accountability to parents and the community are key factors of NCLB. Among other things, the act mandates assessments, in the form of tests, of various subject matters for students in certain grades; assuring that the school staff is “highly qualified”; and it calls for providing parents with access to information and choices.

Study Island was conceived and developed in response to the need of schools to meet the goals of NCLB’s requirements. Since 2000, Study Island has examined individual state’s learning standards and developed programs designed to help teachers and administrators ensure that students were able to meet the goals of NCLB and their specific state standards.

The good news is that research documentation consistently shows that the use of Study Island significantly increases student test scores! In addition, Study Island helps reduce the amount of time teachers spend on administrative duties and increases the amount of time for individualized instruction and “target teaching”; all the while promoting increased interaction between the school and the home.

Currently, over a 6 million students in more than 15,000 schools coast to coast are better mastering their state standards and boosting their test scores by using Study Island. Many of those schools are utilizing federal (Title) funds to make Study Island available for their students. This document is designed to assist you in selecting federal funds available to support Study Island.

TITLE I—IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED

Study Island provides programs that help schools meet the goals of Title I by:
· Promoting mastery of challenging academic standards for all students with lessons, reviews, assessments and reinforcements directly aligned with state standards
· Increasing accountability of students and schools by providing detailed reports that show just where a student, or a class, stands in their mastery of the required standards
· For reported areas of weakness, providing guidance and opportunities for individualized instruction and target teaching designed to help students master standards and boost test scores
· Offering professional development for teachers and administrators to ensure standards-based instruction and seamless technology integration
· Providing parents with real-time reports of how their child stands in the mastery of required standards and meaningful opportunities to participate in their child’s education

TITLE II—PREPARING, TRAINING, AND RECRUITING HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS
Study Island provides programs that help schools meet the goals of Title II by:
· Improving teacher quality through professional development designed to improve student achievement using research-based programs directly aligned with challenging state standards
· Offering professional development for teachers and administrators to ensure standards-based instruction and seamless technology integration
· Promoting communication among parents, teachers, administrators and students through the use of technology
· Providing parents with real-time reports of how their child stands in the mastery of required standards and meaningful opportunities to participate in their child’s education through the use of technology

TITLE III—LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION FOR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT CHILDREN AND IMMIGRANT STUDENTS
Study Island provides programs that help schools meet the goals of Title III by:
· Promoting a focus on the mastery of challenging state standards by all children
· Providing standards-based, academic content instruction and assessment programs for all children
· Promoting communication among parents, teachers, administrators and students through the use of technology
· Providing parents with real-time reports of how their child stands in the mastery of required standards and meaningful opportunities to participate in their child’s education through the use of technology
· Helping schools measure their march towards adequate yearly progress (AYP)

TITLE IV—21ST CENTURY SCHOOLS
Study Island provides programs that help schools meet the goals of Title IV by:
· Providing programs that are designed to assist students in the mastery of challenging state standards through review, remediation and enrichment activities provided during out-of-school time
· Extending the learning day by allowing access to Study Island programs 24/7/365 through the use of technology
· Promoting communication among parents, teachers, administrators and students through the use of technology
· Providing parents with real-time reports of how their child stands in the mastery of required standards and meaningful opportunities to participate in their child’s education through the use of technology
· Contributing to the reduction of drug use and violence in the community by offering exciting, engaging, efficient and effective standards-based learning opportunities activities that extend for students and by making

TITLE V—PROMOTING INFORMED PARENTAL CHOICE AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS
Study Island provides programs that help schools meet the goals of Title V by:
· Providing schools with technology and tools to provide students with the opportunity to meet challenging state standards and student academic achievement standards
· Offering professional development to improve teacher quality by using technology effectively in the classrooms
· Providing schools with standards-based instructional and assessment tools that promote high academic standards and improve student academic achievement, including educationally disadvantaged students
· Providing schools with technology and tools that give teachers and administrators the knowledge and skills to provide students with the opportunity to meet challenging State standards and student academic achievement standards
· Providing schools with technology and tools to improve knowledge and skills in literacy, mathematics, science, and other subjects tested by the state assessment program
· Providing schools with technology and tools to serve underserved populations, including disadvantaged, illiterate, limited English proficient populations, and individuals with disabilities in mastering challenging state standards and improving assessment scores