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SuccessMaker? Any good?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Danny G. Kelly Aug 30, 2010. 8 Replies

 

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Danny G. Kelly replied to Joe Sassaman's discussion 'SuccessMaker? Any good?'
I'll preface this by saying I'm a SuccessMaker rep for Pearson Digital Learning. If you've not looked at SuccessMaker recently, I would suggest giving it another look at www.successmaker.com. We've made significant improvements…
Aug 30, 2010
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Ian Grove-Stephensen replied to Joe Sassaman's discussion 'SuccessMaker? Any good?'
Thanks for the update!
Jul 8, 2010
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Joe Sassaman replied to Joe Sassaman's discussion 'SuccessMaker? Any good?'
We did not purchase this program. After doing an on-line sales pitch with one of their reps, all I can say is that I was very underwhelmed. The graphics were very dated and lo-res. Kids, in my opinion, are very tech savvy these days and know what a…
Jul 8, 2010
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Ian Grove-Stephensen replied to Joe Sassaman's discussion 'SuccessMaker? Any good?'
Joe, you started this thread over a year ago. I would be really interested to hear what you decided, and how it has panned out so far?
Jul 7, 2010
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Antonio Villar replied to Joe Sassaman's discussion 'SuccessMaker? Any good?'
Love the program. We are a K-8 grade school in San Diego, Ca. This is our first year using SuccessMaker, and we have had outstanding results so far. It's a supplemental program, one that we use for reading and math intervention, and not meant…
Mar 26, 2009
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Mari Abes replied to Joe Sassaman's discussion 'SuccessMaker? Any good?'
Hi Joe! I work for Pearson and am the Account Executive for part of Florida. I definitely believe in making informed decisions so I will let you determined what is best for your school and students. I do work with Sarasota County Schools and they…
Mar 18, 2009
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Joe Sassaman replied to Joe Sassaman's discussion 'SuccessMaker? Any good?'
I can see that you feel ILS (and SuccessMaker) are not as worthy or legitimate as Pearson (the mfg.) would have us believe. My problem with your data above is that many studies are very old. How legitimate is a study on technology that was done over…
Mar 9, 2009
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Miguel Guhlin replied to Joe Sassaman's discussion 'SuccessMaker? Any good?'
I encourage you to review this research... http://mguhlin.wikispaces.com/Integrated+Learning+Systems+(ILS)+Research • In a review of 100 studies of ILSes, Henry Jay Becker found that they “provided little evidence of ILS impact on…
Mar 9, 2009

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