Digital Learning Department

Website: www.advancedacademics.com
Email: jfillipp@advancedacademics.com
Phone: (855) 512-6077

Grades Served: 6-12

OSPI Approval

Approved as a Multidistrict Online Course Provider and Online Program Provider through the 2015-16 school year.

Access

Overview

Get turn-key solutions to help students succeed
with Advanced Academics’ Washington Online School Network.

Looking for a complete solution from start to finish? Join the Washington Online School Network and receive a complete solution including:

• State standards-aligned curriculum
• A comprehensive learning management system
• Highly-qualified, Washington-certified teachers
• Student recruitment
• Enrollment management
• Student success coaching
• 24/7 support for students, parents, and administrators
• And much more

We’ve spent years developing a completely turn-key solution for schools and districts alike. If you want to take the guesswork out of developing, implementing, and managing an online school program, Advanced Academics’ Washington Online School Network may be right for you.
OR
Build a custom solution for your school or district
based on what you need

Need a solution that can be customized to your school or district? No problem. We offer our core products and you can choose from our full suite of services to custom build the program that’s right for you and your students.

Start with our core products:

• State standards-aligned curriculum
• A comprehensive learning management system
• 24/7 support for students, parents, and administrators

And choose from our suite of products and services to customize the program to you, which can include:

• Highly qualified, Washington-certified teachers
• Tutoring services
• Grading services
• Student success coaching

Course Offerings

Advanced Academics online curriculum consists of a broad set of more than 100 semester courses in the following subject areas:

• Math
• Science
• Language Arts
• Health
• Social Sciences/Studies
• World Languages
• Electives
• Advanced Placement (AP®)
• Advanced Academics also offers Diagnostic Courses, which provide a diagnostic for the student and suggests an amended course focusing on those areas in which the student does not have mastery; the student can easily access all of the course material at any time and a mid-term and final test is always required.

All of Advanced Academics’ courses can be completed anywhere a computer and Internet access are available.

Diagnostic courses
The majority of courses in Advanced Academics curriculum are offered through the DLD with a diagnostic option. AAI diagnostic courses are designed to create individualized learning paths for students based on the results of a short series of diagnostic exams which cover the content contained in the course. To achieve mastery of any content, the student must obtain a level of mastery determined by the client on the diagnostic exams. Once the diagnostic exams are complete, the student’s individualized program will be presented on the course home page. Even if the student shows mastery of a particular chapter of content, he or she will still be required to take the mid-term and final assessments in the course to receive full credit. Any content the student has not mastered will be displayed on the course home page along with all assessments. The mastered content is still accessible and listed at the bottom of the home page; the student can review this content at any time.

Diagnostic courses may be used either as a standard course or as a credit recovery course depending on the student’s situation. A diagnostic may be given to a student who wishes to accelerate and can demonstrate significant knowledge of the course material. On the other hand, a diagnostic may also be used as a credit recovery since the student will be tested on the knowledge that was learned when the course was taken previously.

Students

Modern Problems, An Innovative Solution

What are some student challenges online education may be able to resolve?

• Dropout prevention and dropout recovery. Online learning can fight the dropout trend in numerous ways. For instance, perhaps a district has students facing economic hard times. Students drop out so they can work during the day. With online education students can do their schooling whenever and wherever works for them, even in the middle of the night after they finish work.
• Improved test scores. Often a district already has put all the resources it can justify into tutoring, special training classes, or innovative approaches in the regular classroom. Online courses bring new offerings, often staffed by experts with specialized skills in improving test scores.
• Improving on-time graduation rates for credit-deficient students. Online education — with interactive methods, links, simulations, and Chat with the teacher – may be a great way to help students graduate.
• Accelerating students. Often those who want to accelerate are bright and motivated. Why not make courses available to them online and allow them to work at their own pace?
• Meeting needs of an ethnic group. The standard curriculum may not have the resources to offer as much diversity as it would like. Materials may be there for the taking from the broad curriculum offered in online education.
• Students who are not being reached currently, such as homeschool or homebound students. Online education offers the opportunity for students to take additional courses, get tutoring on their own time, or accelerate at a pace that suits them.

Curriculum Alignments

When developing courses, the Advanced Academics Curriculum Development team begins by analyzing national and state standards. We focus our alignment on the standards of states where we do business, including Washington, because the state standards and the national standards provide a foundation for rigorous course design. Advanced Academics also uses national standards criteria as defined by educational organizations for each subject area, such as NCTM for mathematics. Course alignment to national and state standards is reviewed by a third party company to ensure accurate and complete alignment.

Accreditation

Advanced Academics is accredited by the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI) and the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools. In addition, our courses have been approved by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

Instructor Certification

Advanced Academics instructors supporting students in the State of Washington meet the “highly qualified” requirements of the “No Child Left Behind” federal education law, and are certified to teach in the State of Washington. Our instructors all hold Bachelors and/or Masters degrees in their subject areas and average more than ten years of traditional classroom experience. In addition, all of our teachers participate in ongoing professional development in order to stay current in their subject areas and to develop new teaching strategies.
Students can access our teachers in real-time, 24/5 (Sunday 7pm – Friday 6PM PT) via instant messaging, virtual whiteboard, e-mail or toll-free telephone. We even offer students the opportunity to participate in a video chat with their teacher by appointment only.

AP Audit

Advanced Academics currently a variety of one-semester, AP courses in a range of subjects including English Literature, English Language, Calculus, and US History. All AP courses offered by Advanced Academics are audited and approved by the College Board.

Courseware Platform

Advanced Academics’ proprietarylearning management system, R.O.A.D.S., was developed with the K-12 student and administrator in mind. It is our goal to make the online learning experience effective, efficient and user-friendly for students, parents, and administrators. This includes robust and secure tools for communication, grading, and reporting. The platform is completely web-based and hosted on our servers, requiring very little IT infrastructure from our partner schools and districts.

Student Performance and Demographics

Teacher-to-student ratio: 1:16

Course completion rate: 79.9%

Course pass rate: 71.4%

Student Satisfaction Survey

Advanced Academics did not participate in the student satisfaction survey.

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