Client Case Studies

Boston based learning group: CTE helps bridge the educational gap using technology

Testimonial

CTE' talented project management and technical teams worked very closely with us to conceptualize, architect, develop and deploy a leading edge eLearning platform. CTE's quick ramp-up to our industry combined with a strong technical expertise was critical to our successfully launching the learning application."

"The team excelled in their professionalism and ability to interact with our engineering group as well as external partners and vendors. I would strongly recommend CTE's capabilities to companies seeking the right consulting partner to meet their IT challenges."

-President and CEO

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Business Challenges

A Boston based learning group endeavoring to improve student learning in grades pre-K-12, felt the need to bridge the educational gap with the appropriate use of technology. The company’s online learning service combines tools and curriculum content to enable teachers help students. The company integrates instruction, assessment and teacher training and localizes content to state and district standards. The company also allows for customization and personalization of its content to individual student and teacher needs. The company draws from diverse and trusted brands for content and services including Kinko's, Houghton Mifflin Company and Sylvan Ventures.

CTE was hired to deploy the online resource and facilitate a standards-based learning.

As a leading publisher of educational materials, the company was well aware of the ongoing challenges to school districts and state departments to develop standardized student assessments that support and demonstrate a commitment to high academic achievement. With the recent shift to standards-based education, many teachers did not have the tools and training needed to succeed in the classroom.

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Solution

CTE proposed a Learning Community Platform that would combine content and technology to equip educators with new tools so that they could quickly identify and address student needs within a standards-focused educational environment. The company would create a new web resource for educational policy, professional development, classroom-based activity building, and assessment/data-analysis functions.

CTE built a complex system that allows teachers, students, parents and school administrators to manipulate, customize, and share educational content in a seamless and intuitive way. The solution was designed to be highly flexible and extensible, delivering new teacher-centered tools that make the increasingly complex job of teaching in a standards-focused environment more manageable.

In building the solution for the learning group, CTE focused on the following functional areas:

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Assessment Capabilities

• Teachers can create and administer online tests to students that would be directly integrated with grade books, analysis, and evaluation of student performance
• School administrators are able to verify that instructional tools used in the classroom are fulfilling the school standards

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Standardized Instructional Content

• All content is aligned to state standards, and can also align to specific district guidelines
• Content is customizable for teaching specific learning types and groups, such as English as a Second Language

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Professional and Student Development

• Students are equipped with reference materials, research tools, and supplemental activities to develop their learning experience;
• Built-in tutorials can enhance student learning at home;
• Teachers have access to continuing education classes, videos, and helpful hints for teaching specific types of instructional learning.

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Project Management

• Improved cycle times
• Credible data
• Ability to measure and benchmark productivity
• Ability to provide information on demand
• Informed spending and project tracking
• Ability to provide detailed information
• Performance measurement
• Targeted approach to driving utilization.

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Benefits

With the help of CTE, the learning group got a solution that was:

• A flexible application that facilitates the complex job of teaching in a standards-based environment;
• Integrates instruction, assessment and teacher training and localizing content to state and district standards;
• Allows for customization and personalization of content to individual student and teachers needs.

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