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School Software Group Named as
Official Common Core Endorsing Partner
School Software Group is proud to announce our partnership with the Common Core State Standards Initiative as a Common Core Endorsing Partner. As an endorsing partner, we support the Common Core State Standards Initiative in its mission to ensure every American student graduates high school with the skills and knowledge needed to thrive in the 21st century. We agree with the goal of the Common Core State Standards Initiative to produce a common core of voluntary state standards across grades K-12 in English/language arts, math, and eventually science.
Furthermore, we have committed to offering input, expertise, support, and guidance to the development and adoption of a common core of state standards through the Common State Standards Initiative led by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers. To learn more about the Common Core State Standards Initiative, please visit the links below:
 Common Core State Standards Initiative
Common Core Endorsing Partners
Indiana Department of Education Partners
with BuildYourOwnCurriculum on Strategic Initiative
to Address Common Core Standards
School Software Group is pleased to announce a partnership with the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) in utilizing BuildYourOwnCurriculum (BYOC) to create statewide English/Language Arts and Mathematics Curriculum Maps.
In preparation for adoption of and transition to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts and Mathematics, the IDOE will work with 66 teachers and content experts from Indiana school districts and universities this summer to develop curriculum maps in the BuildYourOwnCurriculum program. The curriculum maps will be available online and accessible to Indiana teachers and administrators for use as a starting point to plan their instruction.
The first set of maps, which will be available this August, will contain the current Indiana Standards. The second set of maps will be released in the spring of 2011 and will include both the Indiana Standards and the Common Core State Standards. The maps will allow teachers to smoothly transition from one set of standards to the other while ensuring any existing content gaps between the standards are addressed. The third set of maps will include only the Common Core State Standards. Training on curriculum mapping and on the Common Core Standards will be part of the rollout process.
 Indiana Department of Education - Common Core Standards Press Release
Missouri Organizations SMCAA and CSD Partner with School Software Group
 School Software Group (SSG) is proud to announce a partnership to provide solutions to Missouri’s schools through the Show-Me Curriculum Administrators Association (SMCAA) and Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis (CSD). Members of SMCAA and CSD will have the opportunity to take part in online training sessions and informational webinars to learn more about our assessment and curriculum solutions.
BuildYourOwnCurriculum (BYOC) and BuildYourOwnAssessment (BYOA) have already been adopted by several member districts including Pattonville, Hancock, Lindbergh, Mehlville, Brentwood, New Haven and Clayton, as their platform for curriculum and assessment mapping and development. The partnership was fostered through the efforts of Education Technology Partners, the exclusive distribution partner for SSG in the Central United States.
"BYOC was head and shoulders above the other options we looked at," David Miller, Coordinator for Assessment & Library Services for Pattonville School District, said. "Number one – it’s easy to use. Number two – they have a good support team who continue to deliver support to our district. And number three – it meets the needs of our teachers in the classroom; they now have material available at their fingertips."
 Visit the Show-Me Curriculum Administrator's Association (SMCAA) website
Visit the Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis (CSD) website
Visit the Education Technology Partners website
Welcome Aboard - Hallsville Independent School District, TX
May, 2010
Representatives from Hallsville visited with us at the recent ASCD conference and shared that they had tried a different curriculum system in the past but it just wasn't flexible enough for their needs. Shortly after the conference we provide Hallsville with a demonstration of BYOC and provided them access to one of our testing environments so they could thoroughly try it out. We are excited and honored that they have chosen to move forward with us. Please join us in welcoming both the Hallsville ISD, Texas to our network. Hallsville is our first school district in the state of Texas!
Welcome Aboard - Park Hill School District, MO
May, 2010
Please join us in welcoming both the Park Hill School District, Missouri to our network. Park Hill, based in the Kansas City area, performed an exhaustive evaluation of various curriculum management solutions. They are very committed to Understanding by Design for their curriculum work, and we are honored to have been selected by their team and look forward to helping them move forward.
Welcome Aboard - Iroquois West CUSD #10 and Central School District #104, IL
May, 2010
Please join us in welcoming both the Iroquois West CUSD #10 and the Central School District #104, Illinois to our network. We are always excited to get districts in a new state to join our network and were thrilled when both of these districts decided to join us on the same day! Once again we welcome them to the network and as always look forward to working with them.
Welcome Aboard - Confluence Academy Charter School, MO
May, 2010
Please join us in welcoming the Confluence Academy Charter School, Missouri to our network. Confluence is the largest charter school in the Saint Louis area. After working with thier staff to configure the system, we were quite impressed and look forward to working with them and seeing their curriculum evolve.
Welcome Aboard - Benjamin Banneker Charter School, MO
April, 2010
Please join us in welcoming the Benjamin Banneker Charter School, Missouri to our network. Benjamin Banneker sets a new record for decision making, they attended a presentation of ours in Kansas City on a Thursday and delivered a purchase order the next day, Friday. Thanks to the school for their decision and as always we look forward to working with them.
Welcome Aboard - Ritenour, MO
April, 2010
Please join us in welcoming the Ritenour School District, Missouri to our network. Ritenour was a guest at our Winter Missouri User's Group and made the decision to join the network in part due to the feedback they recieved from our existing clients. Thank you to Ritenour for the decision to join us and a special thank you to the existing users for thier good comments!
Welcome Aboard - Ashwaubenon, WI
April, 2010
Please join us in welcoming the Ashwaubenon School District, Wisconsin to our network. Ashwaubenon reviewed a number of competing products prior to making the BYOC decision. We are gratified by their decision and look forward to working them moving forward.
Welcome Aboard - Special School District of Saint Louis County, MO
April, 2010
Please join us in welcoming the Special School District, Missouri to our network. Special School District of St. Louis County (SSD) is a leader in providing special education services to students with disabilities. This mission presents a variety of challenges from a curriculum perspective and we look forward to working with them to meet these challenges.
Welcome Aboard - Kingston K-14, MO
April, 2010
Please join us in welcoming the Kingston K-14 School District, Missouri to our network. We are excited to add Kingston K-14 to our rapidly growing presence in Missouri and look forward to working with them in the future.
Welcome Aboard - Richland R-1, MO
March, 2010
Please join us in welcoming the Richland R-1 School District, Missouri to our network. We are excited to add Richland R-1 to our rapidly growing presence in Missouri and look forward to working with them in the future.
Welcome Aboard - Dodgeland, WI
February, 2010
Please join us in welcoming the Dodgeland School District, Wisconsin to our network. Dodgeland did a very exhaustive review of curriculum management products and we are excited that they choose to move forward with BYOC. As always we look forward to working with the team at Dogdeland.
Welcome Aboard - Monroe City, MO
February, 2010
Please join us in welcoming the Monroe City School District, Missouri to our network. Monroe City had previously used a competing, Missouri specific product and we are extremely honored that they choose to make the change and join the BYOC network.
Welcome Aboard - Poynette School District, WI
February, 2010
Please join us in welcoming the Poynette School District, Wisconsin to our network. Poynette had previously used a competing, Wisconsin specific product and we are extremely honored that they choose to make the change and join the BYOC network.
Welcome Aboard - Acton-Boxborough School District, MA
January, 2010
Please join us in welcoming the Acton-Boxborough School District, Massachusetts to our network. Acton-Boxborough met us at a presentation hosted by a neighboring district who uses BYOC and decided to jump on-board themselves. Acton-Boxborough is rolling out both BYOC and BYOA.
Welcome Aboard - Berkshire Hills Regional School District, MA
January, 2010
Please join us in welcoming the Berkshire Hills Regional School District, Massachusetts to our network. Getting this district is especially gratifying to us, we originally met the Curriculum Director for this district at the ASCD Conference in Chicago in 2006. To finally have them as a client is quite rewarding.
Welcome Aboard - Minocqua, Hazelhurst, and Lake Tomahawk, WI
December, 2009
Please join us in welcoming the MHLT Elementary School, Wisconsin to our network. We are always excited to further strengthen our presence in Wisconsin and look forward to working with them in the future.
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