ODYSSEYWARE

After the implementation of ODYSSEYWARE as a summer school pilot program, educators at Bay Port High School were so impressed with the results that they expanded access to high school students across the board, offering options for credit recovery, at-risk, off-site, special education, alternative, and regular education.

For decision-makers, grades made all the difference. The pass rate of students enrolled in ODYSSEYWARE over a three-semester period was 85 percent. While that number is impressive, the results are more remarkable when you consider that in order to pass at Bay Port, students must achieve at least an 80 percent, while most schools across the country consider a grade of 70 or above passing.

As time passes, students continue to show enthusiasm for the program, as evidenced by increasing enrollment. In addition, administrators are pleased with the results. When asked to gauge student grades before using ODYSSEYWARE compared to grades of their current students, their answers suggested that the grades of previous year students were typically D’s, while ODYSSEYWARE students are on average, earning B’s.

According to one teacher at Bay Port,

ODYSSEYWARE allows students to focus on those skills they need to master – not repeat material they have already mastered which is often what causes student disengagement.

Across the board, students and teachers are happy with ODYSSEYWARE’s multimedia-rich, digitally-driven, online learning environment. With technology built in, teachers, students, and administrators reap big benefits.