Logging on to learn in Wyoming to increase standarized test scores

January 28, 2008

Two Wyoming high schools are among the first in the nation to test an online learning program designed in England to increase standardized test scores.

Teachers at the Douglas and Lusk schools say teens are embracing the computer-based delivery, are improving in their regular classes and are even logging in outside of school hours.

It’s too soon to say if the program is increasing scores on the state’s Proficiency Assessment for Wyoming Students exam, administered each year in April.

By RENA DELBRIDGE Star-Tribune correspondent

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