To help you use Study Island at home, we will be including suggested topics in the second through sixth grade weekly newsletters. These topics are selected by the teachers at your student’s grade so the skills being practiced correspond with what they are working on in class. Please remember that your student is not limited to the suggested topics and should feel free to explore all the lessons offered on Study Island.
We hope you are as excited about Study Island as we are. We look forward to partnering with you to use Study Island to help your student reach their full academic potential.
Happy learning!
Web-based system for assessing students’ progress according to state standards. The service automatically addresses students’ deficiencies, provides a variety of reports, and works with several student-response systems without requiring that additional software be installed. Students are given electronic assignments to complete to state standards; if they are proficient enough, they can move on to another standard. Students who do not show proficiency receive a remediation assignment; if they do not pass it, they are given a second, easier assignment. Along the way, the system generates reports on students’ progress that can be emailed to teachers and parents.
PROS: Study Island is a very good product and easy to use and has excellent reporting capabilities. The fact that there is no additional software to install is a bonus.
CONS: Since the system can be accessed outside of school, a student could get help from a parent or a peer and an incorrect report on the student’s proficiency could be generated. To use the system effectively in the classroom, schools must ensure that there are enough computers for all students and that students who need remediation are given enough time to receive it within the normal school day.
OVERALL EVALUATION: Study Island is an excellent way to ensure that students work to state-standard proficiency.
Retail price: Varies according to product selected and school size; see Web site for further details.
Study Island is an internet resource for students in grades 3, 4 and 5. Students and families now have access both in school and at home to enhance their reading, writing, math, problem solving skills and science through a format aligned to NJASK. Osbornville is excited about the potential benefits this program can afford our students. We encourage you to go online and explore Study Island!
www.studyisland.com
*Please read the following information to see how to use the program at home.
Dear Parents & Guardians,
Our school now has access to a great resource for preparing our kids for the state standardized tests. We have purchased a building license for a web based program called Study Island, which is accessible to students from school or home. If you have Internet access, your child can access Study Island from home as well as school to prepare for the state assessments.
The information below provides an overview of the program. We are excited about the potential benefits this program can bring to our students, and we encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity by using Study Island. Please feel free to contact Study Island at 800-419-3191 or
support@studyisland.com if you have any questions.
Using Study Island from Home
Since the Study Island state assessment program is completely web-based, students can access it from any computer with an Internet connection and a standard web browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape). Results from students study sessions are recorded and made available to the teachers. This includes results from sessions completed at home.
The program is divided into sections based on subject (math, reading, etc.). Each section is made up of 10 to 25 topics.
Each topic contains about 20 to 25 questions with explanations. All topics are accompanied by a lesson, which includes some brief information about the material covered by the questions in the topics. It is helpful to view the lesson before answering the questions in the topic.
Follow the instructions below, in order to use the program:
1. Go to
2. Enter your username and password at the upper-left of the screen, and click “Login”.
*Note: Students will receive a username and password from their teacher at school.
3. Click on the section tab (math, reading, etc.) that you wish to work on.
4. Click the "Pretest" in order to begin the pretest for the section. You must complete 10 pretest questions before moving on to the topic in the section.
5. Once you complete the "Pretest,” you may work through the remainder of the topics in any order you like. You must "pass" all topics before taking the "Post Test".
6. To pass a topic, you must satisfy the topic’s passing requirements which are based a minimum number of questions answered (usually 10) and a minimum percentage correct (around 70%). A blue ribbon icon is displayed next to all passed topics.
7. Once you have passed all the topics in the section, you have to pass the "Post Test" for the section before the section is complete. Ignore this step if the section has no "Post Test".
8. When you pass all topics in all sections, you have completed the program and will be well prepared to take the state test.
To access the Reports:
1. After your child has logged in, select a subject from the left-hand side of the screen to access the reports. (See the screen shot below.)
2. Here, you will find a variety of reports with information such as how much time your child has spent on various subjects, how they used their time, and what questions they missed. You will also be able to compare your child with other children in their class and in their state that are using Study Island. You can select reports by Subject or select the Summary option to get all subjects.
ohn Cusick of the Environmental Center at University of Hawaii at Manoa describes the formation process of Kilauea Iki Crater in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to students during a recent U.S. Department of State-sponsored environmental leadership program. (Photo special to Hawaii 24/7 by Ramon Lorenzo Luis Guinto)
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A group of 20 undergraduate scholars from Burma, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand visited Hawaii Island June 2–8 as part of a U.S. Department of State-sponsored innovative environmental leadership program hosted by the East-West Center.
The students experienced Hawaii Island as a model for successfully addressing global environmental challenges at a local level as part of the U.S. Department of State’s Study of the United States Institute (SUSI) for Student Leaders on Global Environmental Issues.
SUSI is designed to foster a greater understanding of sustainability in the United States and aid in the development of more resilient communities in their home countries.
The institute focused on three key topics: 1) developing sustainable systems for natural resource and agricultural management; 2) food, energy, and water security; and 3) ecotourism.
“The Island of Hawaii models the world’s challenges in areas such as food self-reliance and energy self-reliance,” said Matt Hamabata, executive director of The Kohala Center, which partnered with the East-West Center for the Hawaii Island portion of the institute. “This island imports 90 percent of its food. Furthermore, the island’s dependence on fossil fuel imports has a crippling effect on its economy, yet Hawaii Island is abundant with natural resources that could move it to greater food and energy self-reliance.
“The students met with creative and energetic island leaders, such as Jerry Konanui, a respected Native Hawaiian community leader and farmer, who presented an overview of the Hawaiian history of food self-reliance. The students went into the world’s rarest forest, the Hawaiian dryland forest at Kaupulehu, with Yvonne and Keoki Carter, who linked that forest to the life of the ocean by introducing the students to the ahupuaa [loosely translated as summit-to-sea or watershed] concept for a complete sense of ecosystem health,” Hamabata said.
The scholars met with leaders from other field research sites including Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and the Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center. They also delved into Hawaiian history and culture, tourism and development on the island, geothermal energy, and community actions to protect ecosystems and cultural ties.
Christina Monroe, education project specialist with the East-West Center, said the students found links on Hawaii Island “that resonated with their home countries and the issues they face with sustainable agriculture, food security, tourism development, and resulting equity and native cultural impacts.
“The Hawaiian traditional resource management and land ethic based on cultural knowledge were instructive and inspiring to them,” Monroe said. “They see that Hawaii holds a special perspective on mainstream American development that can inform their own countries’ development. I think they will be more critical and effective leaders at striking the balance between preserving the inside with integrating the outside — a key to resilient communities, which is an outcome of the institute.”
The participants arrived May 23 to participate in leadership development workshops and obtain an overview of sustainability in the United States through lectures at the East-West Center’s Honolulu campus and field studies including Lyon Arboretum, Hanauma Bay, and sailing on the voyaging canoe Hokulea. They also participated in a two-day conference with more than 20 local environmental leaders.