Pleasant Plains Community Unit District #8

Unit Office – P.O. Box 20, 315 W. Church, Pleasant Plains, IL 62677                                      Maureen Talbert, Superintendent

Phone:  217 626-1041                                                                                                            Jamie Yates, Elementary Principal – 217 626-1221

Fax:  217 626-1082                                                                                                                                John Marsaglia, Middle School Principal – 217 626-1061

www.ppcusd8.org                                                                                                                   Mike Ward, High School Principal – 217 626-1044

 

 

 

September 10, 2007

 

www.studyisland.com

 

 

Dear Parent/Guardian:

 

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 accessible to the students from school or home.  If you have Internet access, your child can access Study Island from home and school to help them prepare for the ISAT tests given in March.

 

You Can Connect From Any Computer With An

Internet Connection and A Standard Web Browser

 

The attached sheet 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.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

John Marsaglia, Principal

Your Child's Teacher Will Provide You With A Username and Password
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Using Study Island From Home:

 

  1. Go to www.studyisland.com

 

  1. Enter your username and password at the upper-left of the screen, and click “login”.

 

  1. Click on the section tab (math or reading) that you wish to work on.

 

  1. Click the “Pretest” in order to begin the pretest for the section.  You must complete 10 pretest questions before you can move on to the topic section.

 

  1. 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”.

 

  1. To pass a topic, you must satisfy the topic’s passing requirements, which are based a number of questions answered (usually 10) and minimum of percentage correct (around 70%).  A blue ribbon icon is displayed.

 

  1. 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”.

 

  1. When you pass all topics in all sections, you completed the program and will be prepared to take the ISAT tests.

 

Note: You can access reports from the subject section on the left-hand side of the screen.  You will have a variety of reports with important information for you as a parent.  You can see what he/she is missing, how he/she used his/her time and how your child compares with the other children in the class.