Superintendent Letter

Exhibit C

Superintendent Letter

Dear Dr. Peck,

After reviewing your project, The Effects of Odyssey® Math Software on the Mathematics Achievement of Selected Fourth Grade Students in the Mid-Atlantic Region: A Multi-Site Cluster Randomized Trial, and associated documents, the ______ School District would like to support your research project.

{Schools can provide a brief summary of their student population and other initiatives that they have participated in}

We are committed to excellence in learning and have the infrastructure and support to implement the Odyssey Math software in our fourth grade classrooms. We have not used Odyssey Math in our elementary schools and expect NNN students in fourth grade in the academic year 2007-08. We have a student computer ratio of 1:1 in the computer lab or a mobile computer laboratory with _____ computers running _____ operating system and have internet access {can specify bandwidth}. We have been advised of the procedures that will be followed including:

1. The research calls for a random assignment of classrooms to the intervention or control groups.

2. We will receive assistance from CompassLearning in implementing the software including a site visit.

3. Our teachers can attend professional development for the Odyssey Math software in the summer of 2007 and the control group teachers can attend the professional development in the summer of 2008.

4. We can use the Odyssey Math software for an additional year free of charge to help the teachers who were in the control group during the first year.

5. Our teachers will use Odyssey Math in their regular math classroom for approximately 60 minutes each week.

6. We can access the on-line resources provided for on-going professional development for our teachers.

We have reviewed the human subjects protocols provided by the Lab Extension Specialist and have received permission from our School Board to proceed with this project.

Sincerely

Superintendent