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Board debates $145,000 ALEKS high-school math renewal amid concerns over multiple platforms and data
Summary
District curriculum staff recommended renewing ALEKS for high-school math at $145,000 for a year (or $123,000 to end July), while board members warned overlapping digital programs, inconsistent rollout, and syncing/data issues risked wasted spending and teacher workload.
Montgomery County Board of Education members spent an extended portion of their Nov. 12 meeting questioning a proposed renewal of ALEKS, an adaptive high-school math platform. Doctor Shanice Woods, the district’s curriculum lead, told the board that a one-year subscription is priced at $145,000 (a shorter contract through July would be $123,000) and that 86% of responding high-school math teachers surveyed said they would like to continue using ALEKS.
"The quote for 1 year subscription is $145,000," Doctor Woods said during her presentation, and…
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