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Supplemental Educational Services

Provider: Pinnacle Learning Center

Pinnacle Learning Center
95 Washington Street
Canton, MA 02021

Steven Shapiro
info@pinnacle-learning.com
Director

Phone: 781-828-2800
Fax: 781-828-2805
http://www.pinnacle-learning.com
 Provider Details
Program Areas:Reading, Writing, Mathematics
Grades:K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Post 12
Place of Service:Student's School, Student's Home, Internet, Business, Place of Religious Worship, Community Center
Type of Organization:For Profit
Experience with:
   Limited English Proficient (LEP) students: Yes
   Students with disabilities: Yes

 Program Description (written by provider)
Pinnacle Learning Center is a locally owned and operated provider of supplemental educational services in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics. Pinnacle Learning Center’s programs are designed to help students achieve and go beyond Massachusetts’s learning standards. We teach students of all ages and skill levels how to build the skills and learn the strategies that they need to succeed in school. Pinnacle students improve their overall academic performance as a result. Our highly experienced, MA certified teachers are trained to use the most current materials and teaching techniques to help students achieve growth in the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks as measured by the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment Survey.

Our individualized program offers options of instruction in private, semi-private or small groups. We use state-of-the-art resources to help each child improve. We monitor each student’s progress throughout the process and schedule meetings at various intervals with parents/guardians to update their child’s progress. Our pre and post-test assessments and tutorial anecdotal notes validate progress and provide data for further remediation or enrichment.

Our program includes an initial parent/guardian consultation, diagnostic testing, strong communication with classroom teachers and an individualized curriculum designed to maximize each student’s performance.
 Evidence of Effectiveness (written by provider)
Pinnacle Learning Center’s programs are designed to help students of all levels achieve and go beyond Massachusetts’s Learning Standards. We are staffed by MA certified, experienced teachers and are dedicated to helping MA students meet and exceed their academic goals. As measured by both report cards and standardized tests, Pinnacle students demonstrate strong gains.

Students who participated in our courses in 2005 and 2006 achieved significant increases in their standardized test scores. 93% of the students enrolled in our math program increased a level, from needs improvement to proficient, on MCAS exams. For the students enrolled for 32 sessions or more in our reading course, the average student increased two stanine levels from pre to post-standardized tests and their reading level increased by at least one grade level. Our most recent satisfaction survey of our parents indicated a 98% high-satisfaction level with our various programs.

At Pinnacle Learning Center, we strive to work with students on a case-by-case basis and provide them with the tools to succeed. For each student, measurable gains in a particular subject lead to a positive effect on their overall self-confidence. Many parents have noted the increased improvement in all subjects as a result of remediation of reading, writing or math skills.

Our high-quality track record is attributed to quality instructors, scientifically-based methodologies and a proven curriculum that focuses on mastering the MA frameworks.
 District(s) Served
Please note that these are the districts this provider is approved to serve through this contract. Not all of these districts may be required to offer supplemental educational services through Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act. Check with your school or district for more details.

Abington Public SchoolsActon Public SchoolsArlington Public Schools
Ashland Public SchoolsAttleboro Public SchoolsBarnstable Public Schools
Bedford Public SchoolsBellingham Public SchoolsBelmont Public Schools
Billerica Public SchoolsBoston Public SchoolsBourne Public Schools
Braintree Public SchoolsBrockton Public SchoolsBrookline Public Schools
Burlington Public SchoolsCambridge Public SchoolsCanton Public Schools
Carver Public SchoolsCohasset Public SchoolsDartmouth Public Schools
Dedham Public SchoolsDuxbury Public SchoolsEast Bridgewater Public Schools
Easton Public SchoolsEverett Public SchoolsFairhaven Public Schools
Fall River Public SchoolsFalmouth Public SchoolsFitchburg Public Schools
Foxborough Public SchoolsFramingham Public SchoolsFranklin Public Schools
Freetown Public SchoolsGosnold Public SchoolsHalifax Public Schools
Haverhill Public SchoolsHingham Public SchoolsHolbrook Public Schools
Holliston Public SchoolsHopkinton Public SchoolsHull Public Schools
Ipswich Public SchoolsKingston Public SchoolsLakeville Public Schools
Lawrence Public SchoolsLeominster Public SchoolsLexington Public Schools
Lincoln Public SchoolsLittleton Public SchoolsLowell Public Schools
Lynn Public SchoolsLynnfield Public SchoolsMalden Public Schools
Mansfield Public SchoolsMarshfield Public SchoolsMedfield Public Schools
Medford Public SchoolsMedway Public SchoolsMelrose Public Schools
Methuen Public SchoolsMiddleborough Public SchoolsMilford Public Schools
Millis Public SchoolsMilton Public SchoolsNahant Public Schools
Natick Public SchoolsNeedham Public SchoolsNew Bedford Public Schools
North Andover Public SchoolsNorth Attleborough Public SchoolsNorth Reading Public Schools
Norton Public SchoolsNorwell Public SchoolsNorwood Public Schools
Peabody Public SchoolsPembroke Public SchoolsPlainville Public Schools
Plymouth Public SchoolsPlympton Public SchoolsQuincy Public Schools
Randolph Public SchoolsReading Public SchoolsRevere Public Schools
Rockland Public SchoolsSalem Public SchoolsSandwich Public Schools
Saugus Public SchoolsScituate Public SchoolsSeekonk Public Schools
Sharon Public SchoolsSomerville Public SchoolsSouth Hadley Public Schools
Stoneham Public SchoolsStoughton Public SchoolsSwampscott Public Schools
Swansea Public SchoolsTaunton Public SchoolsTewksbury Public Schools
Uxbridge Public SchoolsWakefield Public SchoolsWalpole Public Schools
Waltham Public SchoolsWareham Public SchoolsWatertown Public Schools
Wayland Public SchoolsWellesley Public SchoolsWest Bridgewater Public Schools
Westwood Public SchoolsWeymouth Public SchoolsWilmington Public Schools
Winchendon Public SchoolsWinchester Public SchoolsWinthrop Public Schools
Woburn Public SchoolsWorcester Public SchoolsWrentham Public Schools
Institutional Schools Public SchoolsAcademy Of the Pacific Rim Charter Public DistrictChrista McAuliffe Regional Charter Public District
Benjamin Banneker Charter Public DistrictBarnstable Horace Mann Charter DistrictBoston Day and Evening Academy Charter District
Edward Brooke Charter DistrictChampion Charter DistrictCity On A Hill Charter Public District
Codman Academy Charter Public DistrictConservatory Lab Charter DistrictCommunity Day Charter Public District
Frederick Douglass Charter DistrictNeighborhood House Charter DistrictAbby Kelley Foster Charter Public District
Foxborough Regional Charter DistrictBenjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public DistrictBoston Collegiate Charter District
Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers Horace Mann Charter SchoolLawrence Family Development Charter DistrictLowell Community Charter Public District
Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter DistrictMa Academy for Math and ScienceMATCH Charter Public School District
Mystic Valley Regional Charter DistrictNew Bedford Global Learning Charter DistrictBoston Renaissance Charter Public District
Rising Tide Charter Public DistrictRoxbury Preparatory Charter DistrictSeven Hills Charter Public District
Sturgis Charter Public DistrictUphams Corner Charter DistrictAtlantis Charter District
Acton-BoxboroughBridgewater-RaynhamDighton-Rehoboth
Freetown-LakevilleHamilton-WenhamKing Philip
MasconometSilver LakeBlackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical
Blue Hills Regional Vocational TechnicalBristol-Plymouth Regional Vocational TechnicalGreater Fall River Regional Vocational Technical
Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational TechnicalSouth Middlesex Regional Vocational TechnicalMinuteman Regional Vocational Technical
Montachusett Regional Vocational TechnicalNortheast Metropolitan Regional Vocational TechnicalShawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical
Southeastern Regional Vocational TechnicalSouth Shore Regional Vocational TechnicalTri County Regional Vocational Technical
Upper Cape Cod Regional Vocational TechnicalWhittier Regional Vocational TechnicalBristol County Agricultural
Norfolk County Agricultural
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