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Indian Valley Middle School Display at COSI

Timken Seniors Display at PLTW National Symposium

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Lorain County JVS students complete engineering internship at NASA

Polaris Robotics and Automation Technology Team Takes 2nd Place at SkillsUSA Nationals

Gateway to Technology students from North Union Middle School earn Honda Innovation Award
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Ohio rolls out Elementary Modules

Innovation Showcase at COSI
The technology community of Columbus recently came out in force to welcome the Innovation Showcase to the Center of Science and Industry (COSI).

PLTWO Exams & Data Collection System

Exams

Every PLTW teacher in the state who has taught any PLTW course in 2006/2007 must give Parts A and C of the final exams for that course. Part B is optional, but recommended. Parts A and B are available on www.pltw.org in the Registered Teachers area.

Part C of the exam is available on the website ONLY to nationally certified schools. To receive Part C if you are NOT teaching in a nationally certified school or otherwise cannot access the exam, please email kathy.sommers@ode.state.oh.us with your name, address, and the course you are teaching. Kathy will then confirm your identity as a PLTW Ohio teacher and MAIL you a hard copy of Part C of the exam. The entire exam should be given, even if the material has not been covered in its entirety.

Entering Data

Because so many of the PLTW programs are sharing teachers among several schools within the district, and because both administrators and teachers often leave their current locations, the Ohio data collection process for WebXam has changed.

Please note that this is OHIO's data collection system, NOT the True Outcomes system, which is accessed by teachers through PLTW National. The data collected here is the only way we have of communicating our growth and progress to the legislators who are instrumental in supporting this program in our state, so collection of this data is MANDATORY for all PLTW programs, as it impacts overall funding as well as individual school funding. All data must be entered by June 30 of any given school year.

For instructions on your program's data collection, and to obtain a PLTW WebXam username and password, click here.

For instructions on entering your program's high school student data, click here. (PDF Format)

For instructions on entering your program's middle school student data, click here. (PDF Format)

The deadline for entering data into the system each year is June 30.

All PLTW programs must enter data into the system for each PLTW class taught.

Please Note: If you have not already done so, you will first need to download and install the free Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view PDF files online. By clicking on the "Get Acrobat Reader" icon below, you will be taken directly to Adobe's site where you can download this file viewer.