CompassLearning courseware corresponds with state and local curriculum standards. Teachers say Tomorrow's Promise enhances their core curriculum. Students cannot wait to get to the computer lab and are motivated by the animated, interactive, self-paced programs. The positive effects on learning have convinced educators to purchase Tomorrow's Promise for computer labs in all three elementary schools in the district. Historically, students at Central score under the 50th percentile on PSSA tests.
Administrators expect a rise in achievement test scores, now that the lab is up and running.
The North Star School district encompasses 110 square miles and includes three elementary schools in Jennerstown, Boswell, and Kantner. Two hundred and thirty students attend Central's Title I school. School enrollment remains constant at approximately 120 students per grade level district-wide. Coal mining was king in earlier days. Now, layoffs at the local area steel mill are commonplace.