LAWRENCE, Kan. — The Achievement
and Assessment Institute (AAI) at the University of Kansas has received a $ 212,000 award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a prototype web
interface that would allow students, parents, teachers
and researchers to understand the relationships among mathematics topics by exploring the KU - developed Dynamic Learning Maps ™ (DLM ®) tool for mathematics taught in
middle -
and high -
school grades.
The program will increase the
school community's mental health awareness
and literacy, which serves as a prevention tool for the community regarding adolescent depression; offer two - level screening to students in one
middle school and two
high school grades, including universal, self - report screening for all students, followed by in - depth interviews with students who screen as
high risk;
and communicate with Holliston parents / guardians about youth depression
and resources, provide more significant follow - up (both immediate
and long - term) with parents / guardians of
high - risk teens,
and provide all
school families with access to the
Interface Referral Network.