Standards Mastery

Powerful Insights into Standards; Powerfully Informed Teaching

Experience digital, fixed-form assessments that are rigorously developed to give educators insight into student performance on key academic standards.

Overview

Evaluate Student Performance on Key Academic Standards

Gain immediate insight into student understanding of key skills associated with individual content standards. These digital, fixed-form assessments undergo rigorous development and testing by content experts and educators with deep content knowledge to ensure each pre-built form fully assesses a standard regarding scope and rigor. By using this resource as a guide, teachers can determine how to best support students based on their performance on the assessment with recommended areas of focus and suggested activities.
  • Program Type:Assessment
  • Subject:Mathematics, Literacy
  • Grade(s):2–8
  • Language:English
  • Format:Digital

Program Features

Rigorous Development

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Expect Expert-Tested Assessments

Rigorous development and testing by content experts and educators with deep content knowledge ensures that each pre-built form fully assesses a standard.

Gain Precise Insight with Nuanced Scoring
Nuanced scoring breaks down skills and concepts into pieces, providing you with more specific information about student misconceptions.
Target Critical Thinking and Process Skills
Technology-enhanced items target critical thinking and process skills that can be difficult to assess with multiple-choice items, allowing for a more in-depth picture of student learning.

Robust Reporting

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See Each Students' Mastery of Grade-Level Standards

Robust reporting gives you insight into exactly what students know in relation to grade-level standards to help inform resource allocation and decision making.

Identify Exactly Where Students Need to Focus Next
See exactly where and why students need support, including item rationales,  prerequisite skills and possible misunderstandings, and insight into how educators can target these skills in their teaching.
Insight at All Levels
Student-, class-, school-, and district-level data ensures both leaders and teachers have what they need to take actionable next steps.

Instructional Connections

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Strategically Address Students' Instructional Needs

Downloadable Differentiated Instructional Support resources help you understand what instructional next steps will best support students with information about the standard, possible misconceptions, and recommended areas of focus and suggested activities.

Provide Exposure to Rigorous Assessment Items
Use assessment items to understand the depth and rigor of the standards, then determine strategies for approaching the item type and content in instruction.
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What's Included

Mastery Checks

  • Identify when reteaching is needed
  • Pinpoint instructional priorities with detailed, skill-level data and intuitive item analysis

Differentiated Instructional Support Resources

  • Targeted instructional information and recommended resources for each standard
  • Suggested instructional next steps for each student

Technology-Enhanced Items

  • Closely aligned to computer-based state exams
  • Provide a deeper understanding of the standards and increase student engagement