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Administering Assessments with Fidelity
By: Yvette Aranas The idea of “fidelity” is often discussed in the context of interventions. Interventions should be implemented with fidelity, meaning that the teacher is doing it in the…
9 Steps to an Effective Common Assessment Framework
Where do I even begin? If you’ve been tasked with establishing a system of common student assessments within your school or district, it’s a question that’s likely racing through your…
v8.4 Release Highlight – assessment feedback to improve learning
Last full release of the year! Read our release notes for all the details. A highly requested feature is the new Annotation for Constructed Response Grading. Teachers can give specific feedback on essays/constructed…
Illuminator Spotlight: Using Data Warehouse to Help Make Data-Informed Decisions
Mitch Fowler Director of School Data Services at the Calhoun Intermediate School District (ISD) Tell us about your current role in Calhoun ISD. I work with 20 school districts across…
What is Benchmarking? And Why Should We Do It?
By: Yvette Aranas One important part of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support is benchmarking. This involves screening all students as early as possible to find unrecognized problems and identify students who…
Evaluating the Quality of Standardized Assessments
By Yvette Arañas Selecting the right assessment to use at the class-, school-, or district-wide level can be a daunting task. There are many assessments available on the market, but…
v8.3 Release
It’s release time again! Read our full release notes to get the scoop. Highlights: Grading Constructed Response – NEW options for viewing student constructed responses, accessing the original question, rubric, and…
We love it when our customers Illuminate!
This we had to share! Check out these snazzy “Illuminator” newsletters that Aspire Public Schools created for their teachers. We especially love the speech bubbles! What a cool way to share…
v8.2 Release
Happy Friday! Last night, we released new features and updates! Read about them in our Release Notes. Check out two highly requested features below: Hybrid Assessments – have arrived based on Teacher feedback requesting…
Implementation: The Case for Using a Systematic Approach to Software Implementation
Schools and districts frequently expend considerable resources putting in place a variety of interventions, operating procedures, curricula, professional development and technology systems. These include not only the cost of tangible…