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What we’re trying to fix …. Challenges in Assessment. Lack of a comprehensive system Integrated through education levels Integrated types and styles Integrated test creation/delivery/scoring/reporting system Silos of assessment data Access/availability (dashboard) Aggregation Sharing
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Challenges in Assessment Lack of a comprehensive system Integrated through education levels Integrated types and styles Integrated test creation/delivery/scoring/reporting system Silos of assessment data Access/availability (dashboard) Aggregation Sharing Analysis Timeliness Lack of predictive capability Formative/summative gulf Disconnected with curriculum Difficult to test skills & deep knowledge … artificial dichotomy between authentic assessment and mass assessment • Disconnected with teaching & learning practice • Difficult to share, remix, deliver • Difficult to compare teachers, schools, and districts • Not generally embedded in curriculum • Challenging to create questions and allow answers in multimedia • Time consuming to provide mass personalization and adaptive teaching/learning/testing • Difficult to apply normative, criterion-based, and ipsative/longitudinal yardsticks simultaneously • No metadata built-in for analysis
Features - teachers Creation Simple multimedia authoring Delivery Point & click delivery Scoring Automated plus manual in integrated interface Multiple grader support Fairscore & Easygrade Reporting Instant access Dashboard Automated analysis Assessment sharing & publishing Share via email Publish online
Features - integration Mechanics of assessment Creation Delivery Scoring Reporting Levels of assessment Tiered publishing system, delivery mechanism, and data model Individual, class, grade, school, district, state, country, world Types of assessment Formative/summative Exercises, instant quiz, quiz, test, exam, state/international assessment
Features: authentic assessment Rich learning & assessment experiences … beyond multiple choice Questions can be Text Images Audio Video Simulations Answers can be Text Drawing Writing Clicking Audio (speaking) Combination of actions in interaction with a simulation ELL, LD, & multiple intelligences benefits
Features: data driving action Access Dashboards Alerts Tiered Real-time Raw & aggregated Action Autoreview Adaptive education Branching Multiple assessments, differential delivery Manual or automatic adaptation (metadata-driven) Predictive capability Same tool for formative/summative … and potentially for curriculum This will vastly improve predictive capabilities
Features: data analysis Tiered server topology and common data model enables easy analysis and comparison: Student Class Grade level Teacher School District State/region Country World Each entity controls its own distribution and data tiers