tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18777977565055331412024-03-12T19:10:34.650-07:00ATI Town Hall BlogThe ATI blog is a forum where educational practitioners and researchers can review and discuss topics related to advancements in education and educational technology including assessments (e.g. formative, benchmarks, pre and posttest), digital curriculum platform, instruction, online curriculum resources, instructional effectiveness, research strategies IRT, and dynamic reporting.Scott Cunninghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17773664539480270203noreply@blogger.comBlogger447125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-88600440770053509562019-12-04T10:18:00.000-07:002019-12-04T10:18:41.581-07:00Formatives, a Convenient Method in Monitoring Progress <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Learning is driven by intentional assessment for all
students and helps to identify those in need of stronger support and
interventions. Assessments help educators create an equitable learning
environment with options ranging from benchmark, interim,
to short formative assessments. Each has a specific purpose, while all provide data needed to challenge students at their zone of proximal development. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's zero in on formative assessments. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This short assessment measures the achievement of one standard for the purpose of guiding instruction and providing information on standards mastery. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These quizzes, usually about 5 questions, offer quick snapshots of learning. The data generated through the quiz can be run at the student, class, or district level providing specific information for the appropriate user whether it is a teacher, principal, or administrator. Thus, formatives are beneficial for all levels of educators.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Simply put, formative assessments are a <a href="https://www.imaginelearning.com/assessment" target="_blank">convenient way to monitor student progress</a></b>. Formatives can be administered at any
time in the classroom, scheduled for large groups of students, and can
sometimes be generated automatically to address specific student needs. In some cases, pre-built formative assessments are available in learning management systems offering a convenience way to quickly gauging learning. While some assessment systems incorporate tools offering the ability to create, schedule, and administer formatives. The ability to create formatives is particularly convenient when teachers want to test skills recently covered in the classroom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Consider incorporating formatives as a common practice. Formatives can be used to:</span></div>
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are at the beginning of a unit. Use this information to guide instructional
planning and to build intervention groups for students who many need a little
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used to give students the opportunity to get used to certain item types such as
technology enhanced items found on high stakes tests. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Intervene.</b> Formative assessments can be administered
to a group of students who have been identified as needing additional
instruction. These quizzes provide additional information to teachers to help
reduce the risk of failing to master standards. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Guide instruction.</b> Formatives can be
given for the purpose of guiding instruction. They provide the information
needed to decide where to begin teaching so time is not wasted on teaching
concepts the class already knows. </span></li>
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can be used to provide information on how students respond to varying
instructional content delivery. Use this information to help create
differentiated instruction so that all students can learn and achieve. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Monitor progress.</b> Formatives help
teachers gather information throughout the year to show teachers what students
have learned at a given point in time within the unit or lesson. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Standards Mastery.</b> Formative assessments
assess one standard to see if initial instruction was understood and the
standard has been mastered. This provides a clear direction on when to move
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student learning, evaluating curriculum effectiveness, supporting differentiated
instruction for intervention groups, and supporting individualized instruction
are all supported through formative assessments.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Dig deeper into </span><a href="https://www.imaginelearning.com/assessment" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">assessments</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and discover the rare mix of convenience and choice available.</span></div>
<br />Assessment Technology Incorporatedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08568725450461940052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-62251437216729531292019-10-01T08:33:00.000-07:002019-10-01T08:33:42.380-07:00October is Head Start Awareness Month<br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First created in 1982 by President Ronald Reagan, Head Start Awareness Month is an opportunity to share at the local, state and national levels the power of Head Start.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a long-time supporter of the National Head Start Association (NHSA), we would like to pay tribute to the work and advocacy done to build knowledge of and support for the whole-child and whole-community approach in supporting children and families on their path to success.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right now, there is a growing realization among business leaders and policy makers that investment in early childhood is key to the future success of our nation. There is also a greater understanding of the importance in the development of character of the first five years of life and a greater appreciation of the long-term benefits to society from investing in high quality programs such as Head Start and Early Head Start. We have always seen the value of the work they do, but it’s exciting to see others take notice!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">ATI has always been a champion of the work NHSA does. We have been honored to work with so many leaders in child education and in doing so we were able to collaborate and develop the Galileo Pre-K Portrait of Child Outcomes. This is a broad array of Head Start programs representing several states that have joined together for several years to create and share important stories about themselves and about children's accomplishments. The Portrait of Child Outcomes has been used by NHSA in making presentations nationwide documenting the contributions of Head Start to early childhood learning. We are privileged to have the opportunity to bring their story to you, </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://ati-online.com/galileoPreschool/prek-overview-child-outcomes.php" style="background-color: transparent; color: #e06666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">click here</a><span style="color: #444444;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Throughout October, join us in celebrating and advocating for childhood education and development. </span><a href="https://www.headstartawareness.org/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Learn more</span></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> about NHSA and how you too can support their efforts. </span></div>
<br />Assessment Technology Incorporatedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08568725450461940052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-24381706524478295812019-09-02T08:30:00.000-07:002019-09-02T08:30:02.424-07:00Blended Learning Connects Classrooms and At Home Learning<br />
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concepts for improving instruction both in the classroom and at home. In
today’s society we are exposed to technology at every turn and so are the
children we teach. We are not escaping the digital age because we are living
and working in it every day. Thus, exposing children to digital learning is not
trendy, it’s preparing them to be college and career ready. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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with computer-facilitated instruction supporting personalized learning. WestEd, </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">a nonprofit research, development, and service agency aimed to improve
education for students,</span> conducted a study on behalf of the <span style="color: #222222;">Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation to examine how technologies in a blended learning environment could
offer enhanced opportunities for both teachers and students.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In their report titled, “</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blended
Learning and Data Use in Three Technology-Infused Charter Schools,” the authors
examined<span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span>whether the blended learning
environments provided greater access to and more diverse data sources for
teachers and students from which to make educational decisions. The authors
looked at how strongly leadership supported the use of technology, students’
engagement in the learning process, and the flow of data for which decisions
were made. It is noted that the opportunities in the teaching and learning
process that were made available in this study were opportunities that most
likely would not have been possible in a traditional setting.<span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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in the study. Middle and high school students were exposed to multiple forms of
technology that supported in-person and distant educational experiences.Teachers and administrators were well trained in the use of the technologies
and how they could be used to enhance instructional and administrative decision
making. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Blended learning environments provide data to teachers and students that may not be readily available in more traditional classes;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Blended learning environments provide for anytime and anywhere virtual learning opportunities;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Teachers were able to address the needs of particular students through various media and diverse learning experiences;</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today's educators know that the one-size fits all approach to teaching and
learning is by far not a successful model. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">This study demonstrates how adopting a blended learning method is more
apt to reach individual learners.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The</span> </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">blended learning approach is a hybrid
approach and comes in multiple formats including printed, projectable, or
digital formats which sharpen critical thinking skills and are the basis for
the development of analytic reasoning. As noted in the study blended learning
is designed to strengthen the connection between what is being taught and what
students practice.</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Read the </span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ati-online.com/pdfs/K12/GatesBlendedLearningReport.pdf">full
report.</a></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<br />Assessment Technology Incorporatedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08568725450461940052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-74363899150613799882019-08-19T08:30:00.000-07:002019-08-19T08:30:09.404-07:00Every Word Matters in a Mathematical World<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Recently, I had the pleasure of listening to Dr. Concepcion
“Como” Molina at a company-wide conference. I was vaguely familiar with his
teaching concepts, however never had the pleasure of seeing him present. I am always interested in learning and crave new techniques that can save
me time and effort. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What happened next, I was not prepared for. Dr. Molina spoke
about the language of teaching and learning. How one word can change the
meaning in a sentence or can be interpreted in several different ways. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">For
instance, during a lesson on addition, a teacher may verbally ask students to add
up numbers in a problem. What does this actually mean? How do students
interpret the concept or define what is meant by “add up?” </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Conceptual understanding of various math
topics is not as straight forward as you might think. Some students might
interpret the concept of “add up” to literally mean place the sum of the
numbers at the top of the problem. Thus, adding the numbers in the direction of
“up” or at the top of the problem. I found myself stunned and hanging on every word. I wasn’t the only person
in the room that had a personal “aha” moment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dr. Molina continued by explaining the little things that
can be done when teaching students at all different levels. He was excited to
introduce us to the idea of teaching pre-algebra in grades one through seven because
there's so many things that can be taught as far as algebra through arithmetic.
The fundamental practice of teaching mathematics, for the most part, is taking
things apart, putting them together, or reorganizing them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I started questioning things and as I looked around the room…I
could see the mathematicians’ eyes questioning the concepts as well. I watched
as several teachers in the audience were seriously studying his interpretation of
what the math equations and symbols COULD mean. You see, Dr. Molina showed us in
a very clear and concise way what it is like to read a math problem when you
have limited or no English language skills and honestly even students who are
native English readers. He shows us how to come at math from a completely
different point of view that provides more context and meaning to what you are
learning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dr. Molina explains that to really understand mathematics
you must pay a lot of attention to the language and the symbolism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“We really have to do a better job of
increasing the content knowledge of elementary teachers, because as I say, you
can't teach what you don't know. It's more about the methods. It's like you're
teaching someone to fish as opposed to giving them the fish. You know, if you
teach them how to fish then they [teachers] can create a lot of their own stuff
and really do a better job of teaching the math that kids need to know,”
comments Dr. Molina. It’s about visualization, concrete modeling, approaching
it from different perspectives. Teaching is about being mindful of the instructional
language that is being used because it’s very easy to change one word in
defining a concept that can lead to “adding up.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Every single one of us comes from somewhere. We all
experience different events in our lives that shape who we are. Our families,
friends, educators, and everyone in our social circle. This starts at a very
young age. We can easily agree that we are all unique individuals with diverse
needs. So, with this in mind, why would we expect kids to learn in the same
manner? Additionally, understanding our differences and creating a language of
learning that includes ALL students is key to providing equality in education. When
everyone understands the language, symbolism, and representation of math
concepts, teaching and understanding become easier. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“The Problem with Math is English” is Dr.
Molina’s new book. He shares his story with humor and wit. His book fills a gap
in math education by illustrating how a deeper knowledge of math concepts can
be developed in all students through a focus on language and symbolism. The
idea about mathematics and the language connection really is not just about EL
students, it’s about ALL students.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">"In
this easy to read book, Como Molina—with rare humor, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">insight and
thoughtfulness—shares many of the lessons he </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">has learned while providing
professional development for </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">mathematics teachers in U.S. public schools. Como </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">delightfully challenged my own understandings of </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">the important relationships
between mathematical ideas </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">and the language we commonly use to teach
them."</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0.5in;">—Dr. Stephen Marble, </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0.5in;">Associate Professor of Education, Southwestern
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">His examples can be profound “aha” moments in your classroom.
Decide for yourself and give it a try. As you’re building your curriculum plans
for the school year, consider adopting some of his concepts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I hope you share some of you “aha” moments this fall. Let’s
continue to inspire each other. Our passion for education matters and the
language of learning continues in every word we speak.</span></div>
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Dr. Molina supports systemic reform efforts in mathematics and works to assist
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #606d78;">Start the new 2019-20 rostering and data upload process by completing the </span><a href="https://il.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eE56wwznnWPLxU9" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Back to School Onboarding Registration</span></a><span style="color: #606d78;"> form as soon as possible. Once you complete the form, Imagine Learning’s Customer Experience team will reach out to help create your personalized onboarding plan. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #e06666;">TIP! Start the onboarding process with Imagine Learning before you begin rostering for the 2019-20 school year.</span><span style="color: #606d78;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #606d78; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #606d78;">Logging in via web browser? You and your students will now log into Galileo at </span><a href="http://login.imaginelearning.com/"><span style="color: #e06666;">login.imaginelearning.com</span></a><span style="color: #606d78;">. You can also access the new URL from the existing ATI staff/student login pages (click the “Login via Imagine Learning” button). </span></span></span><br />
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Assessment Technology Incorporatedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08568725450461940052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-68726709094741074622019-07-22T08:30:00.000-07:002019-07-22T08:30:11.899-07:00Get Ready for Back-to-School - Order Your Benchmark Assessments Today<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4px;"><b>Its that time of year again! </b>Time to start thinking about ordering your district benchmark assessments.We recommend contacting your ATI </span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="mailto:EdMgmtServices@ati-online.com" target="_blank">Educational Management Services</a></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4px;"> (EMS) coordinator to begin the assessment planning process. EMS staff will help your team to create a comprehensive assessment plan that addresses district/charter goals including:</span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="background: white;">EMS staff will work closely and efficiently with you to ensure that the resulting benchmark assessments are of the highest quality. Of course, quality requires time so it is important for you to <b>allow for a 2 week delivery window for pre-made assessments and a 6 week window for assessments aligned to district curriculum</b>. </span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;">Check out the online Galileo <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Help Files</i> for resources including the <i>Assessment Planner and Test Review </i>guide.</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"> Contact </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="mailto:EdMgmtServices@ati-online.com" target="_blank">Educational Management Services</a></span></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 18.4px;"> </span></span>today.</span><br />
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<br />Assessment Technology Incorporatedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08568725450461940052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-64561693504593316412019-07-19T13:11:00.001-07:002019-07-19T13:11:21.255-07:00Tech Edvocate Nominates Galileo K-12<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We’re honored to announce that Galileo K-12 has been nominated for the 2019 Tech Edvocate Awards. We are passionate about education and strive everyday to create technology to promote learning for all children. <b>YOU </b>can help Galileo win by casting your vote! </span></div>
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<br />Assessment Technology Incorporatedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08568725450461940052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-24864003778487187532019-07-16T08:30:00.000-07:002019-07-16T15:30:41.304-07:00Monitoring Student Progress with Formative Assessments<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s nice to have options especially the ability to choose what will work best for you. This holds true in teaching and learning. There are many different kinds of assessments to inform instruction. From formative, summative, benchmark, pre and posttest, or college prep tests. Understanding which assessment to use to gauge instruction is key towards creating the right combination to foster academic success.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let’s look at the most often used assessment, formatives. Formative assessments are most often used as practice tests to monitor progress. A gauge on whether students really “got” the lesson taught or not. Using formative assessments throughout the year, teachers can measure what students have learned and what they have not learned. A pretty good method teachers can use for a quick check point of understanding. The data from this check point gives teachers the information they need to determine whether to go back and reteach a lesson or decide to move forward. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The choice can sometimes become difficult when time is an issue. However, administering formative assessments should not take much time at all. For example, the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB8MBM8Ei8M" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">pre-built, standards-aligned formative assessment</span></a> available in Galileo K-12 can be administered quickly to assess critical skills and specific standards. They are stored in libraries to share across the school or district. Content specialists can even create a library of common formative assessment. Additionally, Galileo formative assessments offer full control on the actual administration of each test including the ability to password protect tests, set the time frame of test, and assign to specific intervention groups or classes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Educators can choose to utilize the pre-built Galileo Formatives or create their own tests, using Test Builder and narrow down items by searching by standard, grade, subject, item type and DOK level. Educators can use the item bank to customize their own tests and also create their own items or questions, through Galileo’s Item Builder. Formative assessments can also be created using Galileo K-12 Automated Scoring Key technology. This allows educators to upload a pre-existing test into Galileo from a file such as a word or pdf file. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Teachers monitor progress everyday all year long and adjust accordingly. Real-time reports can be a game changer in the classroom. The Test Monitoring page is often the most used report in Galileo empowering teacher to monitor progress in real-time and see how the students are answering each test item. Additionally, a quick visual summary of students’ level of mastery of standards helps to identify gaps in learning using the Intervention Alert report. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Choosing to invest in scheduling formative assessments to monitor progress is well worth the rich data gathered on student learning. To learn more about Galileo Formative assessments <span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="mailto:GalileoInfo@ati-online.com" target="_blank">contact us</a> </span>for a personalized demonstration. Or go directly to our <a href="http://ati-online.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">website</span></a> to learn about the entire Galileo Comprehensive Assessment System offerings. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="http://townhallblog.ati-online.com/2019/05/the-benchmark-performance-levels-report.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Benchmark Performance Levels Report Provides an In-Depth Analysis of Student Learning</span></a></span></div>
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<br />Assessment Technology Incorporatedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08568725450461940052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-70005473935026543382019-07-01T08:30:00.000-07:002019-07-01T08:30:02.796-07:00Gathering Rich Data to Support Effective Teaching and Learning<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Information about a student’s capabilities <a href="https://online.stu.edu/articles/education/educational-measurement-assessment-evaluation.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">gathered through the assessment and instructional</span></a> process creates a portrait of the student as a learner. This type of feedback for both teacher and student will set the stage for establishing goals for improving student learning. Instruction can be strategically planned and lessons can be identified to target students at a variety of levels. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Understanding what students in a classroom already know is the first step. The Galileo <i>Benchmarks </i>series includes three assessments that can be administered at the beginning, middle, and end of year. The first assessment administered will provide a placement for students. These assessments provide an IRT scale score as well as information about student mastery of individual domains. The two additional benchmark tests are given in intervals throughout the year tracking progress. From these benchmarks, data points identify which students are at-risk and which students are meeting benchmark goals. This is illustrated </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">through changes in the student performance levels and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NtUcoP6F4o" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">risk levels</span></a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This rich data is available within the Galileo comprehensive reporting suite. The </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dashboards </i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">reports support the continuous gathering of data to support effective teaching and learning, resulting in high student achievement that is based on today’s standards for college and career readiness. Educators can use Galileo to track student growth and achievement, which includes evaluating student progress toward standards mastery as well as college and career readiness as measured by statewide assessments. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The reports also provide detailed information about student strengths and weaknesses including their level of mastery of individual state standards. This powerful portrait of student learning is made possible by transforming <a href="http://ati-online.com/galileoK12/k12-research-services.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">high-powered data analysis procedures such as IRT</span></a>, test scaling procedures, and inferential statistics into practical, interactive reports that educators can use to facilitate quality instruction, enrichment and re-teaching activities. The reports present multiple measures of student performance, including raw scores (number/percent correct), Developmental Level (IRT scale) score ability estimates, standards mastery classifications, growth, and risk information. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Learn more about the real-time reporting functions in the Galileo comprehensive reporting suite. Check out the <a href="http://www.ati-online.com/galileoK12/indexK12.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">website</span></a> or <a href="mailto:Galileoinfo@ati-online.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">contact</span></a> us for a personalize demonstration. </span>Assessment Technology Incorporatedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08568725450461940052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-42054262622642525452019-06-18T11:01:00.002-07:002019-06-18T11:05:17.263-07:00Explore Galileo K-12 and Discover the Power behind a Research-Based Assessment Solution<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The future in assessment is here at ATI bringing the highest quality of assessment and reporting to educators just in time for back to school 2019. Join us as we highlight the Galileo K-12 Online <i>Comprehensive Assessment System</i> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">offering support for universal screening and progress monitoring for District needs kindergarten through 12th grade. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Choose from a wide variety of pre-built comprehensive benchmarks/screeners aligned to State Standards in ELA and mathematics as well as pre-built benchmarks/screeners aligned to Next Generation Science Standards. The Galileo K-12 assessments are built to comprehensively reflect the content and skills reflected in state and national standards, ensuring that the assessments can provide relevant and sufficient information about student learning to support decisions about whether students are on track or at risk. Galileo K-12 assessments are designed to screen, diagnose, and monitor students’ learning and to inform instruction in language arts, and math. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Get a first-hand look at Galileo K-12 in this brief <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/AssessmentTechnology" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">video tour</span></a> where it highlights an array of integrated assessments and reporting tools designed for students, parents, and educators. Learn more about universal screening and benchmark assessments, progress monitoring using formative assessments, state test forecasting, a dyslexia screening toolkit, student-parent portal, and much more. Timely accurate feedback offered through Galileo K-12 throughout the school year gives educators the power to personalize instruction which can help accelerate the rate of learning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Continue to learn by accessing other <i>Galileo Tour</i> videos found on the Assessment Technology, Incorporated <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/AssessmentTechnology" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">YouTube</span></a> page. New videos are added all the time, including the <i>“Did You Know”</i> series videos, which highlights some of the most used functions in Galileo K-12. Bookmark the page and come back to it as a quick reference source. <a href="mailto:mailto:GalileoInfo@ati-online.com?subject=Galileo%20K-12%20Demo" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Contact us</span></a> today to schedule a personal guided demonstration of Galileo K-12.</span><br />
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Assessment Technology Incorporatedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08568725450461940052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-73644039919689366882019-05-27T08:00:00.000-07:002019-05-27T08:00:03.975-07:00Counteract the Summer Slide - Become a More Proficient Galileo User<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are all familiar with the concept of summer slide in terms of regression of student skills during summer break. In fact, the U.S. Department of Education has a series of <a href="https://blog.ed.gov/2014/03/stopping-the-summer-slide/" target="_blank">blog posts</a>* regarding this topic as well as student resource suggestions such as <a href="https://www.nga.gov/education/kids.html" target="_blank">NGA Kids</a>** (National Gallery of Art) or a summer reading list offered from <a href="http://study.com/">Study.com</a>***. In this blog, we are going to turn the tables and look at it in the perspective of an educator. We will apply the concept of summer slide to educators and what can be done over the summer to become a more proficiency user of Galileo K-12 technology.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As summer time begins and you start planning, ask yourself some questions before you get started: How much time will you dedicate to this? What resources will you need? Do you have appropriate access or will you need specialized access? Are there continuing education credits available? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once you have set some goals, do little research to figure out what resources are available and how to begin exploring them in Galileo. A few resources that might help in your journey to becoming a more proficient user follows: </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>ATI Professional Development Help Files</b>: This will likely be your best resource as a user. The Galileo interface includes a direct link to <i><a href="https://galileo.ati-online.com/GalileoASP/ASPX/Help/K12/K12_Help_Files.html#t=How_Do_I%2FFAQ.htm" target="_blank">Help Files</a> </i>(knowledge base) with step-by-step instructions that guide users through a variety of tasks, as well as links to pre-recorded video tutorials, quick reference guides, and user manuals.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Learning on Demand:</b> Learning on Demand sessions are webinars that guide educators in becoming proficient users of Galileo K-12 technology with the goal of enhancing student learning. The sessions are scheduled throughout the year, and a library of recorded sessions are available on a variety of topics to listen to at your convenience. The sessions can be found in the <i>Help Files</i>. Continuing professional development credit is offered for those who register and participate in the live session. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>ATI YouTube page:</b> <i>Galileo Tours</i> and <i>Did You Know</i> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/AssessmentTechnology" target="_blank">videos series</a> offer insight into the tools and capabilities of Galileo K-12. The videos dig deeper into the technology in a step-by-step format.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>ATI Support web page: </b>Technical support documentation offers guidelines to ensure a successful year of implementing Galileo. We highly recommend you frequent the <a href="http://ati-online.com/galileoK12/K12TrainingSystem.php" target="_blank">System Requirements/Security </a>page to ensure that your online testing plans are in sync with the system requirements and security recommendations. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>ATI web page: </b>The <a href="http://ati-online.com/index.html" target="_blank">ATI website</a> offers materials that give a general overview and highlight specific features available in Galileo. Check out the <a href="http://ati-online.com/galileoK12/k12-resources_publications.php" target="_blank">Resources/Publications</a> page where videos, FAQs, research briefs, and white papers can be found offering an in depth understanding the possibilities found in Galileo K-12. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">* Amatucci, D. (2014, March 4). Stopping the Summer Slide [Blog post]. https://blog.ed.gov/2014/03/stopping-the-summer-slide/</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">** National Gallery of Art (2018). National Kids Art Zone. https://www.nga.gov/education/kids.html</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">*** Johnson, A. (2017, July). Why is Summer Reading so Important for Kid’s Success [Blog post]? https://study.com/blog/why-is-summer-reading-so-important-for-kids-success.html </span>Assessment Technology Incorporatedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08568725450461940052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-76281489104529740782019-05-20T08:30:00.000-07:002019-05-20T08:30:06.203-07:003 Key Capabilities Supporting Powerful, Data-driven Decision Making<br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">What does a reliable and valid comprehensive assessment system look like? The Galileo K-12 Online <i>Comprehensive Assessment System</i> offers research-based assessments built to comprehensively reflect the content and skills reflected in state and national standards. This ensures that assessments can provide relevant and sufficient information about student learning to support decisions about whether students are on track or at risk. These assessments are designed to screen, diagnose, and monitor students’ learning and to inform instruction in English language arts, mathematics, and science. Several pre-built assessments are available in Galileo K-12 Online: the ATI <i>Comprehensive Benchmark Assessment Series</i> aligned to state test blueprints and the ATI <i>Formative Assessment Series</i> that provides brief technology-enhanced quizzes aligned to each standard. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>About our integration:</b> Imagine Learning and Assessment Technology, Incorporated (ATI) have joined forces to offer an integrated comprehensive assessment system with the digital education curriculum giving educators more power to personalize instruction. This combination means that ATI’s flagship product, Galileo K-12, will be infused into Imagine Learning programs beginning with Imagine Language & Literacy for back to school 2019. Galileo K-12 will also be available as a stand-alone assessment solution.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #606d78; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out the enhancements to the Benchmark Performance Levels report! It now provides teachers and administrators the capability to evaluate student performance on multiple measures involving classes and schools. This report is useful to answer the following questions:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The new report is accessible from the </span><em style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Benchmark Performance Levels</em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> report on the </span><em style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Teacher</em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- and </span><em style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Admin Dashboards</em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as well as from the Reports menu. Chart views include colorful bar graphs that illustrate patterns of performance. Data views provide interactive data tables that enable custom search and sorting. Additionally, print and export capabilities support a variety of formats such as JPG, PDF, and Excel.</span></div>
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Assessment Technology Incorporatedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08568725450461940052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-10749216722169126352019-04-23T16:27:00.001-07:002019-04-23T16:27:58.059-07:00Proactive Professional Development - Upcoming Learning on Demand <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Galileo Online professional development program includes a variety of topics designed to prepare all users </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to take full advantage of all that Galileo technology has to offer. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We know that flexibility is important, so our professional development team provides a variety of training options. These include on-site large-group professional development sessions at District provided computer labs as well as web-based training through small-group live and recorded webinars, Learning on Demand sessions, pre- and recorded video tutorials, and quick reference guides accessed through the <i>Help Files</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of the most popular resources is the complimentary Learning on Demand webinar and video series. Several Learning on Demand sessions are approaching for both K-12 and Pre-K users. </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://ati-online.webex.com/mw3300/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=ati-online&service=7" style="background-color: white; color: #f3565d;" target="_blank">Register</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #606d78;"> on the "Upcoming" tab</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> to take full advantage of these offerings. Each session is offered first as a live webinar and then as a recording of the webinar available through the Galileo <i>Help Files</i>. Sessions focus on a single topic related to the basics of Galileo. With live demonstrations and interaction from ATI's professional development team, this is a great opportunity to increase your proficiency as a Galileo user.</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pre-K: <i>The Galileo Pre-K Parent Center,</i> May 15</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For more information contact us at 1.800.367.4762 or by emailing us at GalileoInfo@ati-online.com. Thank you for your ongoing interest in Galileo!</span>Assessment Technology Incorporatedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08568725450461940052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-36228425848988897112019-03-25T07:30:00.000-07:002019-04-17T07:56:22.742-07:00ATI College Prep Benchmark Assessments<br />
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assessments gain experience and confidence with a high-stakes test format.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />Assessment Technology Incorporatedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08568725450461940052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-92056126483907787092019-03-07T11:52:00.000-07:002019-03-07T11:52:02.493-07:00Together ATI and Imagine Learning Now Offer a Research-Based Assessment and Digital Education Curriculum Solution<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>With acquisition of ATI, Galileo® K-12 comprehensive assessment system will be combined with Imagine Learning’s personalized, proven language and literacy program</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Assessment Technology, Inc. (ATI), the recognized leader in educational measurement in K-12 online assessment, is excited to announce that Weld North, a leading Pre-K–12 digital curriculum company and parent company of Imagine Learning, has acquired ATI. ATI will combine forces with Imagine Learning to develop a seamless approach to improving student learning.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ATI’s Galileo K-12 assessment tool will be incorporated into Imagine Learning’s digital education programs, providing educators with research-based universal screening, progress monitoring, and data that predicts how students will perform on state and local testing. This will empower Imagine Learning to support even more students and provide data to teachers and administrators.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bryan Sparks, co-President of Imagine Learning, said, “The acquisition of ATI supercharges our assessment capabilities overnight, adding the most comprehensive psychometric research in the industry into our products. Dr. Bergan and his team have a sterling reputation, and we look forward to collaborating, expanding our reach across classroom and district assessment systems and leveraging our national footprint to bring these tools to more classrooms and school districts. ATI will be a differentiator for Imagine Learning and we are excited to welcome the very talented ATI team to our organization.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Galileo K-12 is backed with over thirty years of science and experience and brings an incredible added value to current and future Imagine Learning users. ATI was founded by John Bergan, Ph.D. in 1986 with a mission to create and distribute technology to promote learning. From its inception, ATI has pursued an evidence-based approach to education in which assessment is implemented for the purpose of guiding learning. “We’re proud to offer educators the cutting-edge technology they need to effectively teach to the unique strengths and needs of each student,” stated John Bergan, President for ATI.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Galileo K-12 will be added to Imagine Learning’s Imagine Language & Literacy program for fall 2019, with long-term plans to incorporate the assessment tool into the Imagine Math program by fall 2020. Currently, almost two million students in over 24,000 schools across the US use Imagine Learning programs.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.imaginelearning.com/programs/language-and-literacy">https://www.imaginelearning.com/programs/language-and-literacy</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>About Imagine Learning: </b>Imagine Learning partners with educators, providing personalized, proven digital education programs that teach language, literacy, and math to students from pre-K through grade eight. Students and teachers love Imagine Learning’s digital education programs because they are research- and evidence-based, data driven, instructionally differentiated, and incredibly fun to use. The Imagine Learning family is dedicated to working with teachers to change lives and open doors of opportunity for students. To learn more about Imagine Learning, visit <a href="http://www.imaginelearning.com/">www.imaginelearning.com</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>About Weld North: </b>Weld North operates a platform of digital and SaaS educational solution businesses. Weld North makes control investments in high potential businesses in the education industry. By attracting highly motivated and distinctly talented professionals, Weld North looks to accelerate growth through an obsessive focus on enhancing the customer experience, operational excellence, marketing expertise and disciplined financial management. Learn more at <a href="https://www.weldnorth.com/">https://www.weldnorth.com/</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>About Galileo K-12:</b> Galileo K-12 is a comprehensive, research-based, and standards aligned instructional improvement and effectiveness system designed to serve students, parents, educators, and administrators. Galileo K-12 provides an array of user-friendly curriculum, assessment, instructional effectiveness, and reporting tools yielding data for student improvement decision making. The system provides robust item banks, multiple assessment types, and real-time data reporting. Galileo K-12’s all-in-one application is backed by responsive support and customized professional development. Use of Galileo K-12 facilitates advancements in teaching strategies including the integration of curriculum and formative assessment and the implementation of instructional effectiveness initiatives across multiple content areas. Read more about Galileo K-12 at <a href="http://ati-online.com/galileoK12/indexK12.php">http://ati-online.com/galileoK12/indexK12.php</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>About ATI: </b>ATI was founded in 1986 by educators with expertise in child development, educational measurement, and the psychology of learning who are passionate about their mission of creating technology to promote learning. As partners with their clients, ATI ensures educators receive cutting-edge technology, prompt guidance, and clear communications so that they and those they teach can benefit from all that ATI’s Galileo K-12 assessment tool has to offer. Read more about ATI at <a href="http://www.ati-online.com/">http://www.ati-online.com/</a></span><br />
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Assessment Technology Incorporatedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08568725450461940052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-19553693027812954662019-02-11T08:30:00.000-07:002019-02-11T08:30:07.525-07:00ATI Data-Driven, Differentiated Instructions Empowers Student and Educators Alike <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In every classroom you will find students with varying levels of learning. So how do educators ensure that each student is appropriately challenged and how do they demonstrate student learning? Galileo helps educators do this by providing actionable reports coupled with data driven, differentiated instruction that is flexible, challenging, and engaging. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Galileo K-12 Online <i>Dashboard</i> reports directly link student assessment results to appropriate instructional materials. Based on student assessment results, the <i>Instruction Performance Tracker </i>will display an empirically sequenced list of standards to guide instruction, all of which reduce student level of risk and lead to standards-mastery. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Galileo provides an Assignments button for each grouping of standards (e.g. standards to move a student[s] from higher to a lower risk). Clicking on the Assignments button generates a list of several instructional resources including Galileo instructional resources and web-based resources. These instructional resources are aligned to standards in the grouping. They can then be viewed, selected, and scheduled for an individual, class, or tiered intervention group. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Galileo provides students with rapid access to a diversity of differentiated instructional learning opportunities aligned with their learning needs. This includes resources available in Galileo <i>Instructional Dialogs</i> together with district/educator determined materials. Galileo <i>Instructional Dialogs </i>offer students interactive, multimodal opportunities to learn and apply skills. Additionally, practice items with real-time feedback are embedded throughout the Dialogs along with a brief formative assessment at the end of instruction to help measure impact. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In addition to <i>Instructional Dialogues</i>, Galileo also includes multi-media resources available on the web, such as those from KHAN ACADEMY® and EngageNY lessons. As with Dialogs, these materials may be viewed, selected, and scheduled for a student, class, or tiered intervention group. Plus, when choosing assignments, educators can now search by keyword, standard, assessment plan, and by grade and subject. Also, both local resources and those from the web can be delivered through customized Instructional Dialogs in Galileo. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The ATI data-driven, differentiated approach empowers both students and educators through the use of appropriate instructional and assessment tools. These unique Galileo features facilitate rapid planning and differentiated instructional decision-making for individual students, classes, and tiered intervention groups.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For more information on the above features, <span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="mailto:galileoinfo@ati-online.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">contact</span></a> </span>an ATI Field Services Coordinator for a personal overview, or check out the Differentiated Instruction <span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="http://www.ati-online.com/pdfs/differentiatedinstruction.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> flier</span>.</span></div>
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Assessment Technology Incorporatedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08568725450461940052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-3033338163631955112019-01-28T08:30:00.000-07:002019-01-28T08:30:08.482-07:00Track and Measure Student Growth and Achievement with Galileo K-12<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4c4c; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, "Trebuchet MS", Optima, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;">
The Galileo <em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18.018px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Student Growth and Achievement</em> (SGA) report offers easy-to-use information to help track and improve student learning. Easily accessible from the <em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18.018px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Teacher Dashboard</em>, the SGA report provides the option to select two tests for a given grade and subject. When the SGA report is run, Galileo places the tests on a common scale using Item Response Theory to accurately measure student growth by displaying a scatter plot with four quadrants. Hovering on a dot in the scatter plot reveals the differences between two test scores for a given student. This is how student growth and achievement is measured in Galileo - by the difference between two test scores.</div>
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Each quadrant calls for a different approach to instruction. Accordingly, the report enables a teacher to create up to four intervention groups to provide differentiated instruction for these students.</div>
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Galileo places tests on a common scale using Item Response Theory to accurately measure student growth by displaying a scatter plot with four quadrants.</div>
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Next, the data will provide a growth categorization, which indicates whether Expected Growth is Exceeded, Maintained, or Not Maintained.</div>
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Depending on the user level, the SGA report is also available at the class-, school-, and district-levels. This means a district administrator can run an SGA report for their entire district. Likewise, a principal can run the report tor their entire school.</div>
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Lastly, data generated from the SGA report can be printed or exported as an excel file so that you can easily share the reports.</div>
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The Galileo SGA report is an invaluable tool for supporting differentiated instruction options, including grouping students based on accurate measures of growth—which simply is not available in reports that compare only raw scores. With easy-to-interpret data, teachers can develop tailored learning paths and deliver the right instruction at the right time to achieve academic success.</div>
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Assessment Technology Incorporatedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08568725450461940052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-56113306446863593982018-12-31T08:30:00.000-07:002018-12-31T08:30:06.191-07:00Make Data-Informed Decisions with Easy-to-Use Student Growth and Achievement Reporting<div style="background-color: white; color: #606d78;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #606d78;">Student growth and improvement is on every educator's mind. A question one might ask is </span><span style="color: #606d78;">-</span><span style="color: #606d78;"> "how much academic progress has a student made between two points in time?" The Galileo </span><em style="color: #606d78;">Student Growth and Achievement (</em><span style="color: #606d78;">SGA</span><em style="color: #606d78;">)</em><span style="color: #606d78;"> report offers easy-to-use growth and achievement reporting to help track and improve student learning.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #606d78;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #606d78;">Student growth is measured by the difference between the student's Developmental Level score at time one and time two. Time one is represented by an initial assessment, such as a pretest. Time two is represented by a second assessment, such as a benchmark or a post-test.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #606d78;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img align="right" border="0" height="564" hspace="5" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1579" src="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/4f41d1f6001/bcd3b64f-207b-4d93-8e90-91a92bd0ccc0.jpg" vspace="5" width="317" /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this Galileo report, you can select the grade level and subject, test one and test two, which will then generate and display the results as a scatter plot with performance quadrants and a cut score. Plus, if selected, the report can be generated into a list-format listing individual students.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The information in each quadrant has unique significance because educators can use this to create tailored instruction and intervention groups to help organize and monitor students for differentiated instruction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What other special features does the SGA report have? First, it's available to class-, school-, and district-level users, meaning that it has different levels of reports for each user level. For example, a district administrator can run SGA reports for their entire district, and even filter reports by student information and demographics. Second, the SGA data is dynamic meaning you can run it on any two benchmark assessments that have parameters. Third, the data will provide a growth categorization; for example, Expected Growth Exceeded, Maintained, or Not Maintained, which helps provide you a frame of reference of how your students are performing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With it's simple yet powerful display, the <em>Student Growth and Achievement </em>report gives you instant access to critical information necessary for instructional planning and academic success.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Look out for the next <span style="color: #f3565d;"><a alt="https://www.youtube.com/user/AssessmentTechnology" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/AssessmentTechnology" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: #f3565d;" target="_blank" track="on">Galileo Tours</a></span> video highlighting the main tools and features of the SGA report.</span></div>
Assessment Technology Incorporatedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08568725450461940052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-2352536405525247602018-12-17T08:16:00.000-07:002018-12-17T08:16:21.441-07:00School Turn-Around Takes Hard Work and the Right Research-Based Tools<h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #29407c; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0.2em 0px 0.1em; padding: 10px 0px 5px;">
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Something done successfully, typically by effort, courage, or skill is the definition of achievement. Achievement is a process, a process that involves many aspects and typically not completed in one step. One might say it takes a village to nurture and raise a child. We know it takes many to teach and enlighten a child. The cornerstone of educating encompasses many people dedicated with a single goal, improving student achievement.</div>
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As part of the Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona, Red Mesa Unified School District (RMUSD) was in need of finding a combination of leadership, impactful training, research-based tools, and instructional improvement technology to help guide their academic plan. In 2017-18 RMUSD contracted with the Center for Student Achievement to provide school improvement and turn-around services to all teachers and school leaders. As part of the services employed by the District was the implementation of the Galileo K-12 Online instructional improvement and effectiveness system by Assessment Technology Incorporated. With Galileo, the district had reliable and valid data to assist in decision making at the student, class, school, and district levels. After one full year of support, math scores for all grades increased by nearly 30 percentage points and the 2018 AzMERIT math passing rate for the Junior High was 33 percent higher than previous years.</div>
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Case-study results are from RMJH’s Galileo benchmark assessments designed to track student progress and to predict how students might do on AzMERIT.</div>
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Galileo assessments were administered during the 2017-18 school year using a pre-test/post-test design, including several benchmark assessments throughout the year. The case-study results are from RMJH’s Galileo benchmark assessments designed to track student progress and to predict how students might do on AzMERIT (Arizona’s standards-based assessment).</div>
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How did RMUSD turn their schools around? <a href="http://bit.ly/RMJH-CS" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f3565d; font-size: 18.018px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Read</a> the full article that details the importance of high-quality professional development, coaching, and data driven instructional planning in making a successful educational turn-around. The turn-around was not completed in one step. It was a series of steps and actions that took skill, further professional development, reliable/valid data, and a focused effort on the part of all participants.</div>
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Assessment Technology Incorporatedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08568725450461940052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-40398391286567608052018-12-03T08:02:00.000-07:002018-12-03T08:02:01.855-07:00Galileo Offers Outstanding Cost-Effective Value and Provides Powerful Data Essential in Educator Decision-Making<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Galileo K-12 Online, a research-based and standards aligned Instructional Improvement and Effectiveness System, provides three complete functionalities in one integrated application. Integrating a comprehensive assessment system along with a Digital Curriculum Platform and Instructional Effectiveness technology all in one application supports ease of information access and use while at the same time saving money and staff time. Use of Galileo facilitates advancements in teaching strategies including the integration of curriculum and formative assessment and the implementation of instructional effectiveness initiatives across multiple content areas. Each functionality yields crucial data needed in educational decision making. This integrated application is backed by both responsive support and customized professional development. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nationally, ATI is a leading educational technology corporation and the first to integrate assessment, curriculum, and instructional effectiveness into a single system. The mission of the company is to create, distribute, and support technology to promote learning. ATI has several decades of experience in conducting research assisting educational programs to use assessment information in educational management, instructional improvement, and instructional effectiveness. A fundamental premise behind ATI’s work is that technology is crucial in promoting learning in the digital age. That is, technology supporting instruction and supporting the gathering of readily-available reliable data for decision making is crucial in promoting learning. ATI’s continuous state-of-the art research program influences the character and offerings of Galileo, a complete, standards-aligned, research- based, user-friendly instructional improvement and effectiveness system. </span></div>
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<br />Assessment Technology Incorporatedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08568725450461940052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-75754299076478913622018-11-19T08:00:00.000-07:002018-11-19T08:00:08.556-07:00ExceleRate Illinois Names Galileo Pre-K Online as Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum<br />
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recently determined that </span><u><span style="color: #f3565d; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://ati-online.com/galileoPreschool/prek-curriculum.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f3565d;">Galileo Pre-K Online Curriculum</span></a></span></u><span style="color: #606d78; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is aligned with the<i> Illinois
Early Learning Guidelines for Children Birth to Age Three Years</i> and
the<i> Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards for Preschool</i> (3
years old to Kindergarten Enrollment Age). With this recognition, programs can
benefit from Galileo Pre-K Online Curriculum and be assured of its
compliance with Standard 1B, Curriculum for centers and Standard 1D, Curriculum
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evidence-based early childhood curriculum with an empirically based scope and
sequence grounded in developmental theory. The curriculum is linked
directly to Galileo's reliable and valid assessment tools with instructional
content reflecting the most current research. The unique, easy-to-use web-based
Galileo interface also provides access to advanced reporting tools enabling
programs to maximize local decision-making while supporting high-quality,
consistent teaching. Programs implementing the <b>Galileo Pre-K Curriculum</b> can:</span><span style="color: #606d78; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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from ATI to ensure you have all the help you need to successfully implement the
curriculum. Contact our knowledgeable ATI Field Services Coordinators at</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><u><span style="color: #f3565d; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><a href="mailto:GalileoInfo@ati-onlne.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f3565d;">GalileoInfo@ati-onlne.com</span></a></span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="color: #606d78; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">or call at 1.877.358.7611 for a guided overview of Galileo Pre-K Online.</span>Assessment Technology Incorporatedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08568725450461940052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1877797756505533141.post-2969864361197814272018-11-05T08:30:00.000-07:002018-11-05T08:30:10.429-07:00Experience the Ways the Galileo Comprehensive Assessment System Promotes Student Learning—Complimentary Trial Available Now<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: #e06666; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://bit.ly/CASV-B" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666; text-decoration-line: none;">Contact</span></a></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"> us to start today.</span></span><br />
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instructional decisions will promote student learning. That’s why ATI’s Galileo
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ATI’s <i>Secure and Community Item Banks</i> offer 19 item types including constructed response and technology-enhanced items. Each of these item types is designed to engage students in complex thinking to help ensure college and career readiness. Educators can also access more assessment and item choices through the integrated Inspect® and Certica item banks, including Certica’s Navigate Item Bank™.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Options are great, but to understand what really makes the Galileo <i>comprehensive assessment system</i> so special, we need to take a look under the hood. Powered by ATI research, Galileo takes advantage of Item Response Theory (IRT), and other state-of-the-art statistical analyses to go beyond systems that only report raw scores and percent correct. ATI uses IRT to measure the Developmental Level (DL) of each student. The DL score indicates what students have already mastered and what they are ready to learn next.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contact us to start your complimentary trial of the Galileo <i>comprehensive assessment system</i>. With high-powered data, easy to use tools, and robust item banks, the Galileo </span><i style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #888888; line-height: 17.12px;"><a href="http://ati-online.com/galileoK12/k12-assessment.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">comprehensive assessment system</span></a></span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is designed to promote success for all students. This is the assessment system you've been searching for. Own your assessment-process and let research work for you, with the Galileo K-12 <i>comprehensive assessment system</i>. </span></div>
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</span><span style="color: #888888;"><a href="http://townhallblog.ati-online.com/2018/01/galileo-offers-flexible-and-dynamic.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Galileo Offers Flexible and Dynamic Reporting Options</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Galileo <i>Test Builder</i> makes it easy for teachers and teaching teams to create multiple types of assessments. <i>Test Builder</i> is an intuitive, point-and-click interface for creating common formative assessments at the school and class level and in multiple subject areas using items including technology enhanced items. Designed to be optimized for desktops, laptops, and tablets, teachers can create an assessment by simply selecting the standards of interest in ELA, math, or/and science, automatically search the item banks, and pick the questions that best fit their needs. There are over 80,000 items in the ATI <i>Community Item Bank</i> to select from and districts have the additional option to access the Inspect® and Navigate™ item banks. Additionally, the Galileo <i>Test Builder</i> interface includes state-of-the-art<i> Item Builder </i>tools. This makes it possible to create items and to align these items to state standards in any grade and subject. Assessment items may be accompanied by images, text, and links to a variety of media (e.g., videos, images, texts, attached files) and associated with metadata (e.g. DOK). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Galileo offers flexible test administration with the ability to publish the newly created formative assessment either online and/or offline. Users can quickly copy and edit assessments and items. Users can also place assessment and item content into shared libraries. And don’t forget, the Text Editor, Math Editor, and Chemistry Editor tools simplify building new items involving equations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Galileo’s technology supports educators desiring to create items and/or assessments for multiple different measurement purposes. Watch for the new <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/AssessmentTechnology" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #e06666;">Galileo Tour</span></i></a> video which digs deeper into the features and functions of <i>Test Builder</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For further information on how to create Galileo formative (classroom and school-wide) assessments, <span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="mailto:GalileoInfo@ati-online.com" target="_blank">contact</a> </span>your Field Services Coordinator or access the <i>Help Files</i> via the Galileo application. </span><br />
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