Have you seen the enhancements for Pearson Inform?

Our release in May (Pearson Inform 4.1) now includes additional reports and expanded capabilities that make it easier for K-12 educators to identify groups of students that need intervention, plan improvement strategies, and monitor student progress.

Essentially more access to information to determine the best educational path for your students.

Find out more about this release.

Classroom testing the easy way

Pearson Assessments recently introduced an enhanced version of its award winning Prosper™ assessment system software. Prosper was introduced in 2004 to provide teachers with a more efficient means of creating, delivering and scoring their classroom tests, as well as provide detailed reports that help guide instruction by identifying areas for improvement. The new Local Area Network (LAN) version of Prosper makes it even easier for educators to share the tests they have authored, compare test results and immediately access their information from virtually any PC in the building.

Yes, another award winning product from Pearson, but why should you care? If you are an educator that frequently creates and scores tests to determine if the students “get it”, Prosper will save you time and provide a level of detail that is typically only available on district benchmark tests.

Time to teach and immediate feedback – not a bad combination! Click here to learn more, or visit us at booth 1546 at the NECC conference in Atlanta, GA June 24th – 27th.

Is classroom assessment really that important? Inside the Black Box is a well known article by Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam on the topic that is worth reading.

Lexile Conference and NECC

The PASeries team is at it again. This month you will be able to find us at the Lexile National Reading Conference in Orlando and NECC in Atlanta.

The Lexile conference will run June 18-20 at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista Florida.

Be sure to catch my session Bridging the Gap between Assessment and Instruction with Lexiles and Quantiles on Monday, June 18th at 3:00. I'll present some methods of using Students' PASeries score data to provide differentiated instruction.

We will also be at NECC in Atlanta this year June 24th-27th at the Georgia World Congress Center. Stop by the Pearson Assessments booth (booth 1546) to learn more about PASeries and all of our formative assessment solutions.