Improving Student Achievement
Meeting Key Performance Measures

Formative assessment is used to guide student instruction and learning, diagnose skill or knowledge gaps, measure progress, evaluate instruction, and report NCLB-related data. In daily use, teachers apply formative assessment to determine what concepts require more teaching and what teaching techniques require modification. Over time, educators use results to evaluate instruction strategies, curriculum and teachers, and make adjustments for better student performance.

Formative assessment tools from Pearson cover a wide range and include test item banks, tests, administration systems and reporting tools that help teachers and administrators improve teaching and learning in preparation for, and during, instruction. Key products include:

• PASeries® - designed to measure progress and forecast student growth toward state performance goals or grade level expectations

• Pearson Benchmark™ - supports local formative assessment test creation with Web-based delivery and reporting, taking multiple measures of student performance against standards at any time throughout the school year

• Pearson Inform™ - provides class comparisons and school-wide performance with drill-down to students, concepts, and standards for school improvement plans and actionable strategies

• Pearson Test Item Banks - includes thousands of test questions aligned to learning standards for use in classrooms and throughout school districts for daily formative assessments and interim benchmark assessments

• Prosper™ - powerful tools to create, score and analyze classroom tests, enabling teachers to spot weaknesses and provide tailored instruction to help students meet and exceed achievement goals

• Additional state and national solutions can be found on the Pearson Educational Measurement Solutions Web site.

More Information

Your Formative Assessments Consultant can help you determine what formative assessment products will suit the needs of your students as they are learning and assist you in addressing school, district, and/or state requirements.

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