tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144266652009-08-31T06:53:26.681-07:00News and tips for Pearson's assessment products authored by our product development and marketing teams.R. Brophyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372022262864253901noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-44602813993956239532008-10-02T14:55:00.000-07:002008-10-02T15:07:27.538-07:00

Pearson is pleased to announce the release of WriteToLearn™ Version 5.1. Beginning August 21st, 2008 WriteToLearn will automatically be upgraded to include the following new features:An expansion of its content library to include hundreds of popular high school level reading activities in history, biology and forensic science, all from widely adopted Prentice Hall titles.More practical feedback

Sue Ann Towlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221611896832701590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-34716822365717122452008-06-25T07:25:00.000-07:002008-07-01T07:21:14.507-07:00

In today's digital world, students use text messages and email to communicate, with almost 40 percent even using common abbreviations like LOL, TTYL and BRB in their school assignments, according to a recent report. But, is the decline of writing an unintended consequence? The results of the recent Nation's Report Card writing test found that only one-third of 8th graders scored proficient, and

Sue Ann Towlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221611896832701590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-43233326334768405592008-04-17T09:09:00.000-07:002008-04-17T09:38:02.043-07:00

April 8th, 2008 Pearson announced that students at two Minnesota high schools are now using WriteToLearn™ to develop writing and reading comprehension skills. Both schools are using the award-winning Web-based learning tool to help students build literacy skills and prepare for the new Minnesota writing assessment. The schools are Dunwoody Academy High School, a new technical charter school in

Sue Ann Towlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221611896832701590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-7796248619770859232008-04-02T11:26:00.000-07:002008-04-02T09:27:57.384-07:00

The latest success story for our writing assessment, WriteToLearn is set at an Alternative High School in Washington, D.C.Walk through the lives of "Robert" and his success with caring teachers as "Karen" and the implementation of WriteToLearn - building writing skills through making the grade."He just needed to get over this hurdle and pass the state assessment," she said ("Karen"). "With the

Jana Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590728431640487851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-48886405624698369132008-03-28T08:42:00.000-07:002008-04-02T09:43:26.794-07:00

Irving ISD Boosts Student Achievement, State Assessment Scores With PASeries Reading From PearsonAnother great story for PASeries in Irving, Texas which is a large urban district in suburban Dallas, that serves more than 33,000 students in 20 elementary schools, seven middle schools and four high schools. Susan Ramos, elementary language arts coordinator for the district said the district was

Jana Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590728431640487851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-77242876373221881812008-03-06T07:53:00.000-08:002008-03-06T08:03:43.276-08:00

March 7th, 2008 WriteToLearn™ 5.0 debuts with new capabilities that make it an even more powerful tool for helping students build literacy skills.With the new text-to-speech capabilities in WriteToLearn 5.0, students can have the hundreds of reading passages in WriteToLearn read aloud to them, a particularly useful feature for struggling readers or English language learners. Using the added

Sue Ann Towlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221611896832701590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-33217172994445408812008-03-05T09:03:00.000-08:002008-03-05T09:17:59.854-08:00

Twelve Pearson products were named as finalists in this year's (SIIA) CODiE Awards. Honors for Pearson's products span the award program's software, content and education categories. In addition to WriteToLearn, PASeries and Pearson Inform 4.1 of which are part of our larger portfolio of interim and benchmark assessments, the Pearson products recognized this year are eCollege, ELLIS,

Jana Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590728431640487851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-22836219114845185802008-03-04T13:34:00.000-08:002008-03-04T13:49:37.998-08:00

Do you have Title I funds and find yourself wanting to know more about your student's progress and wish you could forecast their achievement on standards? Here's a chance to learn how our interim and progress assessment can help you identify your students' strengths and weaknesses now, and how your teachers and families can help them achieve.Register to find out more by attending a FREE PASeries

Jana Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590728431640487851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-16092905901373393432007-11-28T09:00:00.000-08:002007-11-28T09:01:56.550-08:00

Pearson Inform was recognized as the best online data analysis product in the 12th Annual Education Software Review (EDDIE) Awards. The EDDIE Awards recognize innovative and content-rich programs and Web sites providing you and parents with the technology to foster educational excellence, including augmenting the classroom curriculum and improving teacher productivity. Read more about this

Tannisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-17984324825693815022007-08-01T10:23:00.000-07:002007-08-01T10:26:27.549-07:00

We know that districts across North America receive an overwhelming amount of data everyday. You are faced with the challenges of organizing, analyzing and reporting on this data in order to advance student achievement through personalized learning.That's why our phased approach to implementation ensures your system is up and running and that you have a thorough understanding of your data and the

Tannisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-27698948950568546592007-06-18T08:01:00.000-07:002007-06-20T10:10:52.212-07:00

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.

Tannisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-7828999215755756252007-06-13T14:00:00.000-07:002007-06-13T14:06:49.182-07:00

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)

Tony Braunnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-79172899490107471412007-06-05T09:03:00.000-07:002007-06-05T09:13:29.927-07:00

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

Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-80757592504913594722007-05-22T12:10:00.000-07:002007-05-22T10:04:42.034-07:00

What do you get when you add an award winning scientifically-based formative assessment, (PASeries Reading!) + lexile score on your individual student reports + reading interests? Answer = reading achievement success!Keep the momentum of learning for your students by encouraging participation in summer reading programs. If you report the Lexile score on your state summative assessments, apply

Jana Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590728431640487851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-76793440073658224982007-05-15T12:24:00.000-07:002007-05-15T10:24:07.343-07:00

Announced today via the business wire that our own PASeries® Reading is the winner of a 2007 Best Educational Software "(BESSIE)" Award. PASeries Reading was honored as best language arts product in the "Early Elementary" category.Just a reminder of what PASeries Reading does: uses the industry-standard scientific Lexile Framework® for Reading. Lexiles® provide a common scale for matching reader

Jana Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590728431640487851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-4627975767061429222007-05-11T13:15:00.000-07:002007-05-14T08:37:15.592-07:00

Going to IRA next week in Toronto? Be sure to visit the Pearson Assessments booth (booth 1500) to learn all about PASeries Reading and its use of Lexiles to aid in student improvement.IRA is a great venue for us to launch our new suite of PASereis Reading diagnostic tests that we completed last week. I will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about the PASeries Reading program, so be

Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-56492468883290010662007-05-02T08:39:00.000-07:002007-05-04T10:23:06.683-07:00

The PASeries team has now completed production of the Reading Diagnostic tests. 56 new diagnostic tests are now available to PASeries Reading users at no additional charge. The tests cover Lexile levels 100-1000 and allow for in-depth investigation in the following areas:Elementary School Comprehension 1Elementary School Comprehension 2Elementary School Vocabulary and PhonicsElementary School

Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-1174925101165254932007-03-26T12:40:00.000-07:002007-03-26T10:16:07.970-07:00

Today we are releasing another set of reading diagnostic tests. We are releasing the Middle School Comprehension 2 tests. This adds to our eloementary and middle school Comprehension 1 tests and elementary school Comprehension 2 tests.The Comprehension 1 tests cover:Author’s Purpose, Point of View, and Fact/OpinionLiteral ComprehensionSummarizeCause and EffectGraphic Organizers and Story

Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-1173988620849481832007-03-15T13:56:00.000-07:002007-03-15T13:57:00.860-07:00

The PASeries team is on the road again. See us this weekend at the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) conference in Anaheim CA. We will be in booths 709 and 711 in the Anaheim convention center.This is a great opportunity to learn more about PASeries and have your questions answered by a member of our formative assessment team.PASeries presentations will be held:

Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-1172864339659193882007-03-02T11:37:00.000-08:002007-03-02T12:07:58.280-08:00

In order to avoid cabin fever, the snow-bound PASeries team has been busy aligning PASeries Mathematics to individual state standards. Now, PASeries Mathematics is aligned to the state standards in Michigan and Maryland.This brings the total number of states currently aligned to 21 and we have many more coming soon.Here are some fun education-related facts about Michigan and Maryland:Did you know

Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-1172003945566141642007-02-20T10:49:00.000-08:002007-02-20T12:52:50.806-08:00

One of the most important considerations when considering implementation of a formative assessment program is the quality of the assessments themselves. In order to yield reliable, actionable data assessments must be considered scientifically valid and reliable.We are proud to announce that PASeries was recently reviewed by the National Center on Student Progress Monitoring. The center serves as

Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-1170796326016610662007-02-06T13:06:00.000-08:002007-02-14T11:30:35.656-08:00

PASeries now provides a user initiated student data extract. Your extracts are available within 24 hours of your request. Student data extracts are delivered in .csv format for easy importation into your reporting solution like Inform or student information solutions like SASI, Chancery SMS, or PowerSchool.To obtain your data extracts simply visit the PASeries View Reports area, click on Student

Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-1170178926699028212007-01-30T12:28:00.000-08:002007-01-30T10:27:42.816-08:00

The PASeries team was busy over the holidays adding to our growing list of state content alignments. PASeries Mathematics is now aligned to the state standards in Oregon and New Mexico. In addition, the items were re-aligned to the refined Texas TEKS. As always, you can find the alignment guides here.PASeries continues to grow as alignments are not the only thing keeping the PASeries team busy.

Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-1166814401647347872006-12-22T11:05:00.000-08:002006-12-28T07:24:05.383-08:00

On behalf of all of us in the PASeries team, a happy and safe holiday season to all! Our thanks to all our part­ners for another successful year and we look forward to even more success in 2007.

Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14426665.post-1165267856280347002006-12-05T13:22:00.000-08:002006-12-05T08:33:31.683-08:00

Get to know the features of PASeries...The Flash video, available for download, is a comprehensivedemonstration of the PASeries suite of products. The animated overviewhighlights the features of the PASeries products and their links to theLexile and Quantile Frameworks. You can view the high-level, yetcomprehensible, animation section-by-section or in full.OverviewProducts: Reading, Mathematics,

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