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Contact
us
with your assessment development
needs. We provide complete proposals that
include costs, project timelines, development
schedules and a presentation of our processes.
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Our assessment materials provide a strong bridge
between classroom performance and the achievement of
measurable progress in knowledge and ability. Students and educators can rely on the content of our
standards-based materials to help build critical reading, vocabulary, and writing skills. Students of English As A Second Language benefit from
clearly structured reading materials that allow for cognitively accurate language acquisition. The linguistic, ethnic,
cultural, and economic realities of our society are appropriately presented through bias-free language, in visually appealing formats.
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ITEM WRITING AND EDITING
We write original test items for ELA content and
Reading Comprehension. The quality of our testing
materials reflects our deep understanding of
instructional practice and technical aspects of
assessment. All items are based on state standards
and/or district standards and curriculum. We offer two
venues for the creation of new items:
- Non-customized items
and corresponding stems,
prompts and passages based on a combination of NCTE
standards and state-specific standards and
benchmarks.
- Customized items and corresponding
stems, prompts, and passages based
on state-specific, and/or district-specific
standards and benchmarks. Items are customized
according to content and style specifications
determined by the needs of our clients.
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| READING PASSAGE DEVELOPMENT |
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We write passages with a uniquely
creative flare, accuracy of information and superior
content validity. The content and structure of our
passages allows for in-depth, on target assessment of
skills. Grade and developmentally appropriate content
provides educators with meaningful contexts for
accurately assessing student knowledge and ability.
Our original passages include,
but are not limited to, the following genres:
- Fiction
- Poems
- Narratives
- Short
Stories
- Historical
Fiction
- Nonfiction
- Biography
- History
- Geography
- Science
- Art
- Legends
- Folktales
- Fables
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| Educational Assessment
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American
Educational Research Association (AERA)
American
Evaluation Association (AEA)
American
Psychological Association (APA)
Council
of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
National
Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
National
Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
National
Association of Test Directors (NATD)
National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
National
Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and
Student Testing (CRESST)
National
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (NCTLA)
National
Council on Measurement in Education (NCME)
National
Education Association (NEA)
National
Organization of Competency Assurance (NOCA)
No
Child Left Behind Act
North
Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE)
Office
of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI)
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