1. Discovery Education ThinkLink Assessment

2. Founded by Vanderbilt University Acquired in March 2006 by Discovery Education Specializes in Predictive Assessment

3. Discovery Education ThinkLink Assessment Discovery Educations ThinkLink offers benchmark assessments that are aligned to the TN curriculum. given up to 3 times a year. ThinkLink Assessment reports identify student strengths and weaknesses by skill and sub-skill. This allows teachers to focus instruction around areas of need instead of teaching skills in which students are already proficient.

4. Continuous Improvement Model

5. How does Benchmark Assessment work? 3 Tests Per Year –September, December and February (or Fall, Winter, Spring) 30 – 35 minutes approximate time Immediate Results Reports, Resources and Item Bank are Available on the Web

6. Available Reports Class Summary Report Student Report Objective and Sub-skill Analysis Report Answers Report Comparison Report Individual Student Report Administrative: School and District Report Disaggregated Report (NCLB Subgroup)

7. Color Coded Reporting Categories: Red Red = No proficiency Yellow Yellow = Below Proficient Green Green = Proficient Skills

8. After P Test Instructional Focus: on strand with least amount of green. Skills

9. After 3rd Test (1 month before TCAP) Instructional Focus: on strand with greatest amount of yellow. (Best chance of moving students to proficient.) Skills

10. Red: Major skill problems Yellow: Just in time intervention Green: Mastery Categories customized to your states standards

11. Objectives & Subskill Report Green items: right for 2/3 of class; Yellow: right for 1/2 of class; Red: right for 1/3 of class; Focus on Easy and Moderate that are red and yellow for proficiency. State Core Content Reporting Categories with bullet numbers and subskill descriptors

12. Correct answer and student answer Growth Score (indicating AYP progress) Percentage and # correct

13. Objective/Sub-skill Analysis: Student Sub-skill Report State Core Content Standards and bullet numbers Individual Student Performance

14. Individual Student Report Compare across multiple test periods Description of objectives Report shows student proficiency for each assessment across all objectives Proficiency and Growth Score Data Great for Parent Conferences, Tutors, IEPs and Student Files

15. Web Resources: Skills & Tools

17. Web Resources: Create Practice Probes to measure between Benchmark tests

18. Web Resources: Practice Probe Step 2

19. Web Resources: Practice Probe Step 3

20. Web Resources: Practice Probe Items – P.1

21. See what they know. Teach what they need.