“US awards $330 million to two coalitions of states to develop standardized testing as part of its Race to the Top competition; tests to employ computers to measure students' skills.  Put down your No. 2 pencils and get ready for the next generation of standardized tests,...

“Nine States and the District of Columbia Win Second Round Race to the Top Grants.   U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced today that 10 applicants have won grants in the second phase of the Race to the Top competition. Along with Phase 1 winners Delaware and...

dataMetrics has recently collaborated with Educational Testing Service (ETS) to offer ETS’s Formative Assessment Item Bank containing more than 60,000 high-quality items within its TestWiz assessment analysis system. Items are aligned to the standards of all 50 states and...

TestWiz school systems that administer the STAR tests to their students can opt to have the test results loaded into TestWiz. Once in the system, educators can disaggregate test results by subtests, strands, cut scores, teachers, and demographics to analyze the data. While...

Today, by vote of 247-161, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to provide $10 billion to support an estimated 160,000 education jobs nationwide and another $16 billion to help states fund Medicaid budgets. The U.S. Senate passed the bill last Thursday by a vote...

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Secretary Duncan announced the Phase 2 Race to the Top winners today at the National Press Club. “In phase 2, we have 19 states over 400 and the average score rose by 25 points. All 19 will be invited back as finalists. They include all of the finalists from Phase 1 that...

Take a quick look at which states have adopted the Common Core Standards thus far.   http://www.corestandards.org/in-the-states

What are educational standards? Educational standards help teachers ensure their students have the skills and knowledge they need to be successful by providing clear goals for student learning. Why do we need educational standards? We need standards to ensure that all students,...

“The NEA Foundation provides grants to improve the academic achievement of students in U.S. public schools and public higher education institutions in any subject area(s). The proposed work should engage students in critical thinking and problem solving that deepen their...

“Three state consortia will vie for $350 million in federal financing to design assessments aligned to the recently unveiled common-core standards, according to applications submitted Wednesday to the U.S. Department of Education.Part of the Race to the Top program, the...

“Data.ed.gov LaunchesOn June 17, the U.S. Department of Education launched a new website, Data.ed.gov, which will increase access to education data. The site will ultimately serve as a one-stop shop where practitioners, researchers, and the public can access information...

"To help TestWiz customers view the relationship between two assessments, dataMetrics, a Massachusetts-based company specializing in test processing and reporting software for K-12 educational institutions, has created the Correlation Report.The new TestWiz report allows...

We are proud to announce the winners of our grant award competition! After much deliberation, the judges selected two outstanding entries from the group to each receive a 6-month subscription of TestWiz. Both winners have a strong focus on data-driven decision making, and...

"The nation’s governors and state school chiefs released on Wednesday a new set of academic standards, their final recommendations for what students should master in English and math as they move from the primary grades through high school graduation.The standards, which...

On May 20, 2010 Secretary Duncan announced that $437 Million will be distributed in September to school districts, non-profits and states.  These grants will  be awarded in the form of Teacher Incentive Funding (TIF) Grants to support local projects that reward teachers,...

The National Center on Response to Intervention has outlined 4 key components to RTI.  They include:A school-wide, multi-level instructional and behavioral system for preventing school failure;Screening;Progress Monitoring; andData-based decision making for instruction,...

dataMetrics Software was listed in the May 17 Big Deal Book for our grant competition.  Two winners will receive an award valued at $1,000 to $10,000 each! Only a week left to apply!  Deadline 5/31/10.  Grant Information:  TestWiz Grant Application Big Deal Announcement: ...

dataMetrics is proud to announce that we have won a Best In Tech for 2010 award for the category of Response to Intervention. Administrators from across the country have chosen the best education technology for America’s schools districts and we were one of their favorites!Scholastic...

“Ohio's education chief assured state legislators yesterday that the Board of Education will meet next month's deadline for updating standards for English, math, social studies and science.  Superintendent Deborah Delisle said the grade-by-grade blueprint will better prepare...

“Governors and state commissioners of education from 48 states, 2 territories and the District of Columbia have committed to developing a common core of state standards in English-language arts and mathematics for grades K-12. Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI)...

In the May issue of Tech & Learning magazine, TestWiz is highlighted for our new Student Profile with Items report.  Two reports are now combined into one, providing information regarding the test as a whole, and by individual item, as well as the ability to add user-defined...

Dr. Bob Resnick of the Complete K12 Newsletter interviews our President, Naomi Menikoff. The interview covers dataMetrics’ history and how TestWiz came to be, implementation of TestWiz within a school district and our vision for the future. Read the entire interview here:...

Have you ever heard of the “Fred Factor”?  Recently one of our customers said to us, “Not sure if you’ve ever read the book ‘The Fred Factor’ but you’re definitely a ‘Fred’ and that makes all the difference.”  This customer, from the FL area, had a problem organizing their...

District Administration annually selects leaders from the education industry that provide a valuable resource to school districts.  Over 76,000 district-level K12 administrators make important purchasing decisions in school systems all across the country each year.  DA is...