The "No Child Left Behind" legislation requires statewide assessments. Most states provide districts with hard copy reports of assessment results as well as an electronic file with one record per student. The electronic file is typically difficult to work with. And the reports, while numerous, don't make it easy to answer critical questions.

We will customize TestWiz for your state assessments. You will be able to answer questions such as:

1. Who are the students who have not met proficiency?
2. How did my special education students perform this year versus last year?
3. Which areas in my curriculum need particular attention?

You will be able to generate numerous reports, including:

• Class lists for your current teachers.
• Student success plans.
• Item analyses (if the State releases items).

TestWiz for Other Tests

Although the use of norm referenced tests has diminished since the advent of required state assessments, many districts still wish to see how their students' performance compares with others across the country. You can use TestWiz to report on virtually any standardized test. And in some cases, you can use it to scan and score the test locally. The latter requires permission from the test publisher to incorporate norms and answer keys into TestWiz.

Recognizing that state assessments and norm referenced assessments are not sufficient to inform instruction, teachers have always relied on their own assessments to aid in the teaching process. The move to more district-wide benchmark assessments reflects the need to get a handle on what is being taught in the classroom and how well. It supports district-wide curriculum frameworks and helps administrators identify areas in need of professional development. Making the results available to teachers allows them to see how their instruction fits in with the rest of the district's goals.

TestWiz supports benchmark testing in the following ways:

• Import assessment results from electronic files. Any format can be supported. The following are formats that TestWiz already recognizes:
  • MAP (NWEA's Measures of Academic Progress)
  • DIBELS ( University of Oregon, Wireless, or EdFormation formats)
  • DRA
  • PST (Scantron's program)
• Scan and score tests directly into TestWiz with a Pearson OMR scanner
• Key-enter scores directly into TestWiz

Contact us today about getting started with TestWiz for your State and local assessments.