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Project Title: Prosper™ assessment system
School / Organization(s): Pearson NCS
Web site: PearsonNCS.com/Prosper
What purpose does your assessment tool serve? The Prosper assessment system provide a paper-based assessment solution designed to be used in the classroom and building. This formative assessment tool allows the teacher to monitor student learning toward state and district curricular standards and objectives. The system permits teachers to build their own tests from custom items or utilize test item banks available from Pearson NCS or those that come free with over 2,000 major textbooks. Tests are scanned and scored and reports generated by student, class, or subgroup on a single test or multiple assessments over time.
Please indicate the category that best describes your project:
Technology as an Assessment Tool:
NCLB Statewide Assessments (Preparation, Delivery, Analysis)
Classroom Assessments (tests, quizzes)
Electronic/Digital Portfolios
Computer Scored Essays
Information Management Systems
Tools for Observation of Student Work/Behavior
Special Needs/Alternative Assessments
Other:
Assessing Technology Skills (NETSŸS and NETSŸT):
Digital Transcript
NCLB 8th Grade IT Literacy
High School IT Graduation Requirements
IT Certifications (Cisco, Microsoft, etc.)
21st Century Skills
Other:
How long has this assessment tool been in use within your organization?June, 2004
Who is the audience for this assessment tool? Curriculum and Instruction, Superintendents, Federal Program Directors, Principals, Assistant Principals, Teachers, Instructional Technology Directors, Directors of Assessment, Research and Evaluation and Accountability.
What technology is used?
Hardware: Windows 2000
Software: included in package
Networking requirements: None
Approximately how many people are currently using this system?
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K-12
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K-12 Teachers |
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Teacher education students |
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Teacher education faculty |
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What professional development (for students or assessors) is required to use the tool? None. Training and professional development is provided for additional fee.
To use the tool effectively, what else should the school have in place? Pearson NCS OpScan® or EZData® scanner
If you haven't already addressed it, how does your tool help students or teachers demonstrate that they are meeting standards? Individual student, class, or subgroup reports are available that track mastery or proficiency of standards on a single assessment or multiple assessments over time.
What are your next steps in developing or implementing this tool? We continue to enhance the tool to add functionality and expanding data analysis and data aggregation across a single building or districtwide. We are also providing the ability for users to purchase test item banks written by Pearson Education content specialists in core subject areas K-12.