New IA Products!

January 13, 2010 in New Products by interactiveachievement | 2 comments

Interactive Achievement is excited to announce several new products! If you would like additional information about the below products, please contact IA (540-206-3649) or your District Representative!

CTE and Non-Core Classes

Now your school or district may use IA assessment software in more of your classrooms! Adding a CTE or non-core class to IA will allow teachers to:

*build a database of questions addressing specific subject and competency
*use items from your database to create quizzes and exams
*use Quick Key Testing which allows teachers to administer existing exams
*view instant interactive results reported by student, subject, competency, class, teacher, and school
*easily identify areas for remediation as student work towards certifications

Pricing based on class enrollment

weTest

Use your eInstruction clickers with IA! We are pleased to present weTest which allows teachers to deliver IA content and collect useful data using eInstruction clickers! weTest benefits include:

*opening up computer labs
*allowing for small group and classroom testing or review
*providing teachers with an alternative to online testing
*assisting with student accommodations
*reducing paper costs

weTest Licensing is available for individual classrooms or buildings

Professional Development

Interactive Achievement believes that teachers are central to student success; that is why our staff development sessions are designed specifically with teachers in mind. The below sessions are interactive, hands-on activities that are presented in a practical and teacher-friendly manner. Material is tailored to meet the specific needs of your school or division. Participants receive an approach that is designed to enhance a school’s or teacher’s current efforts with tangible products and skills that can be implemented immediately in the classroom.

“Enhancing the Effectiveness of Interactive Achievement”
This staff development focuses on gaining an extensive understanding of IA reports and using this knowledge to learn how to use data to drive instruction. Teachers will identify what SOL material was not mastered, pinpoint specific remediation needs, and evaluate their own instructional stategies.

“Addressing Specific Needs with Specific Strategies”
During this session, teachers will be provided with instructional stategies that address specific English or math weaknesses as identified by your school division. This “prescriptive” approach assures that teachers are receiving assistance in an area needing improvement. Presentations are hands-on and participants will leave with ready-made strategies to use in their classrooms.

“Writing Quality Questions for Quality Results”
This session is designed to clearly explain how SOL questions are formatted. teachers will learn to write their own quality questions that directly reflect the format and style students see on end of course tests. Sessions may be adapted to meet specific school needs including specific core subjects, grade levels, etc. Through guided practice, teachers will learn to create questions that can be used immediately.

Pricing is available for half or full day sessions

  1. Jim D.’s avatar

    Jim D. on January 20, 2010 at 2:15 pm

    Expanding IA to CTE and non-core classes is a great step-forward– especially for high schools.

    Is there any plan to add a five answer option (A-E, instead of only A-D) to allow AP classes to also use IA? It would be a shame to not have those classes use the same reporting functions that other teachers can use through IA.

  2. interactiveachievement’s avatar

    interactiveachievement on January 20, 2010 at 2:47 pm

    We are glad you are excited about IA’s offering of CTE and non-core classes! We agree that it is a great step forward for teachers and schools.

    As for five answer options for AP, this is something that we will consider! Our current goal is to mirror the 4 choice format of the SOL tests but we are interested in expanding to more innovative test item types in the future as IA grows and as state departments introduce new ways to assess. Thank you for the suggestion. IA relies heavily on its users to continually improve our products and services.