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MasteryConnect, designedwith the teacher in mindThrough MasteryConnect’s patent-pending MasteryTracker, teachers can effectively assess core standards, monitor student performance, and report student mastery to parents and administrators.
Assess with Any Content TypeAssess Common Core and state standards with formative assessments that you or other teachers create, or use offline or publisher content. Use multiple choice, rubrics, oral assessments, writing assessments or any curriculum and content type.View Current Mastery StatusThe MasteryTracker makes it easy to visualize student performance relative to the core with the traffic light approach of red, yellow, and green mastery status. Know what your students know relative to state and Common Core standards in real-time.
Curriculum MapsCustomize and organize the standards you'll be teaching in one simple interface. The curriculum maps feature allows you to mix and match standard sets, create custom standards, and easily drag and drop standards into any sequence. Teachers and administrators can easily plan the year and unpack standards to create sub-standards, add resources, re-word and customize standard language, and quickly add assessments during the planning process.
Multi-Standard / Benchmark AssessmentsAssess for mastery of more than one standard by creating and using multi-standard assessments. Administer district-created or teacher-created benchmark assessments.State and Common Core StandardsMasteryTrackers can be created for both Common Core and state standards. Convenient 'View Standards' links helps teachers stay focused on teaching and assessing the core standards.
Standards-based Student ReportsDiscuss with parents what students have mastered relative to core standards. Parents can see in one integrated report the standard information and the student mastery. Reports can be both printed and/or emailed to parents.Integrated Standard ResourcesAdditional resources include tools to help teach and understand the standards. Linked Khan Academy videos make it convenient for teachers to see how Khan teaches a concept mapped to the Common Core.
Remediation/Re-teachingMasteryConnect takes the time and strain out of remediation and re-teaching. With focus on individual standards, teachers can easily identify which students are struggling to understand a concept.Response to Intervention (RtI)MasteryConnect was designed with RtI in mind. With MasteryConnect, identifying students for tiered interventions has never been easier.
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Common Assessment Sharingis FREE for all teachersTeachers sharing common assessments saves everyone time in a professional learning community. Share assessments of any curriculum type such as multiple choice, open-answer, rubrics, writing and oral assessments. Common assessments sharing is FREE for all teachers.
Upload Any Document TypeAssessments can be uploaded in any digital format including Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF, or OpenOffice. Keep and store your own library of core-focused common assessments.Discuss and CollaborateTake your PLC online with discussion tools around common formative assessments. A truly global learning community allows teachers to connect with teachers in their school, district, and even in other states using the Common Core.
Automatically Add to the MasteryTrackerConvenient 'Add to Tracker' buttons let you instantly add common assessments to your trackers for use in your classes and tracking mastery of standards.Modify and Remix AssessmentsSharing and discovering common assessments is simple. Download and modify assessments to make them valid for your class, then re-upload to the community for sharing.
Powerful Sorting and Filtering ToolsEasily filter the community of common assessments by standard and by assessments uploaded by teachers you are following as well as teachers in your school and district.Privacy ControlsWhen creating assessments, you have complete control over who has access to the content. Upload copyrighted content and share it just with those who have the digital rights to access it or keep it private just to you. Of course, we encourage you to share all your teacher-created content with the community!
The Formative Assessment Item Bank
(Launching June 2013)MasteryConnect is pleased to offer the Formative Assessment Item Bank (FAIB) from NWEA. The FAIB contains more than 75,000 items for Math, ELA, Science, and Social Studies. Educators can easily create custom benchmark / interim assessments as well as other common formative assessments aligned to both state and Common Core standards. -
Professional Learning Communityis FREE for all teachersFinding the time to collaborate with other teachers can be challenging. MasteryConnect takes the work out of practicing a Professional Learning Community and lets teachers create their own Personal Learning Network. Teachers can join the Learning Community for FREE!
Personal Learning NetworkCreate your own personal learning network and follow other teachers. Easily filter the community and find teachers in your school or district or across the common core network of states!News FeedStay up-to-date in the news feed as teachers you follow share and use common assessments in the classroom. Share your thoughts and comment on posts.
Private MessagingSend direct messages to teachers in the Learning Community and have private conversations.Personal Profile PageShare your bio, school, and other information as well as let people see your feed of activities. Check out the list of people that other teachers are following and their followers.
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Time-Saving Assessment Toolsgive teachers their time backFrequent assessment and immediate feedback is key to helping students master core concepts. MasteryConnect’s assessment tools provide multiple ways to give formative assessments, and makes grading automatic and fast. Scores appear in real-time and are populated right in your MasteryTracker or BubbleScore gradebook.
GradeCam Bubble Sheet ScanningScan plain paper bubble sheets right from your own web or document camera and grade instantly! No more need for expensive, proprietary answer sheets that you have to take down to the office to scan. No need for #2 pencils....any color pen or pencil works!MasteryScan App powered by GradeCamProvide immediate feedback by scanning right at your student's desk. Scan plain paper bubble sheets using the camera on your iPad with the free MasteryScan App. Scores are automatically synced to your MasteryTracker.
BubbleSheet App for Assessment on any
Mobile Device or TabletGo paperless and give assessments that you create on any Apple or Android device. Tablets show your assessment along with a corresponding bubble sheet for students. The free BubbleSheet app can also be used for rubric scoring. Students get immediate feedback, and scores are synced in real-time with your MasteryConnect account.
Browser-based Assessment & ScoringGive assessments through any web browser on a Mac or on a PC and instantly score in the MasteryTracker or BubbleScore gradebook.
Item Analysis ReportsGet information on questions students get right and wrong as you assess. Item analysis helps you make decisions about which questions to use or modify.Exporting to ANY Gradebook or Student Information SystemAutomatically export scores from the MasteryTracker or BubbleScore gradebook with our one-touch exporting feature to ANY gradebook or Student Information System.
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School/District Reportingfor teachers, parents, and adminsGet real-time information right from the classroom about standards that have been taught and assessed. Teachers can easily compare and collaborate around data driven by common assessments. Parents and administrators can quickly see student progress.
Collaborate Around Common Assessment DataCollaboration around common assessment data is key to building a culture of collaboration among teams. MasteryConnect empowers your team conversations by providing simple reports to compare common assessment data across classes, standards, and students.Compare Benchmark & Multi-Standard
Assessment DataReports for multi-standard & benchmark assessments provide the ability to compare data across standards. As assessments are scored, aggregate data across classes makes it easy for teachers working on teams to view and discuss standards that students are struggling to master.
Parent CommunicationParents can easily view the standards being assessed as well as the student mastery and progress of each standard. Reports can be emailed or printed where parents can view curriculum maps, video help on the standard, and assessment information for their student.School/District Standards ReportsEasy-to-read charts and graphs show real-time progress of core standards that have been mastered. Timeline reports show mastery and student progress over time, and cumulative reporting provides administrators with tools to help teachers.
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Integration ReadyConnecting to student information systems saves teachers time by automatically synchronizing roster information as well as demographic and other key data for reporting. Data and single-sign-on API's allow you to connect your MasteryConnect data to school and district dashboards or data warehouse systems.
Student Information System (SIS) IntegrationOur SIS data integration partners (Clever and LearnSprout) make it simple to connect to roster and demographic information in your student information system saving teachers time and providing valuable reporting tools. SIS integration works with most major systems out there and is included in your purchase of MasteryConnect. Check with your MasteryConnect representative for details on support of your specific SIS.Single-Sign-On Authentication APIIf your school or district has developed a dashboard for teachers to access all the applications that you use, MasteryConnect provides authentication tools that allow single-sign-on capability from any tools or systems that you have developed. Single-sign-on means teachers only have to keep track of one password for district applications, and means less headache for IT administrators.
Data Warehouse & Export APIAt MasteryConnect, we believe it should be easy to access all your school and district assessment data. With our simple REST API, you can quickly connect to all your assessment data and pull that data into other systems such as a data warehouse.
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BubbleScore gives teachers theirtime back and makes grading simple!BubbleScore provides a traditional gradebook right within MasteryConnect, and is available with premium accounts. BubbleScore let’s you take advantage of all the time-saving assessment tools when you’re not tracking mastery, so you can use it for all non-core tracking subjects with any type of assignment or test! Instantly grade with bubblesheet scanning, iPod/iPad, and browser scoring tools...then export to ANY gradebook.
All the Time-Saving Assessment ToolsTake advantage of instant grading with GradeCam bubblesheet scanning right from your web/document camera, iPod/iPad, and web browser scoring tools, all within a traditional (non-mastery) gradebook.Online Gradebook (non-mastery)Keep scores and percentages in a non-mastery gradebook and then easily export them to ANY third party gradebook or student information system.
Use Assignments/Tests you Create or ones from a BookCreate assignments in easy-to-use formats like MS Word/Office or PDF and electronically grade with the time-saving assessment tools or use offline content or materials from a book or publisher.Private Assignment LibraryStore all your assignments, tests, and quizzes in one private location in the cloud!
Automatically Add to the BubbleScore GradebookInstantly add assignments, tests, and quizzes to any of your BubbleScore gradebooks.Export to ANY GradebookScoring is made even easier when you are able to export your scores to ANY gradebook or student information system. With our one-touch exporting feature, you never have to worry about dual entry of data.
