Compass Learning Launches New Digital Activities for Grades 6-8
Compass
Learning has added 800 new activities to its portfolio
of tools designed to help students in grades 6-8 improve their English
language
arts and math skills for
computer-based assessments.
The new activities incorporate multimedia
and
technology-enhanced questions aligned with Common Core standards
and
the standards for the Partnership
for Assessment of Readiness for College and
Careers and the Smarter
Balanced Assessments.
Any learning gaps students may have are determined
first with
assessment tools like the NWEA MAP Scantron Performance Series or the
Renaissance Learning STAR data. After that process is completed,
individualized
learning paths are targeted for students using a series of digital
learning
activities.
The English language arts activities involve close
reading of
texts, both fiction and non-fiction, and writing exercises. The math
activities
feature visual representation of concepts designed to lead to greater
understanding.
The new exercises that are part of Compass Learning's
Pathblazer math and reading intervention software and its Hybridge blended
learning program join more than 30,000 digital learning activities the
company
offers.
"As school districts across the country prepare to
test their
students for the first time using new computer-based assessments, it is
critical they have the proper tools that help overcome curriculum pain
points
and grow students' confidence in the online testing environment," said
Compass
Learning Vice President Eileen Shihadeh. "Our new digital learning
activities
meet this challenge head on with content and functionalities that
represent the
types of assessment questions students will see on technology-delivered
assessments."
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