Assessment
MasteryConnect Launches Mobile Assessment App
MasteryConnect has launched a
new mobile app that will allow teachers to take advantage of its
digital
assessment platform as they move around the classroom. At the same
time, the
company announced its new mobile evidence capture feature is in beta
release.
The MasteryConnect platform is designed to help teachers identify a student's level of understanding of
core
academic concepts, allowing them to then personalize instruction for
each
student and each classroom. With the app, teachers will now be able to
use
iPads to gather in-the-moment formative data on the go and then use the
data to
match resources to individual student needs.
The new
app's evidence capture capabilities will give teachers an accessible
way to
document student performance by uploading photographs and notes before
tying
them to assessments within the MasteryConnect interface.
MasteryConnect's
platform can give immediate feedback, assessments, results and data
that can
lead to quick revision of teaching strategies. In the classroom,
teachers can
use MasteryConnect to measure each student's mastery of concepts, but
also identify
trends and outliers on a classroom scale. District administrators can
use it to
gauge academic performance across all grade levels.
Evidence
capture enhances those capabilities by identifying student needs in
real time.
It is the first step in the company's plan to give teachers more ways
to
deliver artifacts of student learning to parents.
"This
evidence capture provides teachers a clear, authentic view of student
learning,"
said MasteryConnect Chief Learning Officer Trenton Goble. "It's a game
changer
for teachers as they document student learning and target
interventions."
MasteryConnect
is recruiting current users of its platform to participate in beta
testing,
with plans for a full rollout later this fall.
About the Author
Michael Hart is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and the former executive editor of THE Journal.