Triumph Learning Adds Customized Assessments, New Media Resources to Coach Digital
Triumph Learning has
introduced an enhanced version of its Coach Digital teacher toolbox, a
collection of instructional materials that teachers can use in the K-12
classroom.
For several years, Triumph
has provided content searchable by book, topic or standards that
includes
lessons, activities and assessments. In the past, all content items
could be
used in teaching entire classrooms, small groups and individual
students.
New features of the updated
Coach Digital include:
- Videos, songs and animations
that students can watch or listen to in order to reinforce what they
are
learning in class or for "stealth learning" when they believe viewing
is just
for "fun";
- When teachers identify
content appropriate by grade level, subject area, topic or keyword,
they can
mark it as a "favorite" and return to it easily and quickly;
- Teachers can now customize
assessments in a "Create a Test" section that allows them to find
questions and
item types by grade level, subject area and standard. Different
assessments can
be created for subgroups of a class or even individual students;
- "Placement tests" in math and
English will help teachers discover strengths and weaknesses of a class
or an
individual student in a particular subject. Coach Digital will also
make
recommendations for assignments to guide teachers in remediation
efforts
determined by the assessments; and
- As teachers help students
prepare for high-stakes tests, they now have a wider variety of types
of
questions they can use, including multiple-part, multi-select and
drag-and-drop
items.
A national version of Coach
Digital is available for K-12 and separate versions that align with a
state's
standards are available for grades K-8 in New York, Florida, Georgia,
Pennsylvania,
Texas and Oklahoma.
About the Author
Michael Hart is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and the former executive editor of THE Journal.