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Discovery EducationThinkLink Assessment
Discovery Education ThinkLink Assessment
Founded by Vanderbilt University Acquired in March 2006 by Discovery
Education Specializes in Predictive Assessment
Discovery Education ThinkLink Assessment
• Discovery Education’s ThinkLink offers benchmark assessments that are aligned to the TN curriculum. given up to 3 times a year.
• ThinkLink Assessment reports identify student strengths and weaknesses by skill and sub-skill. This allows teachers to focus instruction around areas of need instead of teaching skills in which students are already proficient.
Continuous Improvement
Model
How does Benchmark Assessment work?
• 3 Tests Per Year
– September, December and February (or Fall, Winter, Spring)
• 30 – 35 minutes approximate time• Immediate Results
• Reports, Resources and Item Bank are Available on the Web
Available Reports• Class Summary Report
• Student Report
• Objective and Sub-skill Analysis Report
• Answers Report
• Comparison Report
• Individual Student Report
• Administrative: School and District Report
• Disaggregated Report (NCLB Subgroup)
Color Coded Reporting
Categories:
RedRed = No proficiency
YellowYellow = Below Proficient
GreenGreen = Proficient
Skills
After P Test
Instructional Focus: on strand with least amount of
green.
Skills
After 3rd Test (1 month
before TCAP)
Instructional Focus: on strand with greatest
amount of yellow. (Best chance of moving students
to proficient.)
Skills
Red: Major skill problems
Yellow: Just in time intervention
Green: Mastery
Categories customized to your state’s standards
Objectives & Subskill Report
Green Green items: right for 2/3 of class;items: right for 2/3 of class;
YellowYellow: right for 1/2 of class;: right for 1/2 of class;
RedRed: right for 1/3 of class;: right for 1/3 of class;
Focus on Easy and Moderate that are red and yellow for proficiencyFocus on Easy and Moderate that are red and yellow for proficiency..
State Core Content
Reporting Categories
with bullet numbers and subskill descriptors
Correct answer and student answer
Growth Score (indicating AYP
progress)
Percentage and # correct
Objective/Sub-skill Analysis: Student Sub-skill Report
State Core Content Standards
and bullet numbers
Individual Student Performance
Individual Student ReportCompare across
multiple test periods
Description of objectives
Report shows student proficiency for each
assessment across all objectives
Proficiency and Growth Score Data
Great for Parent Conferences, Tutors,
IEPs and Student Files
Web Resources: Skills & Tools
Web Resources: Skills & Tools
Web Resources: Create Practice Probes to Web Resources: Create Practice Probes to measure between Benchmark testsmeasure between Benchmark tests
Web Resources:Web Resources:Practice Probe Step 2Practice Probe Step 2
Web Resources:Web Resources:Practice Probe Step 3Practice Probe Step 3
Web Resources:Web Resources:Practice Probe Items – P.1Practice Probe Items – P.1
See what they know.
Teach what they need.