Assessments - Age of Learning https://www.ageoflearning.com Bringing Learning to Life Fri, 01 Mar 2024 23:27:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 ABCmouse Assessments Developed in Collaboration with NORC at the University of Chicago Are Helping Drive Meaningful Gains in Literacy and Math  https://www.ageoflearning.com/abcmouse-assessments-developed-in-collaboration-with-norc-at-the-university-of-chicago-are-helping-drive-meaningful-gains-in-literacy-and-math/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=abcmouse-assessments-developed-in-collaboration-with-norc-at-the-university-of-chicago-are-helping-drive-meaningful-gains-in-literacy-and-math Thu, 19 Apr 2018 05:00:00 +0000 https://new.ageoflearning.com/?p=13640 Since Age of Learning’s founding more than a decade ago, we’ve consistently worked with leading education experts to inform the development of our instructional and assessment tools. In addition to our Academic Advisory Board, SRI, WestEd, and many others, we’ve been collaborating with NORC at the University of Chicago since 2015 to develop and validate a series of ABCmouse Assessments for […]

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]]> Since Age of Learning’s founding more than a decade ago, we’ve consistently worked with leading education experts to inform the development of our instructional and assessment tools. In addition to our Academic Advisory Board, SRI, WestEd, and many others, we’ve been collaborating with NORC at the University of Chicago since 2015 to develop and validate a series of ABCmouse Assessments for preschool- through 2nd grade-age children.

After a child completes an ABCmouse Assessment, they’re presented with a series of recommended ABCmouse Learning Activities personalized to the child’s specific learning needs. The data show that children who complete this assessment and instructional cycle increase their scores on key literacy and math skills by an average of 25–30%!

We’ve now developed thousands of ABCmouse Assessment items and children have completed more than one million assessments. These include our Kindergarten Readiness Assessment, which enables parents to gauge the 13 early literacy and math skills that 85% or more U.S. states have specified children should acquire before entering kindergarten.

NORC has been integral to this work, analyzing a large pool of assessment responses to validate—and to measure and improve the reliability of—each ABCmouse Assessment. We look forward to continuing our work with NORC and expanding these capabilities to help accelerate learning.

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]]> Age of Learning Launches ABCmouse Assessment Center to Help Families Evaluate School Readiness https://www.ageoflearning.com/age-of-learning-launches-abcmouse-assessment-center-to-help-families-evaluate-school-readiness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=age-of-learning-launches-abcmouse-assessment-center-to-help-families-evaluate-school-readiness Fri, 22 Apr 2016 18:25:00 +0000 https://new.ageoflearning.com/?p=13693 Yesterday we released an unprecedented, comprehensive analysis of Kindergarten Readiness standards across all 50 states. Now we are thrilled to share news of another empowering Kindergarten Readiness resource that we are making available to families and caregivers. Based on the common standards identified in our Kindergarten Readiness Report, we have developed an in-depth Kindergarten Readiness assessment, […]

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]]> Yesterday we released an unprecedented, comprehensive analysis of Kindergarten Readiness standards across all 50 states. Now we are thrilled to share news of another empowering Kindergarten Readiness resource that we are making available to families and caregivers. Based on the common standards identified in our Kindergarten Readiness Report, we have developed an in-depth Kindergarten Readiness assessment, which parents can use with the ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy curriculum to help better prepare children for kindergarten. Available in a new ABCmouse Assessment Center, the easy-to-use Kindergarten Readiness assessment was developed with guidance from the leading education and assessment research organization SRI International, and from the independent research institution NORC at the University of Chicago.

Academic areas covered in the assessment include Language, Literacy, and Math—domains in which 100 percent of the 50 states have established specific Kindergarten Readiness standards.

ABCmouse Assessment Center features include:

  • A comprehensive preschool academic skills assessment, composed of 11 Language, Literacy, and Math skills that can be taken as one assessment, or as 11 individual assessments
  • A comprehensive kindergarten academic skills assessment, composed of 12 Language, Literacy, and Math skills that can be taken as one assessment or as 12 individual assessments
  • Customized lessons targeted to help a child improve in specific skill areas identified by the assessments for further practice
  • Unlimited access to the assessments for up to three children, including tracking for each child on comprehensive academic skills assessments, as well as on individual reading, oral language, and math skills
  • A user-friendly interface with clear, color-coded tables, charts, and graphs that present and illustrate assessment results

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