ADI AND RALLY! CREATE ONLINE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSESSMENT.Achievement Data Inc., a subsidiary of Touchstone touchstone Black, silica-containing stone used in assaying to determine the purity of gold and silver. The metal to be assayed is rubbed on the touchstone, and then a sample of metal of known purity is rubbed on the stone right next to it. Applied Science Associates, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: TASA), has partnered with RALLY! Education to develop TestPOWER.com, a web-based classroom assessment product line. ADI, using its state-of- the-art technology, and RALLY! Education, creating standards- based assessments, will develop an online instructional assessment that will enable teachers and students to quickly, easily, and accurately determine learning strengths and weaknesses and better target classroom instruction. TestPOWER.com will be a valuable asset to schools and classrooms. It will enable educators to track instructional progress and determine readiness for state assessments. Aligned to state standards, TestPOWER.com will be able to give immediate individual, class, and school results and empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems teachers to drive classroom instruction by using real-time student data. TestPOWER.com is unique in its blending of ADI's easy-to-use technology and RALLY!'s direct correlations Noun 1. direct correlation - a correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with large values of the other and small with small; the correlation coefficient is between 0 and +1 positive correlation to state-specific education standards. Andrew L. Simon, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of TASA, said today "that this agreement continues to reinforce our decision to acquire ADI last summer. Presently, ADI provides web-based assessment applications in Idaho, Indiana and Mississippi for several of their state-wide summative assessment Summative assessment (or Summative evaluation) refers to the assessment of the learning and summarises the development of learners at a particular time. After a period of work, e.g. programs. This agreement extends our universe into the formative assessment Formative assessment is a self-reflective process that intends to promote student attainment [1]. Cowie and Bell [2] define it as the bidirectional process between teacher and student to enhance, recognise and respond to the learning. arena. Marty Borg, president of ADI, and his staff continue to examine innovative applications of ADI's technology". About RALLY! Education RALLY! Education specializes in diagnostic assessments, instructional materials, and test preparation products that match state tests. All of RALLY!'s materials are state- specific, standards-based, and classroom-driven. For more information about RALLY! Education please visit http://www.rallyeducation.com/ or call 888-99-RALLY. About TASA and Achievement Data Inc. TASA, based in Brewster, N.Y., provides consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" , including test design and development, and psychometric psy·cho·met·rics n. (used with a sing. verb) The branch of psychology that deals with the design, administration, and interpretation of quantitative tests for the measurement of psychological variables such as intelligence, aptitude, and services to states, school districts and textbook publishers through its custom assessment units. TASA also designs, develops, calibrates, publishes, markets and sells educational assessment tests primarily to elementary and secondary schools throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . In addition, the company provides test printing, distribution, scanning, scoring and reporting services to states, schools and districts as well as to third parties. Further, TASA offers on-line testing services to schools and educational entities in the K-12 market and customized assessment engines for curriculum providers. For more information, visit the company's website at http://www.tasa.com/. Achievement Data Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary TASA, has a long history of online academic testing, and has developed customized learning environments for many other testing and publishing companies. Touchstone Applied Science Associates can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.tasa.com/. For more information, call 845/277-8100. |
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