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.