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1 Explore Study Islad Texas A stadards-based solutio desiged to improve K 12 studet achievemet i Eglish laguage arts, math, sciece, ad social studies Best Studet Assessmet Solutio

Explore Study Islad As you begi to address the cotet specified by the Texas Essetial Kowledge ad Skills (TEKS), we ivite you to explore our prove data-drive stadards mastery solutio, Study Islad.

results i your classrooms every step of the way. Our olie solutio allows for self-paced idividualized learig as well as teacher-led whole-class istructio.

2 Explore Study Islad As you begi to address the cotet specified by the Texas Essetial Kowledge ad Skills (TEKS), we ivite you to explore our prove data-drive stadards mastery solutio, Study Islad. Through the program s time-savig features ad stadards-based cotet for K 12 Eglish laguage arts, math, social studies, ad sciece, you will fid the support you eed to iovate ad achieve measurable results i your classrooms every step of the way. Our olie solutio allows for self-paced idividualized learig as well as teacher-led whole-class istructio. Teachers ca easily guide studets through Study Islad, commuicate expectatios, ad create class assigmets. Throughout the school year, the program s time-savig tools will work with teachers to idetify ad address the specific eeds of all studets, ecourage them alog the way, ad work to improve their results. Study Islad Offerigs for Texas Schools: Wide variety of tools that allow studets to cosistetly practice ad improve their abilities i each topic area Idividualized learig support for every studet through stregth ad weakess reports that allow you to prioritize your time i the classroom ad provide additioal support whe ecessary The Study Islad Learig Cotiuum Test Builder with readily available stadards-based practice ad assessmet items allowig educators to quickly build rigorous assessmets for studets Cosistet progress moitorig throughout the school year with Study Islad Texas Bechmarks which guide studets toward successful STAAR assessmets Each school year is a ew jourey, ad Study Islad fully supports the process that iovative educators use to adapt to ew stadards ad varyig studet eeds. The solutio provides the tools you eed to cotiuously egage, moitor, ad assess studet progress, ad it helps you quickly see what lies ahead for your classrooms. Pre-Assess Idetify what studets already kow about a particular subject, ad begi to chart your course through Study Islad. Bechmark Tests Diagostic Tests Built Test Reportig Post-Assessmet Assess proficiecy ad cotiue to use Study Islad throughout the learig process. Bechmark Tests Post Test Built Test Reportig Teach ad Assig Ehace the focus of your activities based o these results, ad use the program to create or simply ehace your curriculum. Practice ad istructio assigmets Lessos Flashcards Explaatios Practice activities Teacher Toolkit Stadards Map Studet Respose Systems Remediate ad Cotiue to Moitor Cotiue to moitor activity for each studet as they move through their assiged uits, ad easily adjust for remediatio ad acceleratio eeds. Comprehesive School Reports page Class Gradebook Report Built Test Report Blue Ribbo Report Idividual Studet Report Class Summary Report Suggested Topics Report Adjustable istructioal prefereces Topic Buildig Blocks Create custom materials

Fid Your Teacher Toolkit o Study Islad The Study Islad Teacher Toolkit is desiged to help drive istructio, save teachers time

The Teacher Toolkit ehaces classroom lessos by providig easy access to Study Islad s extesive library of thousads of K-12 learig

With a quick search i the Teacher Toolkit, from withi each assigmet, users ca access: Lesso plas All material ca be searched

Virtual sciece labs Subcategory Project-Based Learig (PBL) activities Resource type Techology-Ehaced Item Types Study Islad s

preparig studets for more rigorous ad iteractive web-based exams.

to the appropriate DOK level ad that studets are exposed to the appropriate cotet.

Matched Pairs Studets move aswers from oe colum to the ext ad create matchig pairs.

Hot Text Text choices are idetified for the studet withi a item, ad the studet selects the correct text aswer or aswers with the

3 Fid Your Teacher Toolkit o Study Islad The Study Islad Teacher Toolkit is desiged to help drive istructio, save teachers time throughout their day, ad icrease studet egagemet. The Teacher Toolkit ehaces classroom lessos by providig easy access to Study Islad s extesive library of thousads of K-12 learig resources. With a quick search i the Teacher Toolkit, from withi each assigmet, users ca access: Lesso plas All material ca be searched through or sorted i the Teacher videos Teacher Toolkit by: Elemetary & middle school aimatios Grade Educatio videos Subject Virtual sciece labs Subcategory Project-Based Learig (PBL) activities Resource type Techology-Ehaced Item Types Study Islad s techology-ehaced item types, available i grades 3 through high school, are desiged to promote higherorder thikig ad iquiry while preparig studets for more rigorous ad iteractive web-based exams. These techologyehaced items have bee developed usig Webb s Depth of Kowledge (DOK) guidelies to esure that each questio is writte to the appropriate DOK level ad that studets are exposed to the appropriate cotet. Multiple Choice Studets choose the sigle best aswer. Matched Pairs Studets move aswers from oe colum to the ext ad create matchig pairs. Costructed Respose Studets costruct a respose usig evidece from the questio or readig passage to support their view. Hot Text Text choices are idetified for the studet withi a item, ad the studet selects the correct text aswer or aswers with the cursor. Multiple Respose Studets ca select more tha oe correct aswer i a multiple-choice format. Hot Spot Usig the cursor, the studet idetifies a locatio i a image that represets the correct aswer. Cloze Studets select a respose from a drop-dow box i a equatio or setece. Fill i the Blak Studets eter a alphaumeric respose i a ope box i a item. A item may have more tha oe ope box. Sequece Studets click o a image ad move it to the correct locatio o the scree, i sequece, to create the correct overall aswer. Graphical Gap Match Usig the cursor, studets drag oe image to aother to aswer the questio.

Survey Your Surroudigs through Study Islad Test Builder To develop a detailed overview of the progress that eeds to be made i your classrooms to successfully master the cotet specified by the Texas

This tool provides everythig you eed to create, schedule, ad distribute customized assessmets that coicide with your goals.

4 Survey Your Surroudigs through Study Islad Test Builder To develop a detailed overview of the progress that eeds to be made i your classrooms to successfully master the cotet specified by the Texas Essetial Kowledge ad Skills (TEKS), you ca easily create custom tests usig the Study Islad Test Builder. This tool provides everythig you eed to create, schedule, ad distribute customized assessmets that coicide with your goals. With Test Builder, educators ca: Access thousads of Study Islad practice ad assessmet questios Build, schedule, ad share custom tests Easily view the test schedule ad library of all tests that have bee created previously I just iterviewed seve of my studets about what helped them the most to feel/be ready for STAAR. Their top two aswers icluded some thigs we did i class with imagery/poetry/ plays.ad Study Islad. They felt like the preparatio they received was very close to the test-type questios they had to tackle. Geerate actioable reports o school ad studet performace Deto ISD Teacher, Texas District Test Builder gives admiistrators the ability to create custom assessmets ad make the tests available to all schools across the district at oe time. You ca assig assessmets to your schools ad receive results at the district level. Oce admiistered, a stregths ad weakesses report is geerated i each classroom to help teachers target istructio ad take advatage of more Study Islad resources. Track Your Adveture with Study Islad Bechmarks To ehace the experiece o Study Islad, bechmark assessmets ca be used to get a sapshot of studet proficiecies i relatio to the TEKS for math, readig, ad sciece. Study Islad Bechmarks provide detailed ad reliable iformatio o how studets are progressig toward meetig the stadards, ad they are a extremely easy-to-use resource. Bechmark I Begiig of the school year o Develop a startig poit o Study Islad for each studet ear the begiig of the school year; studet progress is matched agaist this startig poit Bechmark II November to early December o Measure stregths ad weakesses of curriculum covered i the first quarter of the school year what stadards have bee mastered ad which eed additioal support Bechmark III Early sprig o Cotiue to gauge stregths ad weakess of your studets as the fial assessmet date comes ito view Bechmark IV 2 3 weeks before assessmet o Fid peace of mid ad make the most of the time right before testig begis by admiisterig this exam

Discover Key Isights Through Study Islad Progress Moitorig Streamlied progress moitorig is a essetial elemet to effective district- ad buildig-level maagemet.

Study Islad provides admiistrators ad teachers with a variety of reports that ca be customized to their specific eeds.

5 Discover Key Isights Through Study Islad Progress Moitorig Streamlied progress moitorig is a essetial elemet to effective district- ad buildig-level maagemet. Admiistrators eed a effective tool from which they ca oversee progress across buildigs, grade levels, or idividual studet demographics. Study Islad provides admiistrators ad teachers with a variety of reports that ca be customized to their specific eeds. Our detailed reports provide valuable data o school activity ad progress, overall studet performace, ad disaggregated bechmark scores. May of the reports ca be pulled across multiple dimesios, ad they are easily exported to Microsoft Excel spreadsheet software as well. Educators ca easily access: Detailed progress-moitorig reports at the district, school, ad grade level, as well as for studet progress moitorig Suggestios for topics eedig additioal practice Usage ad activity trackig Disaggregated reportig that idetifies the progress of special populatios ad specific Title I demographics Export ad dowload data District-Level Reports Our district-level reports esure that you have the district-wide iformatio eeded to guide data-drive decisio makig, provide efficiet studet, grade-level, ad district-wide support, ad implemet swift ad effective itervetios. Gradebook Report Bechmark Report School Compariso Report Studet Log-I Report Teacher Activity Report Suggested Topics Report Blue Ribbo Report District Summary Report Program Participatio Report Weekly District Report Built-Test Report Buildig-Level Reports Our detailed, real-time, buildig-level reports provide valuable data that will help you efficietly moitor studet, class, ad school-wide progress; idetify areas eedig additioal practice; ad idividualize istructio based o studet eeds. Class Gradebook Report Assigmet Report Weekly Report Blue Ribbo Report RTI Report Weekly Campus Report Idividual Studet Report Built-Test Report High Score Report Class Summary Report

6 About Us Edmetum is redefiig the 21st cetury classroom. We eable educators ad admiistrators to deliver achievemet i the classroom, bledig idividual teachig approaches with prove, award-wiig olie learig programs that specifically address the eeds of idividual learers ad the expectatios of everyoe with a stake i learer success. With more tha 50 years of experiece drivig sigificat advaces i the idustry, Edmetum offers a wide variety of iovative solutios spaig a multitude of program areas to empower 21st cetury teachig ad learig. Our Solutios Implemetig Your Study Islad Solutio Because of our i-depth kowledge of the challeges you face i the classroom, Edmetum is able to provide you with educatioal solutios tailored to fit your idividual goals, resources, ad teachig methods. To esure your success, you will be coected with a Implemetatio Coach who will collaborate with you to develop a detailed pla for Study Islad i your idividual classrooms, schools, or district. Ad, if you ever have ay additioal questios or eed ay further support, Edmetum is always available to help. Here s how it works: Create your Edmetum Solutio with Study Islad Discuss your idividual goals ad pla your implemetatio orietatio through Edmetum Use the pla you develop i your implemetatio orietatio to apply your Study Islad solutio to your classroom Watch your studets achievemet grow as they use programmig specifically desiged to help them master the cotet specified i state stadards Cotact our support team with ay questios at ay time Atted our virtual workshops to lear more about stadards mastery, data aalysis, ad more Cotact us today for more iformatio! edmetum.com ifo@edmetum.com North Cetral Expressway Suite 1000 Richardso, TX EDMENTUM, INC.

E-LEARNING USABILITY: A LEARNER-ADAPTED APPROACH BASED ON THE EVALUATION OF LEANER S PREFERENCES. Valentina Terzieva, Yuri Pavlov, Rumen Andreev

E-LEARNING USABILITY: A LEARNER-ADAPTED APPROACH BASED ON THE EVALUATION OF LEANER S PREFERENCES. Valentina Terzieva, Yuri Pavlov, Rumen Andreev Titre du documet / Documet title E-learig usability : A learer-adapted approach based o the evaluatio of leaer's prefereces Auteur(s) / Author(s) TERZIEVA Valetia ; PAVLOV Yuri (1) ; ANDREEV Rume (2) ;