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Prosper™ Assessment System Combines Item Banking, Test Generation, Scoring and Reporting in an Affordable, Easy-to-Use Software Package BLOOMINGTON, Minn., June 21, 2004 – The Prosper™ Assessment System from Pearson NCS combines item banking, test generation, scoring and reporting into an affordable, easy-to-use software package that saves educators hours of work. Teachers quickly and easily develop tests aligned with state and local standards, and scan completed tests to receive immediate feedback on student performance. Individual and group progress can be measured toward learning objectives, and educators can tailor instruction to help each student prepare for high-stakes assessments. "The new Prosper Assessment System will help schools meet accountability demands and narrow the achievement gap for all students," said John Harnett, pPresident Pearson NCS. "Our system puts assessment data at teachers’ fingertips, so they can spot weaknesses and provide corrective instruction that can help students improve performance." Streamlines the testing process. Educators create tests from banks of items provided with over 2,000 popular textbook titles or create their own custom questions. They can print tests that target specific learning objectives or post the tests online. Real-time processing provides detailed results normally available only on district- or state-level assessments. The system saves hours every week in test preparation and grading, which gives the teacher more time to teach. Helps ensure content, learning objectives and tests are aligned. The Prosper Assessment System highlights areas where the instructional content, tests and student learning may not be aligned, and allows educators to tailor instruction to improve student learning. Provides test results in an instant. The Prosper Assessment System quickly scores and analyzes test data collected by a Pearson NCS optical mark read (OMR) scanner or online, and then produces reports that pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses of individual students, subgroups and the entire class. Produces detailed reports. With immediate feedback, the teacher understands what the student has and has not mastered, and the student, parents and administrators can see the level of learning . . .not just a letter grade. Enables educators to tailor instruction. Reports in the Prosper Assessment System solve the mystery of where students stand relative to mastery of learning objectives. Educators can tie prescriptive or remedial information to each test item or intervene with instruction modified for the student. Guides refinement in instruction.Teachers also can use these results to monitor their own instructional delivery. Item analysis reports on specific learning objectives indicate when an instructional technique is successful, needs revising, or if more or less time should be devoted to the objective. Principals also can use results to make decisions about teacher training and curriculum. Simplifies grading. Test data can be exported to many statistical and grade book packages, providing another timesaving feature. The Prosper Assessment System price starts at $1,500 with special introductory pricing. Building site licenses also are available. For more information, call 800-447-3269 or visit http://www.pearsonncs.com/prosper/. Pearson NCS offers a wide variety of data collection hardware, assessment and survey software, scannable forms and outsourcing services to help educators. Pearson NCS is a business of Pearson Education, the world's largest education company, which in turn is part of Pearson, the international media company. Pearson’s other primary operations include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group. Media Contact |
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