Scantron(R) Introduces New Capabilities in Achievement Series and Performance Series Solutions; New Item Editor, Equation Edito
05 Julho 2006 - 7:15PM
Business Wire
From the district office to the classroom, finding the time to
manage ever-increasing assessment and accountability demands is a
constant challenge for time-strapped educators. With the newest
versions of its flagship products, Achievement Series(TM) and
Performance Series(TM), Scantron(R) today introduces new
capabilities to save educators' time while improving ease of use,
efficiency and flexibility. Scantron, a leading provider of
formative and diagnostic assessment solutions for K-12 education,
will unveil the new solutions at the National Educational Computing
Conference (NECC) in San Diego this week. Achievement Series The
newly updated Achievement Series solution, a content-neutral
flexible testing platform that educators use to develop and
administer online and paper tests, features an all-new item editor
that makes the item entry process quicker and easier than ever
before. With other web-based assessment programs, districts that
create their own district benchmark assessments and classroom tests
must jump back and forth between multiple screens to enter all the
content necessary for just one test item. When creating dozens or
hundreds of test items, the process can be particularly cumbersome
and time-consuming. With Achievement Series' new item editor,
educators can enter item content, properties, standards and
passages all on one screen, streamlining the item entry process and
increasing efficiency. In addition, when adding items, users can
choose to duplicate certain properties or standards to the next
item, reducing duplicate data entry. For districts that regularly
create their own benchmark assessments and classroom tests, the
time savings can be dramatic. In addition, the item editor includes
a powerful new equation editor that allows educators to easily
create complex math equations in Achievement Series. This
eliminates the need to create math equations in a different
application and copy them into the program, creating additional
time savings. To provide added flexibility, Achievement Series also
supports a custom numbering option for plain paper "answer key
only" tests. This allows districts to easily use Achievement Series
for a wide variety of tests, such as the Houghton Mifflin test
booklets that are widely used in California. Performance Series
Performance Series is a web-based, computer-adaptive test that
educators use as a diagnostic, for student placement, and to do
progress reporting. The new version of Performance Series features
the addition of a year-to-year student report to allow school
districts to easily track student growth and trends from year to
year, and use the data to inform instructional decisions. With the
new report, educators can quickly and easily display results data
from every test a student has taken in the selected subject -- all
in one location. If a student has taken a test for several years,
for example, educators will be able to get a good idea of how his
or her scores are trending and possibly predict a range of scores
for the next test administration. "The real beauty of the new
Achievement Series and Performance Series solutions is that they
give teachers the ability to more deeply and accurately assess
student comprehension, mastery, and overall performance -- and to
do so with relative ease," said Tim Loomer, president of Scantron's
Testing & Assessment Division. "Increasing accountability
demands have put so much pressure on today's educators. These new
releases are just the latest step in our mission to help educators
meet NCLB requirements, raise the level of student achievement, and
perhaps ease their burden a bit by providing effective, dependable,
easy-to-use solutions." The new Achievement Series and Performance
Series solutions will be available to all Scantron customers with
active subscriptions on July 24. About Achievement Series and
Performance Series Available together or as independent products,
Achievement Series and Performance Series offer a tightly
integrated approach to managing and administering multiple forms of
assessment throughout the school year. Combining traditional
fixed-form testing with computer adaptive testing using one online
platform, the products work together to create a comprehensive
assessment system that provides educators with the data necessary
to make informed instructional decisions and improve student
achievement. About Scantron Corporation Scantron Corp.
(http://www.scantron.com) is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and
is a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlanta-based John H. Harland
Company (NYSE:JH). Scantron is a leading provider of software
services and systems for the collection, management and
interpretation of data to the educational, financial and commercial
markets. For more information call 1-800-722-6876. About Harland
Atlanta-based John H. Harland Company (NYSE:JH)
(http://www.harland.net) is a leading provider of software and
printed products to the financial and educational markets with more
than $1 billion in annual revenues. Harland Financial Solutions,
Inc. (http://www.harlandfinancialsolutions.com), a wholly owned
subsidiary, supplies software and services, including customer
relationship management, deposit and loan origination, core systems
and mortgage services, to thousands of financial institutions of
all sizes. Harland's printed products offerings include checks,
direct marketing and financial forms. This press release contains
statements, which may constitute "forward-looking statements."
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current expectations of John H. Harland Company and members of its
respective management, as well as the assumptions on which such
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performance and involve risks and uncertainties and that actual
results may differ materially from those contemplated by such
forward-looking statements. Reference is made to the Risk Factors
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