Create assessments that lead to meaningful insights.
Get immediate feedback about what your students know and don’t so you can adjust instruction in the moment when it can have the greatest impact on student learning.
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Using an item bank to develop formative assessment along with and in-between benchmark assessments has provided our teachers with timely and precise data to guide instructional decisions.
—Greg Paczak, Ph.D.
Director of Research and Development, Madison County Schools, Ridgeland, MS
High quality, expertly-designed items to fuel your formative strategies.
Ample Items For Your Formative Process
Designed to check for student understanding and guide instruction at the district and classroom levels, the Mastery Item Bank includes 98K+ standards-based items in ELA, math, science, and social studies.
Up-To-Date Standards Alignment
Rely on the most precise learning standards alignment for all 50 states and D.C., Common Core State Standards, as well as Next Generation Science Standards.
Spanish-Translated Items
Support the needs of English language learners with 22K+ Spanish-translated items that allow teachers to assess a students’ understanding of concepts without testing their English ability.
Unrivaled Flexibility
Modify Mastery items to suit the needs of your classroom. Change the number of distractors for certain students, edit names to demonstrate equity or cultural appropriateness, or update vocabulary to reflect your curriculum.
Fully Integrated Into Mastery Connect
Quickly create formative assessments with the Mastery Item Bank and then use the Mastery Tracker to assess and get an instant, visual view into student performance.
INFORM INSTRUCTION
Set teachers up for success in the classroom.
Assessment is an impactful tool, but teachers don't always have time to create standards-based questions. Give your teachers access to thousands of high-quality items so they can build classroom formatives and assess students on the right skills and concepts.
Use in day-to-day instruction
Identify specific areas for remediation
Evaluate efficacy
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RESPONSIBILITY FOR LEARNING
Empower students to own their learning.
Instant feedback is the perfect conversation starter to help students understand where they are in their learning and, ultimately, assume responsibility for it. Formative assessment provides teachers a way to connect with students, engage them in the feedback loop, and set academic goals together.
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