Student Assessment Systems

Istation’s Indicators of Progress is Istation’s computer-adaptive assessment system, commonly called ISIP, for screening and monitoring reading, mathematics, and Spanish literacy in supported grades. It provides skill information, risk indicators, growth reports, and links to Istation instructional resources.

Districts use recurring ISIP administrations to support universal screening, instructional grouping, intervention, and progress review within the larger Istation environment. Districts should align administration, accommodations, score interpretation, data access, and retention with the intended use of the assessment.

Amira combines its reading assessment technology with Istation’s ISIP assessment in Amira ISIP Assess. The current reading product supports oral-reading assessment in English and Spanish, screening, benchmark assessment and progress monitoring. This transition concerns reading assessment; it does not make Istation mathematics, instructional programs and the broader Amira suite the same product. Districts should confirm the assessment version and measures included in their license.

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IXL Real-Time Diagnostic is an adaptive diagnostic embedded in IXL that estimates student levels and identifies skill gaps in mathematics and language arts. It updates as students answer questions and connects identified needs directly with recommended IXL skills.

Teachers use the diagnostic to establish baselines, group students, monitor changing skill profiles, and assign personalized practice within IXL. Districts should align administration, accommodations, score interpretation, data access, and retention with the intended use of the assessment.

JumpRope is a standards-based gradebook that connects instructional evidence with defined learning standards. It helps teachers record mastery, give specific feedback, and examine student progress across multiple measures and points in time.

Students and families can see progress toward individual learning goals, while schools can compare performance across classrooms and review alignment of expectations. Districts should establish common standards, scoring rules, reassessment practices, reporting expectations, and conversion policies before broad implementation.

Mastery Connect is Instructure’s standards-based formative and benchmark assessment platform. Educators create or select assessments, align items to standards, administer checks, and view mastery information by student, class, standard, and assessment.

Professional learning communities and district teams use shared trackers, common assessments, item banks, and reports to coordinate pacing, reteaching, intervention, and enrichment. Districts should align administration, accommodations, score interpretation, data access, and retention with the intended use of the assessment.

Early childhood assessment tools from Renaissance for identifying preschool learning needs and monitoring development. myIGDIs combines brief measures with data tools that help educators review early literacy, numeracy, and related developmental skills.

Not to be confused with: Renaissance Star assessments and other Renaissance products serve different assessment purposes and age groups.

Nearpod is an interactive lesson-delivery platform that embeds formative questions, polls, quizzes, drawing, matching, collaboration, and other checks within teacher-led or student-paced instruction. Educators receive response information while a lesson is underway.

Nearpod is useful for immediate checks for understanding and lesson adjustment, but it is primarily an instructional-engagement platform rather than a district benchmark or standardized assessment system. Districts should align administration, accommodations, score interpretation, data access, and retention with the intended use of the assessment.

Pear Assessment is the current name for Edulastic within Pear Deck Learning. It supports classroom, common, benchmark, and test-practice assessments with technology-enhanced items, item banks, standards alignment, configurable testing settings, accommodations, and district reporting.

Teachers and district teams can collaborate on assessments, use state-released practice content, monitor mastery, and analyze results across students and standards. Districts should align administration, accommodations, score interpretation, data access, and retention with the intended use of the assessment.

PowerSchool Performance Matters is a K–12 assessment and analytics platform for building and administering local assessments, managing item banks, scoring responses, and analyzing student performance alongside other district data. It supports classroom through district-level assessment programs.

Teams use it to coordinate common assessments, examine standards mastery and subgroup patterns, and connect assessment findings with intervention and improvement planning. Districts should align administration, accommodations, score interpretation, data access, and retention with the intended use of the assessment.

Renaissance FastBridge is a screening and progress-monitoring system for reading, mathematics, and social-emotional behavior measures. It combines computer-adaptive and curriculum-based measures with benchmarks, risk indicators, skills information, and intervention-oriented reporting.

Districts use FastBridge for universal screening, MTSS decisions, frequent progress monitoring, and evaluating whether students are responding to support. Districts should align administration, accommodations, score interpretation, data access, and retention with the intended use of the assessment.

Renaissance Star Assessments is a family of computer-adaptive interim and screening assessments covering reading, mathematics, early literacy, and other available domains. Short administrations provide scaled scores, benchmarks, growth measures, skill information, and instructional planning reports.

Districts use Star for universal screening, benchmark periods, progress monitoring, intervention decisions, and evaluation of growth across classrooms and schools. Districts should align administration, accommodations, score interpretation, data access, and retention with the intended use of the assessment.

SAT Suite of Assessments is the College Board’s coordinated set of digital college-readiness assessments, including the SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10, and PSAT 8/9. The suite measures reading and writing and mathematics using related score scales across grade levels.

Districts use these assessments for college readiness, scholarship qualification where applicable, student planning, and longitudinal reporting; administration is governed by College Board testing rules and Bluebook requirements. Districts should align administration, accommodations, score interpretation, data access, and retention with the intended use of the assessment.

Synergy Assessment is Edupoint’s assessment module for building, delivering, scoring, and reporting classroom and district assessments. When used with Synergy, it draws on shared student, course, gradebook, standards, and security data across the education platform.

Educators can create item-based tests, administer them online or through supported paper processes, review standards performance, and use results alongside other Synergy information. Districts should align administration, accommodations, score interpretation, data access, and retention with the intended use of the assessment.

TELL is Pearson’s Test of English Language Learning, a tablet-delivered K–12 assessment for screening, diagnosing, and monitoring listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It uses automated scoring, including speech-recognition-supported tasks, and returns reports shortly after administration.

Districts can use TELL as a local language-proficiency measure to inform placement and instruction, but it does not replace California’s required ELPAC assessments. Districts should align administration, accommodations, score interpretation, data access, and retention with the intended use of the assessment.

Track My Progress is an online K–12 benchmark assessment system for reading, language arts, and mathematics. It uses adaptive or grade-level measures and reports student growth, performance, and skill information across repeated administrations.

Schools use the platform for universal screening, benchmark testing, instructional grouping, parent reporting, and monitoring progress during the year. Districts should align administration, accommodations, score interpretation, data access, and retention with the intended use of the assessment.