Today's school districts are bombarded with solicitations from a variety of businesses touting everything from school buses to note pads. Testing and Assessment seems to be the product du jour. District administrators need to be informed of the options, the benefits, the pitfalls, the players. Third party reporting can give an educator an unbiased look at the particulars involved in choosing a testing and assessment partner. Included here are a number of articles concerning Thinkgate, our client districts, and matters facing educators as a whole.
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue spoke with Community Conversations 2 and held up Gainesville City Schools as a model for the state saying, "I think it is the epitome of what I have envisioned for Georgia education." The Gainesville model uses Thinkgate's Testgate product as a delivery tool for testing and assessment as well as data gathering.
Brains Invade NECC
The NECC 2007 brought 18,000+ tech-savvy educators to Atlanta, Georgia this year. The "Who's Who" in technology vendors plied their wares in a filled to capacity Georgia World Congress Center. Hundreds of vendors tried to lure potential customers in with the latest and greatest in hardware and software. Commemorative trinkets and giveaways were plenty, but none so sought after, it seems, as Thinkgate's "Weapon of Mass Instruction" tees. The aisles were filled with the white-brain motif of this marketing savvy company. Once wrapped in brain apparel, Thinkgate walked attendees through a well thought-out presentation of their crowd pleasing software. Though one of the smaller booth spaces in the hall, Thinkgate consistently drew a crowd.
Curriculum Advantage, Inc. Adds Thinkgate As Assessment Partner
Curriculum Advantage, Inc., publishers of Classworks -- a network-based solution of reading and mathematics curriculum for grades K-12 -- announced today a new partnership with Thinkgate. Classworks will now be able to read and import test results from Thinkgate's assessment resource, Testgate, and then automatically prescribe an individualized learning plan of reading and mathematics activities based on Testgate reports.
"Our goal with Classworks is to make sure everyone is getting the most relevant activity based on any assessment a district is using so we are pleased to add Thinkgate to our list of assessment partners," said Mr. Lindsey Cook, CEO of Curriculum Advantage, Inc. "With multiple assessment resources tied into Classworks, teachers now have even greater flexibility and power when generating individualized instruction based on student test results."
Glynn School Superintendent to pitch achievement plan to Governor
BRUNSWICK, Ga. -- Glynn County
School Superintendent Michael Bull will meet with Gov. Sonny Perdue Wednesday...
www.news4georgia.com
Cox: Gainesville schools set the new standard for Georgia
by Fokes Link
GAINESVILLE - Superintendent Kathy Cox declared Gainesville City Schools a model for all...
www.accessnorthga.com
Students sharpen skills
By BJ CORBITT: The Brunswick News
Their eyes trained on small electronic screens, the youngsters tap buttons, coordinating their reflexes with the graphics in front of them in a desperate race...
www.thebrunswicknews.com
State School Superintendent visits Americus
Genie Collins
After the interview with Cox, Bari Geeslin, an assistant superintendent for Sumter County Schools, said Sumter County did receive such a grant, but the money was used to put toward the software the Board of Education had already committed to purchase. The grant was awarded to Staley Middle School...
www.americustimesrecorder.com
Schools Review Program
From staff reports
The Dade County Sentinel
SAT scores are up in Trenton.
Providing an individualized education for students is the goal of a new approach in Dade schools.
The school system is using a special program to assist teachers in meeting each student's educational needs, the Dade County Board of Education learned at its monthly meeting last week. Board members looked over the first pre-test results of the newly implemented Thinkgate...
www.dadesentinel.com