Thinkgate’s Education Suite is built primarily around its foundation product Testgate.  Testgate allows teachers the ability to test students in either an offline or online environment and assess the progress of students through its progressive reporting features. Pre testing at the beginning of the nine weeks and post testing at the conclusion allows for a genuine evaluation of the curriculum’s effectiveness and the effectiveness of the teacher’s instruction. It also allows for early intervention after assessing a student’s needs using individual response analysis. Teachers with access to applicable data are better informed to make decisions that lead to better performance in the classroom and therefore better results on state tests.

Pre testing provides the teacher with baseline information about how well their students comprehend each standard they are about to teach.  Using that information the teacher can individualize their instruction for that term at both the class and student level.   This allows them to use their valuable instructional time more efficiently.

Post test data then provides a comparison to the baseline measure provided by the pre test.  Using this data a teacher can determine which standards need to be revisited or which students need individual help on a standard.  Administrators can also use the data provided by the post test to pair teachers together by their strengths and weaknesses. 

These are just a few of the ways that Testgate customers use the information provided to them.  The possibilities for individualizing instruction and making data driven decisions are infinite.  Best of all Testgate is completely customizable because the assessments are created by the customer.  Testgate can be adapted to fit your system and its current needs.

Our online test client provides a paperless solution. Test questions are mapped to standards, entered into Testgate's database and answered by students as they appear on the screen. Upon finishing the test, a variety of reports are immediately populated with the results.

Another option allows schools to utilize "hardcopy" test data by creating online answer keys that in turn are mapped to standards. Teachers can then refer students to questions printed in textbooks, handed to them in a Word document or written on the board. Students can then use a computer or HALO forms to answer the questions and upon finishing the test, the same test reports are populated.

For those schools wanting to leverage the information available in Testgate's reports and graphs but lack the computer labs to test their students online, Thinkgate has provided the option of offline testing. Teachers administer the test using our HALO forms to capture the answers and scan the results right into Testgate. The same powerful reporting is then available to assess your schools performance.