Study Island: Top 10 Features You Might Not Know About
Study Island: Top 10 Features You Might Not Know About
In 2000, Study Island was founded as a test preparation solution. Teachers needed a way to support student learning against rigorous state standards and end-of-year tests. Study Island has evolved from its test preparation roots into a robust, rigorous, and dynamic formative classroom solution that not only prepares students for end-of-year assessments but also gives teachers a way to individualize instruction, pinpoint student difficulties, and monitor student progress. Below are the top ten Study Island updates from the past few years that you might have missed.
1. New and updated standards-based content
As standards change, we not only develop quality, standards-based content, but we get it to you first. In only fifteen short years, Study Island has become the industry leader in delivering top-of-the-line, standards-based content.
2. Edmentum Sensei for Study Island
Edmentum Sensei provides a vehicle through which you can monitor and manage academic progress and achievement to make faster, more informed decisions anywhere, anytime from your laptop or mobile device.
3. Technology-enhanced item types
Study Island’s technology-enhanced item types are designed to promote higher-order thinking and inquiry and prepare students for more rigorous and interactive web-based exams. We have added more than 4,000 items to date and we will be adding more than 2,300 by the start of the 2015-16 school year. Want to experience Study Island’s technology-enhanced item types for yourself? Take a test drive here!
4. District reporting
Our district-level reports ensure that you have the districtwide information needed to guide data-driven decision making; provide efficient student, grade-level, and districtwide support; and implement swift and effective interventions.
5. Teacher Toolkit and other teacher resources
The Teacher Toolkit enhances classroom lessons by providing easy access to Study Island’s extensive library of thousands of K–12 learning resources.
6. Benchmarks
Our benchmarks assess student progress toward meeting your state standards and provide valuable information to inform your instruction, offering a valid measure of student proficiency of knowledge and skills against your state and college- and career-readiness standards.
7. Class Manager updates
Study Island’s class manager is a robust, teacher-focused tool that allows educators to easily manage students, co-owners, and assignments; distribute parent notifications; and build both whole-class and individualized assignments based on student needs.
Study Island and NWEA customers can easily pinpoint academic strengths and weaknesses through NWEA MAP test results and then automatically target those areas with Study Island’s rigorous, standards-based content.
9. Writing prompts
We have added elementary, middle, and high school narrative, expository, persuasive, and instructional writing prompts for ELA, as well as math and science writing prompts. You can create your own writing prompts using our WYSIWYG editor or use one of our prewritten writing prompts with built-in rubrics.
10. Premium games
Brand-new games are added to Study Island regularly. The games feature enhanced animation technology and are organized based on difficulty for a variety of age groups with a goal of keeping students motivated as they work toward mastering their state standards.
Study Island has grown into a robust, rigorous, and engaging formative classroom solution. We are leading the way in customizing content to state and national standards, and we are committed to maintaining a tight alignment to K-12 state standards and meeting the ever-changing needs of schools and districts to improve student outcomes.
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