"This data tool is a major breakthrough and an enormous help for
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NJ ASK is the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge,
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skills defined by the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards in
language arts literacy, mathematics , and science.
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student strengths and areas of concern. "In order to meet our objectives of driving awareness and
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individuals, educational institutions and government agencies around
the world, ETS customizes solutions to meet the need for teacher
professional development products and services, classroom and
end-of-course assessments , and research-based teaching and learning
tools. to every Michigan educator," said
Jeremy Hughes , Chief Academic Officer for the Michigan Department of
Education.i.i. Thinkronize currently serves nearly 7 million students in
48 states, including adoptions by key districts and states nationwide , making
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districts track student achievement, understand performance trends,
improve teaching effectiveness, and analyze results for NCLB
requirements, ETS and the New Jersey Department of Education are
launching a new student data management system throughout the state. It defines the core knowledge and skills
from state standards that are essential for the grade level or course. Additional information is available at
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PRINCETON, N.J. As part of an
ongoing commitment to professional development and technology integration, the
state's educators will now have free access to over 180,000 high-quality
online educational resources that align with the Michigan state benchmarks
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"IDMS is based on the principle of allowing school administrators,
district directors, and teachers to look at data that is specific to
their needs," explains John Oswald, Senior Vice President of
Elementary and Secondary Education at ETS. "Today's classroom teachers need access to Internet search tools,
like netTrekker d., designed for use in schools to help educators meet individual
students' learning needs, and netTrekker home , available for purchase by
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personnel can quickly and easily view, compare, and report relative
performance among groups. To support this mission,
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development Web portal designed to help Michigan teachers, administrators and
paraprofessionals access, manage and track professional development., Michigan educators can access more than 180,000
educator-selected, standards-based online resources, and can then match those
resources to individual students' learning needs. incorporates several key features that will
help Michigan teachers address pressing issues in education, including an
entire section of customized resources devoted to helping instruct English
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IDMS as a value-added service as part of the existing contract at no
charge to the state."
"The Instructional Data Management System allows school personnel
to view any combination of available performance measures for any
group of variables, including gender, ethnicity, District Factor
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CINCINNATI, As part of a new three-year agreement
with Thinkronize , developer of the award-winning netTrekker search products
serving more than seven million students and their teachers nationwide,
Michigan Virtual University will now provide Michigan educators with powerful
online resources that aid instruction and stimulate learning.
"The Michigan Department of Education is pleased to provide a powerful
educational resource like netTrekker d. will empower Michigan educators with standards-based
resources that can be matched to individual students' learning needs,
ultimately helping every Michigan child learn and achieve," said Christine
Willig, president of Cincinnati-based Thinkronize, netTrekker d. Using netTrekker search engines,
educators, school librarians, students, and parents save valuable time because
they are directed to relevant, reliable , educator-selected websites every
time -- meaning less time spent on searching and more time focused on
learning.