“Socrato: The Future of Test Prep?” by Matt Fellows “Socrato has the potential to strip standardized tests of their mysterious, intimidating power, and turn them into more helpful learning tools…” Read More
UPDATE: There is an online version of this tool available for free at Bubblesheetgrader.com Tutors who teach ACT exam prep and Students who are preparing for the ACT exam, feel the pain of ACT test grading, scoring, and scaling. The process requires reasonable manual effort which is prone to error, and is time away from [...]
In addition to the many other methods of conducting test sessions or importing student responses, Socrato now allows tutors and teachers to directly initiate a test session as one of their students. The responses can be entered question by question, or in “bubble sheet” mode. For large classes, tutors can still import from excel files, [...]
On Wednesday, December 9th, at 6:30 Mass Innovation is organizing an event for MA innovators. A number of companies will present there. Thanks to everyone who voted for Socrato, we are one of the presenter. If you are at the event, look forward to see you later today. Here are the directions: http://massinnovationnights.com/event-rsvp/google-map
UPDATE: There is an online version of this tool available for free at bubblesheetgrader.com Because we frequently receive inquires for ACT Diagnostic Analysis and Reporting, we’ve decided to make the ACT the next test we support as part of our “Companion Series” diagnostic reporting suite. We know that tutors and students have to deal with [...]
Recently collegeboard released the new version of Official SAT Study Guide (2nd Edition – Jul 21st 2009) which has 10 practice tests. This new guide replaces the older revision – The Official SAT Study Guide by The College Board (Paperback – Oct 7, 2004) which has 8 practice tests. On close examination of the [...]
One of the interesting features of Twitter is the ability to “follow” anyone and then listen to their tweets. Effectively the person you are following becomes the “filter” for you for certain types of content and information. You receive immediate updates on what’s going on. While working with a number of teachers and tutors, we [...]
The 4th annual e-book fair is going on www.worldebookfair.org from July 4 to August 4. About 2 million PDF books are available for free download. After the completion of this fair, the same collection will be available for an annual membership fees of $8.95. So, grab the opportunity…
Recently there has been a lot of coverage about Charter Schools in Massachusetts. So I dug little deeper… What are charter schools? An innovative approach towards school and education management They are public schools, funded by government money They can be under district management or state management Another interesting aspect is that, when a student [...]
According to US Department of Education study students who took “blended” courses — those that combine elements of online learning and face-to-face instruction — appeared to do best of all. The study finds this after detailed review of 51 high quality research reports out of over 1000 research studies. Looking at one of the reviews [...]
