Hello All,
Not a huge release, number of minor fixes and enhancements in SAT/ACT custom diagnostic reports area.

An issue related to the recalculation of the scores for SAT, ACT, and SAT/ACT comparison reports has been resolved. After uploading the session in bulk mode… if the user edits the session again online, the updated session was […]

Diane Ravitch an education historian makes an argument that tests like SAT and ACT are the common standards of education across all states. Read full article here

An interesting article in Fortune Magazine which gives insight into financials of CollegeBoard (a “non-profit” which owns the SAT and other exams) and American College Testing (which owns the ACT test). According to the article:

The most recent fiscal year revenue for CollegeBoard is $631 million. Net “excess” (profit) for the same year is $57 million.
Heads […]

 
 
“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…”
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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 real work (study or tutoring).
We recently published the details for an ACT Score calculator. […]

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

Inspiring presentation and definition on “Definition of Success” by Richard St. John, reminding us that success is not a one-way street, but a constant journey. He uses the story of his business’ rise and fall to illustrate a valuable lesson — when we stop trying, we fail.
If you get a chance check it out at […]

Thank you to number of you who send in comment, issues as well called us with questions. Based on your feedback we have made number of updates to Socrato. Please see the details below.
Issue Resolved
Increased testing effort on Safari browser
We have increased testing efforts on the Safari browser. We are finding a few issues and […]

We are excited to share our most recent release of features and test practice content, including MCAS 10th Grade Math. Students will gain confidence by practicing MCAS questions from previous years’ tests.  We have designed Socrato so that teachers can easily assess student progress, and can share content with students and each other. This will […]