CTB/McGraw-Hill Launches TerraNova™, Third Edition, the New Standard in Measuring Student Achievement

CTB/McGraw-Hill today announced the release of TerraNova™, Third Edition (TerraNova 3) bringing an up-to-date, research-based norm-referenced assessment to educators around the nation. Built on CTB's 80-year tradition of rigorously researched assessment products, TerraNova 3 gives educators a comprehensive tool to measure and monitor student progress relative to local, state, and national standards.

Now available with 2007 norms, TerraNova 3 was developed using a nationally representative sample of children in grades K-12, and aligns well with state and national standards in all the content areas. It reflects state NCLB assessments in item format and content, helping educators accurately measure students' skills relative to standards.

"TerraNova 3 can truly foster student achievement in the era of educational accountability. By giving educators a solid perspective on student performance beyond state testing-comparing students to their peers across the country-it serves as a reliable resource for supporting instruction and decision-making at the classroom level," said Ellen Haley, president, CTB/McGraw-Hill. "In addition, the curricula-based test questions and content are contemporary, age-appropriate, and reflect real-world situations, engaging students and motivating them to do their best."

Among its benefits, TerraNova 3 delivers actionable reporting information. By integrating assessment and reporting options, it translates data seamlessly into information that teachers and education leaders can use to improve instruction. Using visual displays and familiar language to explain student results, TerraNova 3 clarifies complex information and makes it easier to interpret data and target instruction. Reports can be delivered in standard or customized formats.

Created with rigorous psychometric standards, TerraNova 3 delivers assessments that are valid, reliable, and fair. The assessment construction standards were designed to ensure that each item measures what is intended. The assessment also measures a wide range of skills and proficiency levels and assesses higher levels of cognitive processing and deeper depths of knowledge.

TerraNova 3 is available in numerous options to suit district and diocese needs including: Multiple Assessments, which combine multiple choice and constructed response items; Complete Battery with multiple choice items only; and Survey, a more streamlined version for use with limited testing times.

  For more information, call 800.538.9547 or visit www.CTB.com/TerraNova3

  About CTB/McGraw-Hill

As the nation's leading publisher of standardized and standards-based achievement tests for pre-school, elementary, middle, high school, and adult education, CTB/McGraw-Hill LLC offers a broad range of assessments, software and services. CTB/McGraw-Hill LLC is part of the Assessment and Reporting group of McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP). McGraw-Hill Education is a leading global provider of instructional, assessment and reference solutions that empower professionals and students of all ages. Additional information is available at CTB.com.

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