Everyday Mathematics' Online Assessment Management System Tracks Student Progress Effortlessly

The latest edition of Everyday Mathematics® features the Assessment Management System (AMS), an online tool that allows teachers to track individual and group progress toward Grade-Level Goals as identified in the research-based program.

Available at EverydayMathOnline.com, the AMS is integrated with the complete Everyday Mathematics eSuite, which includes an ePlanner, eGames, the Interactive Student Reference Book, Family Letters, and much more. Based on assessment data, teachers can link to the Differentiation Handbook and assign remedial or enrichment activities.

"Accountability is crucial in today's classroom," said Jeff Livingston, senior vice president, marketing, at Wright Group, the publisher of Everyday Mathematics. "Teachers must be able to differentiate instruction for each child. The Assessment Management System enables educators to build an accurate picture of students' needs and tailor lessons to address specific problems. Because the system is integrated, teachers don't have to struggle with finding the appropriate lessons or activities -- it's all provided in the eSuite."

As students complete work in class and reach assessment opportunities in Everyday Mathematics, teachers have the option to collect data from those assessments using the AMS, which includes:

  --  Ongoing Assessment: Recognizing Student Achievement
  --  Progress Check: Oral and Slate
  --  Progress Check: Written Assessment
  --  Open Response Questions

Teachers can select the "Detailed Scoring" button next to each question, or for the entire assessment, to more thoroughly assess specific students. Students are scored as "making adequate progress," "not making adequate progress," or "not assessed." Teachers can give the student a specific number score when they use Detailed Scoring. Notes about the individual student also can be entered into the "Comments about Student" field.

As teachers collect and enter student data, a number of reporting options become available. Both class and student reports exist allowing teachers to obtain information about both student performance and the program scope and sequence.

Reports are organized by a combination of class or student, and lesson or grade-level goal. Teachers can use links within the reports to do the following:

  --  Jump quickly from report type to report type
  --  Drill down for more detailed information
  --  Step back out for more of an overview


  About Everyday Mathematics

With more than 20 years of history, Wright Group/McGraw-Hill's Everyday Mathematics for Grades Pre-K--6 helps students measure up to the demand for greater mathematical competence and problem-solving ability. Everyday Mathematics was developed by the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project. The research-based curriculum is used in nearly 185,000 classrooms across the United States by more than 3 million children. The Everyday Mathematics eSuite includes an online lesson planner with digital access to all teacher materials, an interactive online student edition, animated games for additional fact practice, an assessment management system to monitor student progress, and multilingual family letters in nine languages to support the home-school connection.

Visit EverydayMathSuccess.com to read about the program's efficacy and to see videos of the program in use in the classroom. See WrightGroup.com/Parent_Connection/index.html for parent resources.

About Wright Group/McGraw-Hill

Wright Group/McGraw-Hill publishes innovative core and supplemental literacy and mathematics programs for differentiated instruction and teacher training in Grades Pre-K--8. The research-based approach, anchored in real-world applications, is based on the assessed needs of students, combining developmentally appropriate materials with explicit outcomes.

Wright Group is part of McGraw-Hill Education, a leading global provider of print and digital instructional, assessment and reference solutions that empower professionals and students of all ages. McGraw-Hill Education has offices in 33 countries and publishes in more than 60 languages. Additional information is available at MHEducation.com. For more information on Wright Group's products, call 1-800-648-2970 or visit WrightGroup.com.

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