The New Madrid School District has adopted Lumos Learning’s SkillBuilder + MAP Practice for use in all classrooms across the district for 2016-17 school year.
Lumos SkillBuilder StepUp emphasizes mastery of the standards and provides realistic standardized assessment practice. It pinpoints student needs down to the sub-skill level and helps teachers build a combination of a variety of resources that are unique to each student’s proficiency level.
“My initial reaction to the materials described on the site was that they seemed to address the needs and concerns of the teachers in my district. The materials looked to be exactly the thing we needed.”, said Mrs. Kathleen Hampton, Instructional Coach for the district.
Why StepUp SkillBuilder?
Assessment Rehearsal and Skills Practice
Through Lumos SkillBuilder + MAP Practice, students become familiar with the standardized assessment formats and tools. Teachers can personalize instruction using data from the detailed reports, assign focused practice to improve specific grade-level skills. The program is developed by expert teachers with high-quality standards-aligned tasks and questions with real-time score reports that include detailed explanations for answers.
The highlights of the program includes:
- Practice tests that mirror Missouri Assessment Program
- Standards-aligned workbooks on all grade-level skills
- Fifteen tech-enhanced item types that appear on the MAP test
- Insightful progress and performance reports
- EdSearch to find hundreds of complementing educational apps, videos, and books on each standard and topic
- Learning resource recommendations for students after each practice session
- Ability to create customized lessons and resource kits
User-friendly
Each user-type portals are carefully designed to make the program easy to use.
Affordable
Mrs. Hampton shares, “With facing severe budgets cuts, there was little hope we could have the program beyond the free trial. I explained our situation to Mr. Jeremy Brunton of Lumos Learning, I was able to tell him how much the teachers were impressed with the material. The company’s willingness to work within the confines of a district’s needs and resources offers the greatest benefit for students. As educators, that is what we want from our vendors, to know that we all have a stake in the success of our students, I would encourage any school or district to explore Lumos Learning as a way to enhance student learning and performance. There are many good products on the market, but in my opinion, Lumos Learning offers one of the best.”
Proven Methodology
Lumos Learning study programs have been successfully implemented by more than 400 schools since. More than 75000 students and 7000 educators have been using the program to improve test scores. Harrison school.
For more information: LumosLearning.com
