Assessment Glossary
Build your understanding of key assessment concepts.
CTB's assessment solutions for K–3 include interim/benchmark testing in core subject areas, standardized achievement, and language proficiency.
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Acuity UnWiredCTB offers Acuity Unwired, an award-winning assessment that helps educators use clickers to improve student achievement. Find out how it can help your students.Learn more » |
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TerraNova, Third Edition Multiple AssessmentsTerraNova Multiple Assessments test more than just basic skills. Learn how these CTB norm-referenced achievement tests can help your school.Learn more » |
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TerraNova, Third Edition Complete BatteryWhat is the TerraNova Complete Battery? This CTB achievement test provides detailed assessment and diagnostic information. Learn about our newest TerraNova Third Edition today.Learn more » |
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TerraNova, Third Edition SurveyGet a general measure of achievement in your school with the TerraNova Survey Tests from CTB. Find out how they can work for your school.Learn more » |
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TerraNova OnlineTerraNova Online offers teachers an easier way to identify student needs. Learn how the Online TerraNova assessment from CTB can work for your school.Learn more » |
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SUPERAThe SUPERA Test is the Spanish-language version of the TerraNova assessment series. Learn more about this Spanish language assessment from CTB.Learn more » |
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Fox Adds UpA developmentally appropriate mathematics assessment, Fox Adds Up® provides engaging, one-on-one activities that help you observe each child's progression along important learning milestones. Its activity-based assessments help teachers accurately assess the development of early mathematics concepts.Learn more » |
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Acuity Common Core for Grades K-2Better acquaint your students with the Common Core Standards in Kindergarten using the Acuity Early Childhood Assessment from CTB. Learn more.Learn more » |
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Acuity Performance TasksPrepare for K–12 High Stakes Assessments with the Largest Common Core Performance Task Item BanksStudents need to be able to find, evaluate, synthesize, and use knowledge in new contexts, frame and solve non-routine problems, and produce research findings and solutions. With Acuity's Common Core Performance Tasks, educators can measure students' cognitive and reasoning skills as well as their ability to apply knowledge to solve realistic, meaningful problems, and use the results to target and improve instruction. Learn more » |
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Acuity Common Core for Grades 3-8CTB can help you create opportunities for achievement through our suite of Acuity Common Core Assessments for grades 3 to 8. Get more information today.Learn more » |
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TerraNova Common CoreGet ready for the Common Core State Standards with the new TerraNova Standardized Achievement Test from CTB. Get more information today.Learn more » |
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Acuity UnWiredCTB offers Acuity Unwired, an award-winning assessment that helps educators use clickers to improve student achievement. Find out how it can help your students.Learn more » |
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Acuity Instructional ResourcesConnecting Interim Assessments and Instruction to Boost Student AchievementAcuity Instructional Resources: Powerful Learning Impact When Students Need It Most The power of interim and formative assessment is the opportunity to impact instruction in time to make a difference. That's precisely why CTB has developed and introduced a dynamic new portfolio of engaging online tutorials and interactive learning games that are now available within the award-winning Acuity® InFormative Assessment™ solution. Learn more » |
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Yearly ProgressProWhy choose the Yearly ProgressPro Assessment? Get more information about this award-winning progress monitoring assessment from CTB today.Learn more » |
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CTB Online Reporting SystemThe CTB Online Reporting System is a powerful Web-based reporting tool that provides the information to improve student performance. Learn more today.Learn more » |
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CoreLink ServicesTransitioning to Common Core State Standards? Make the Common Core transition a smooth one with the CoreLink services offered through CTB. Get more information today.Learn more » |
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TerraNova, Third Edition Multiple AssessmentsTerraNova Multiple Assessments test more than just basic skills. Learn how these CTB norm-referenced achievement tests can help your school.Learn more » |
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TerraNova, Third Edition Complete BatteryWhat is the TerraNova Complete Battery? This CTB achievement test provides detailed assessment and diagnostic information. Learn about our newest TerraNova Third Edition today.Learn more » |
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TerraNova, Third Edition SurveyGet a general measure of achievement in your school with the TerraNova Survey Tests from CTB. Find out how they can work for your school.Learn more » |
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TerraNova OnlineTerraNova Online offers teachers an easier way to identify student needs. Learn how the Online TerraNova assessment from CTB can work for your school.Learn more » |
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SUPERAThe SUPERA Test is the Spanish-language version of the TerraNova assessment series. Learn more about this Spanish language assessment from CTB.Learn more » |
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Primary Test of Cognitive Skills (PTCS): What is TerraNova PTCS? CTB created this Primary Test of Cognitive Skills to assess the cognitive skills of early learners. Learn more today.Learn more » |
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InViewTerraNova InView can help educators reliably measure important skills and abilities. Learn if InView Testing from CTB is right for your students.Learn more » |
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LAS Links K-12 AssessmentsChoose CTB for a wide selection of LAS Links assessments for kindergarten through high school Learn more about our ELL, LEP, ESL, and ESEA testing options today.Learn more » |
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LAS Links Instructional GuidanceLAS Links Instructional Guidance lesson plans make it easy for you to connect test results with the most appropriate instruction for each student. Content and activities are targeted to specific core academic subjects as well as grade and proficiency levels while the Observational Checklist and Writing Rubrics help you monitor student progress with ease.Learn more » |
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LAS Links Placement TestLAS Links K–12 Placement Test takes 30 minutes or less and provides data you can use to determine initial placement of English Language Learners into appropriate instructional programs. The results of this cost-effective test are provided quickly so there is not time lost in placing students.Learn more » |
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preLASpreLAS® 2000 measures the English and Spanish language proficiency and pre-literacy skills of learners in early childhood. preLAS 2000 is a part of our comprehensive model for helping language learners at every stage of the learning process.Learn more » |
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LAS Links EspañolLAS Links Español is a reseach-based, diagnostic assessment that measures the speaking, listening, reading, writing, and comprehension skills of K–12 Spanish-speaking students.Learn more » |
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LAS Links Benchmark AssessmentsThis series of three benchmark tests provides valuable insight and information about the language proficiency and progress of your students at any point during the school year. Use the tests independently or as a complement to other English proficiency assessments used for summative federal requirements.Learn more » |
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Fox in a BoxFox in a Box® aligns with the Reading First Essential Elements: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension. You'll gain diagnostic information through one-on-one interviews that will help you identify struggling readers and their learning needs, and monitor each child's progress on literacy benchmarks.Learn more » |
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Acuity Common Core for Grades K-2Better acquaint your students with the Common Core Standards in Kindergarten using the Acuity Early Childhood Assessment from CTB. Learn more.Learn more » |
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TerraNova Common CoreGet ready for the Common Core State Standards with the new TerraNova Standardized Achievement Test from CTB. Get more information today.Learn more » |
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Acuity UnWiredCTB offers Acuity Unwired, an award-winning assessment that helps educators use clickers to improve student achievement. Find out how it can help your students.Learn more » |
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Acuity Common Core for Grades 3-8CTB can help you create opportunities for achievement through our suite of Acuity Common Core Assessments for grades 3 to 8. Get more information today.Learn more » |
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LAS Links OnlineLAS Links Online™ accurately assesses Grades 2–12 English language proficiency using a secure, robust online testing platform. Students' spoken and written responses are captured electronically allowing teachers to score the responses anytime, anywhere. Reading and writing selected-response items are also captured electronically and scored automatically, allowing teachers to turn test results into immediate classroom results and helps schools meet ESEA accountability and reporting requirements. Subject Area and Grades
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Acuity Performance TasksPrepare for K–12 High Stakes Assessments with the Largest Common Core Performance Task Item BanksStudents need to be able to find, evaluate, synthesize, and use knowledge in new contexts, frame and solve non-routine problems, and produce research findings and solutions. With Acuity's Common Core Performance Tasks, educators can measure students' cognitive and reasoning skills as well as their ability to apply knowledge to solve realistic, meaningful problems, and use the results to target and improve instruction. Learn more » |
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Acuity Instructional ResourcesConnecting Interim Assessments and Instruction to Boost Student AchievementAcuity Instructional Resources: Powerful Learning Impact When Students Need It Most The power of interim and formative assessment is the opportunity to impact instruction in time to make a difference. That's precisely why CTB has developed and introduced a dynamic new portfolio of engaging online tutorials and interactive learning games that are now available within the award-winning Acuity® InFormative Assessment™ solution. Learn more » |
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Writing RoadmapLooking for an online writing assessment for K-12? Learn more about the Writing Roadmap Assessments from CTB/McGraw-Hill.Learn more » |
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Yearly ProgressProWhy choose the Yearly ProgressPro Assessment? Get more information about this award-winning progress monitoring assessment from CTB today.Learn more » |
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CTB Online Reporting SystemThe CTB Online Reporting System is a powerful Web-based reporting tool that provides the information to improve student performance. Learn more today.Learn more » |
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CoreLink ServicesTransitioning to Common Core State Standards? Make the Common Core transition a smooth one with the CoreLink services offered through CTB. Get more information today.Learn more » |
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Science |
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TerraNova, Third Edition Multiple AssessmentsTerraNova Multiple Assessments test more than just basic skills. Learn how these CTB norm-referenced achievement tests can help your school.Learn more » |
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TerraNova, Third Edition Complete BatteryWhat is the TerraNova Complete Battery? This CTB achievement test provides detailed assessment and diagnostic information. Learn about our newest TerraNova Third Edition today.Learn more » |
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TerraNova, Third Edition SurveyGet a general measure of achievement in your school with the TerraNova Survey Tests from CTB. Find out how they can work for your school.Learn more » |
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Acuity UnWiredCTB offers Acuity Unwired, an award-winning assessment that helps educators use clickers to improve student achievement. Find out how it can help your students.Learn more » |
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Social Studies |
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TerraNova, Third Edition Multiple AssessmentsTerraNova Multiple Assessments test more than just basic skills. Learn how these CTB norm-referenced achievement tests can help your school.Learn more » |
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TerraNova, Third Edition Complete BatteryWhat is the TerraNova Complete Battery? This CTB achievement test provides detailed assessment and diagnostic information. Learn about our newest TerraNova Third Edition today.Learn more » |
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TerraNova, Third Edition SurveyGet a general measure of achievement in your school with the TerraNova Survey Tests from CTB. Find out how they can work for your school.Learn more » |
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