SPMS :: Features

SPMS is an integrated solution for creating, administering, scoring and reporting diagnostic assessments in reading, math, science, social studies, and writing to meet NCLB requirements, state standards and improve students' core academic skills. Administered via paper/pencil or online, SPMS is an affordable assessment and reporting solution that provides frequent, ongoing assessment of student skills to meet success in the classroom.

Immediate Scoring! Instant Analysis! Powerful Reports!
SPMS assesses students' skills and progress, providing teachers with timely and accurate information to focus instruction where it is needed most.

• Immediate Scoring - Intervention strategies can be initiated immediately following testing. Constructive use of data tells teachers what the most effective strategies are.
• Integrated Tool Suite - All-in-one platform provides consistency in functionality for assessment creation, delivery, management, and reporting.
• Robust Analysis and Reporting Tools - Reports provide numerical and graphical data to drive instruction, including NCLB compliant information such as adequate yearly progress and separate measurable objectives for all children and specific groups. Export reporting information to a powerful new reporting tool, iSEEK Supercruncher™, to allow user-defined reporting of both SPMS data and thousands of additional data fields from non-SPMS applications.
• Comprehensive Item Bank - 37,000+ tested and proven, top-quality items are aligned to national and state standards.
• Add Items Easily - SPMS allows the user to add as many items as they'd like and mix/match these in a variety of test formats.
• Library - add student, group or class, or district resources for inclusion as pre/post test
• Browser-Based Applications - No expensive new hardware or software needed. Access anywhere, anytime students and teachers are at an Internet-connected computer.
• Web-based and Paper/Pencil Delivery - Online and offline assessments provide flexible formats for every classroom.

SPMS provides the following key features:

• Create and print grade-level and subject-appropriate paper tests
• Search items by keyword, standards labels, keywords, or through a powerful natural language search technology
• Preview items prior to adding them to a test
• Print corresponding answer keys
• Author items for review and approval or nominate items to be reviewed and added to the item bank data base
• Easily locate, update and remove users
• Easily integrate offline scanning and scoring
• Manage groups easily and with flexibility
• Create tests for students to take online or offline in one integrated system with immediate scoring and reporting
• Scan paper tests for line reporting of results
• Maintain student test results online in individual student portfolios
• Load student data for easy management of student test information
• View data on individual students results as well as overall classroom/school/district performance
• Generate a variety of comprehensive reports allowing easy disaggregation of student data and assisting with data-driven instruction