Partners
Measured Progress partners with organizations dedicated to improving teaching and learning. The company works with policymakers, education associations, research bodies, and other organizations to bring valuable products and services to its clients.
Align, Assess, Achieve believes that when educators are provided with the correct tools, academic growth is possible for all students. The organization’s mission is to provide research-based, hands-on professional development for teachers and administrators. Align, Assess, Achieve offers a variety of professional development options designed to meet the unique needs of each school or district.
Measured Progress worked in partnership with Align, Assess, Achieve to create two DVDs on formative assessment, including Creating a Culture of Teaching and Learning.
AdvancED is the union of the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI), Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI), and National Study of School Evaluation (NSSE). Through this unification, AdvancED advocates for advancing quality education. The SACS CASI division of AdvanED is an international agency dedicated to improving student learning by helping schools through the process of gaining accreditation.
Measured Progress has enjoyed a partnership with SACS CASI since 2004.
Children's Progress combined innovative technology with research and expertise in child psychology when it created its pre-K through grade three computer-adaptive assessments. Items in the test are “scaffolded” to help a child master a concept that he or she is on the verge of learning. Detailed reports and recommended instructional activities help teachers inform instruction at the individual and class levels.
Measured Progress offers Children's Progress to schools and districts throughout the United States.
MetaMetrics, Inc.'s team of experienced psychometricians developed The Lexile ® Framework for Reading, The Quantile ® Framework for Mathematics, and The Lexile Framework for Writing ®. In addition to licensing Lexiles and Quantiles to states, test, and textbook publishers, MetaMetrics delivers professional development, resource measurement and customized consulting services.
Measured Progress’s PTS3 assessment includes Lexile and Quantile scores on student reports to assist teachers in matching student to challenging, yet appropriate enrichment materials.
National Middle School Association (NMSA) is a voice for those committed to the educational and developmental needs of young adolescents. NMSA is the only national education association dedicated exclusively to the growth of middle-level education. Through the release of its landmark position paper This We Believe, NMSA serves as a key resource to middle level educators looking to develop more effective schools. NMSA also provides professional development, journals, books, research, and other valuable information to assist educators on an ongoing basis.
Measured Progress has developed professional development books and podcasts with National Middle School Association.
Nimble Assessment Systems, Inc. specializes in computer-based testing, with an emphasis on accessible assessment for all students, particularly those with disabilities and special needs. Nimble was founded in 2005 in response to requests by state departments of education and research organizations to employ highly accessible computer-based test administration and data collection tools developed by the company founders. The company’s NimbleTools system delivers a single version of an assessment instrument across a school, district, or state and flexibly tailors embedded accessibility and accommodation tools to meet the specific needs of each individual student.
Measured Progress partners with Nimble to improve the testing experience for students.
WestEd is a nonprofit research, development, and service agency that works with education and other communities to promote excellence, achieve equity, and improve learning for children, youth, and adults.
Measured Progress has partnered with WestEd on several statewide assessment contracts.