Third Party Assessments

The Third Party Assessments Program provides support to component districts who subscribe to any one of our assessment products.

aimsweb Plus  |  i-Ready |  LinkIt!  |  NWEA  |  STAR  |  Right Reason

These are computer-based applications that provide districts with data rich reports on a district, building, class or student level. Districts utilize this data to help guide instructional decision making, analyze student achievement and growth as well as evaluate the effectiveness of curriculum and programming, and fulfilling Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR) requirements. These assessments are also utilized in Response To Intervention (RTI) programs, Academic Intervention Services (AIS), universal screening, benchmarking and progress monitoring.

The ESBOCES 3^rd Party Assessment Program includes the following services for our participating districts:

• Help desk support:
  
  • Application support
  • Local or regional product training
  • Understanding assessment data
  • Telephone/on-site/web support
• User meetings throughout the school year
• Listserv and website resources
• Act as liaison between vendor and district
• Assists districts by scheduling product demonstrations
• Assists districts through all phases of the decision making process