The INFORM® Learning System, gives educators immediate access to role-based, decision-quality data.
The INFORM® Learning System provides single sign-on to a suite of instructional software and integrated student data to advance student achievement. It’s easy to find what students need, right when they need it.
Educational goals are attainable because you deliver exactly what every student needs through one system that lets you:
- Measure student progress
- Access analytical reports that are easy to understand
- Use data to guide instruction
- Track interventions
- Identify appropriate learning and instructional resources aligned to State and Common Core standards
- Collaborate on curriculum development
- Communicate with professional learning communities…and
- Stay connected with students and parents
The solution is built on a robust academic data warehouse that is centrally located and managed. All stakeholders have clear insight into what works (and what isn’t working) to improve student achievement.
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Certain features of the unified solution are also available separately as featured products, listed on this page.
Featured Products: Assessment
Test Builder is a web-based application that helps K-12 educators build tests, score tests and generate meaningful reports for immediate feedback in the classroom. Tests can be taken on paper or online.
Using editable Item Bank questions, Test Builder can create standards-based assessments paced to curriculum. Test Builder provides the main assessment capabilities for the INFORM® Learning System. Test Builder can also be purchased as a stand-alone program.
Total Reader™ is an online reading assessment program that will measure and improve a student’s reading level by:
- tracking reading progress in real time by tracking a student's Lexile® measure
- identifying the correct reading level for each student and providing independent practice
- matching student reading level to books
Total Reader can be integrated into the INFORM® Learning System or purchased as a stand-alone program for a school or business. This research-proven tool is also available to individuals.
Featured Products: Reporting
The INFORM® stand-alone reporting application can display multiple measures of student progress and transform performance data into actionable information. State-of-the-art reporting in dashboard, tabular and graphical formats can display longitudinal, comparative, predictive and trends analysis functionality. INFORM® serves as the driver for all reporting needs in the INFORM® Learning System. It may also be purchased as a stand-alone program.
INSTRUCT® easily tracks appropriate professional development opportunities aligned to standards and facilitates compliance with the Highly Qualified Teacher requirement of No Child Left Behind. In addition to managing course offerings, INSTRUCT has an evaluation component to help guide teacher efforts and strengthen school improvement initiatives. INSTRUCT® is part of the unified solution (the INFORM® Learning System) or can be purchased as a stand-alone program.
INSPIRE® is a unique application for managing the needs of exceptional students. Time-saving, user-friendly electronic forms for Individual Education Plans can be customized to match local and state requirements. Extensive reporting functions make it easy to support the required evidence of services provision and create compliance reports. INSPIRE® is part of the INFORM® Learning System but may also be purchased as a stand-alone program.
SchoolNomics™ uses IN$ITE®, the award-winning financial analysis model for education, to produce easy-to-understand cost-benefit and return-on-investment reports. Implemented statewide in three states, SchoolNomics helps educators identify successful programs and best practices that enable cost-effective student improvement. SchoolNomics may be integrated into the INFORM® Learning System or purchased as a stand-alone program.
Featured Products: Resources
EdGate Correlation Services offers a comprehensive selection of alignment services for publishers and content providers. In addition, EdGate has assembled the largest, most comprehensive and up-to-date standards repository in the world and houses metadata for more than 500,000 pieces of publisher content. Correlation services may be an integral part of the INFORM® Learning System or contracted for as a separate service.
Curriculum Matrix® is a curriculum management platform used by educators nationwide. It provides targeted supplemental content that is aligned to both state and Common Core standards. The Matrix may be purchased as a stand-alone product or seamlessly integrated into a district website. It provides access to more than 400,000 resources that have been reviewed by educational subject experts. District-owned content and publisher content may be added. Curriculum Matrix is ideal for implementing curricular initiatives.
Featured Products: Community
Education World Community® is a new professional networking site for educators that uses the latest technology to help them interact in meaningful ways. The site provides a full range of capabilities for collaboration and sharing resources.
Education World®, The Educator's Best Friend®, provides free K-12 resources to teachers, administrators and school technology coordinators to enhance instruction and improve student performance. All resources are free all the time, and new content is added daily. The site was recently updated to make it easier to use. An education-specific search engine provides links to tens of thousands of recommended web resources.
