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English Language Learner

Pearson’s custom-built programs can help you assess ELL students in a valid and reliable manner that includes reasonable accommodations and, to the extent practicable, in the language and form most likely to yield accurate and reliable information on what those students know and can do.

PearsonAccess

PearsonAccess is an intuitive web-based assessment and information assessment system that powers a testing program through a single online destination. It is a powerful, reliable and flexible technology that enables states to integrate the development, deliver, scoring, and reporting of interim, formative, and summative assessments.
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Perspective™

Perspective provides a roadmap to student improvement through enhanced assessment reports that lead to specific resources for remediation and enrichment. Perspective features a friendly, easy-to-understand overview of a student’s performance on assessments for teachers and families tied to deeper and broader Web reports and resources that align to state-specific standards. Class reports detailing all of the students entering a teacher’s class allow educators to prepare with advance knowledge of past performance. Perspective helps families understand how students are doing, helps educators prepare for their classes, and details what both can do to help each student succeed.
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Versant for Schools

Assess oral reading fluency or spoken English language skills quickly and objectively. Versant schools tests make assessment much more efficient, giving educators more time to teach. It also provides a more cost-effective option to schools and districts who must manage education spending.
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WriteToLearn

WriteToLearn is based on the Knowledge Analysis Technologies (KAT) engine and promotes both writing skills and reading comprehension. WriteToLearn allows educators to automatically evaluate and teach both writing (with the Intelligent Essay Assessor™ essay function) and reading comprehension (with the Summary Street® summarizing function) in any subject area. WriteToLearn represents the next generation in writing and reading comprehension assessment and instructional tools. 
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SummaryStreet

Summary Street allows students to write online summaries of reading assignments and receive an automated assessment. Based on the KAT engine, Summary Street includes section-by-section evaluation of content as well as immediate feedback on copying from the text, spelling, redundancy, and irrelevant sentences.
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IEA

Intelligent Essay Assessor (IEA) is a back-end Web-based service based on the KAT engine that automatically evaluates a student's writing skills and knowledge, providing scoring and diagnostic feedback to both the instructor and student.
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