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Demonstrate learning progression without sacrificing instructional time
With GOLD®, assessment is an authentic part of instruction, not a disruption. By using timesaving features like a mobile app and easy-to-use planning resources, assessment becomes an organic
part of teachers’ day-to-day interactions with children. With robust family documentation support,
formative assessment can continue to fuel individualized instruction even in a remote learning
setting. Unlike summative assessment alone, GOLD® empowers teachers to leverage formative
assessment data to improve and individualize instruction throughout the year while satisfying early
learning guidelines in meaningful ways, without sacrificing class time to assessment paperwork.
With GOLD®, assessment is invisible, authentic, seamless, and formative. GOLD® empowers
teachers to drive to improved learning outcomes for each child.
“GOLD® for ACADIA is a great tool that we love! It makes assessment so easy
to do and to reference for progress. GOLD® helps us to also look at each child
as a whole, not just academics. We’ve also been able to use our PreK data
to see if there are common trends for where children are low or high…
making our teaching much more intentional. We also really like the reports…
there are really parent friendly ones that make it easy to show where their
child is and where we want to see them by the end of year. It’s very easy to
use and when used correctly, doesn’t take a ton of time.”
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Heather McGraw, PreK Teacher, Acadia Academy, Lewiston, Maine
