Comprehensive Assessment Solutions
Illuminate Education offers educators the Illuminate Content, a comprehensive assessment solution comprising the highest-quality, standards-based pre-built assessments and items across ELA, Math, Science (NGSS), and History. This robust platform provides an assessment item bank with 500+ pre-built assessments aligned to state academic standards. With over 100,000 items available, districts have ample resources for classroom and district assessments. Additionally, educators can access ready-to-use interim and summative assessments that are easily customizable to align with pacing. The platform also includes performance tasks and technology-enhanced items that mirror the rigor and format of high-stakes tests while promoting deeper thinking and learning. Detailed distractor rationales and rubrics equip teachers with specific feedback for targeted intervention and re-teaching, ensuring student success.
NGSS Science Assessments
Illuminate Content caters to the needs of educators seeking NGSS-aligned assessments. The platform offers pre-built assessments and items that support the three dimensions of science learning. These assessments are configured to assess NGSS bundles and state-specific instructional segments for Arizona, California, Michigan, New York, and Utah. Educators can also access additional NGSS items in the Inspect Premium Item Bank to create customized assessments following their instructional sequence. By eliciting evidence of learning from each response, teachers gain valuable insights into student progress. Embedded professional development within the assessments highlights the relationship among specific Performance Expectations, the three dimensions, and higher-order thinking, enhancing the teaching and learning experience.
Quick Checks for Formative Assessment
For quick and accurate formative assessment, Illuminate Content offers over 600 short-cycle assessments known as Quick Checks. These assessments are designed to inform instruction flexibly and efficiently. With 250+ ELA Quick Checks addressing reading, writing, language, and foundational skills strands, and 350+ Math Quick Checks covering every CCR cluster or concept, teachers have access to a diverse range of assessment tools. Quick Checks are organized around key instructional concepts, making them seamlessly blend into classroom activities and lesson planning, supporting teachers in their formative assessment processes.
Case Studies: Real-World Impact
Illuminate's Content solution has made a tangible impact on schools such as Warsaw Community Schools, Chattahoochee Hills Charter School, and Garden City Public Schools. These case studies exemplify how Illuminate's assessment solutions empower educators to use data effectively, improve instruction, and create valid, reliable comprehensive assessment systems. From empowering mid-sized school systems to meet their unique assessment needs to supporting diverse districts in realizing their vision of a successful assessment system, Illuminate Content has proven to be a valuable tool for data-driven educators.