We are proud to support Defy Ventures as they work to train incarcerated individuals to become entrepreneurs and leaders, and congratulate them on their outstanding success over the last five years. Defying Expectations Defy Ventures Founder Cat Hote Defy Ventures, one of Quick Key's partner organizations, is a non-profit organization that offers a [...]
71% Improvement on State Summatives* That's the kind of result our users get in just one semester when Quick Key makes formative assessment easy, fast, and effective. But you don't need a whole semester: our partners report measurable impact is immediate. The Quick Key Pilot:We take care of everything. You get actionable data.That's real-time data you [...]
These North Carolina Schools Use SchoolNet And Quick Key Together to Measurably Improve Student Outcomes. Carver High School and Guilford Prep (a Charter Public School) have found that using Quick Key alongside SchoolNet makes it easier for them to implement meaningful and effective frequent formative assessments according to their pacing [...]
It is Hard to Get Recognition for Improvement at a High-Needs School ... BUT YOU CAN! The joy of teaching is too often undermined by the immense focus on standardized testing, proficiency expectations, and school report cards. Only teachers can truly understand the difficulty of meeting [...]
The Idaho Virtual Academy (IDVA) is a virtual school serving high school students across the state. Each semester, students in roughly a dozen testing centers arrive for in-person, on-paper final exams covering each subject. Before 2016, a team of several staff from the office of Julie Ingwersen, Data Coordinator for IDVA, would run each test through a [...]
It's That Time of Year Again... Lo and behold, it's time to start getting ready for state tests. So: what are you going to do this year, that you didn't do last year, to maximize your students' success on these upcoming exams? Data from traditional formative assessments - i.e. benchmark tests - aren't going to [...]
If you start using weekly or bi-weekly formative assessments to guide instruction and remediation right now, you can increase the number of students scoring "proficient" or better on the state exam by 10-25%. Outlandish? Hardly. This is exactly what is happening with the schools and teachers I am working with today. The Academic Research Research [...]
by: Dr. Andrea Peoples-Marwah, Ed.D. 2017 In the age of technology, we dive into our iPads, iPods, our cell phones, laptops, and other savvy devices which introduce us to the world, its simplicities and complexities. A simple command can lead us to an array of fascinating, riveting, awe-inspiring facts, data, trends, and endless information about whatever [...]
by Dan Ryder Value Added. That was the first lesson I learned about technology integration. To what extent does Technology X bring value, meaning, and/or purpose to the learning experience? (This was followed quickly by how to make a PowerPoint slide featuring a cartoon duck smashing a computer.) I came of classroom educator age in [...]
Quick Key is proud to support Title I schools in meeting their School Improvement Plan Goals. Equity, Synergy, and Achievement Last February, Quick Key was honored to participate in the National Title I Conference, hosted by the National Title I Association. This conference was held at the Long Beach Convention Center, in Long Beach, [...]
