November December Update

Perspective™ - November/December Update

In November, a number of exciting new Science resources were launched; including many new professional development excerpts. November’s highlights include:

Allyn & Bacon / Merrill Science Resources
Our library of Science excerpts from popular Allyn & Bacon/Merrill titles has now grown to over 40 resources. View them here: http://perspective.pearsonaccess.com/content/resources/teachingresources/professionaldevelopment/mn_pd_abm.html

More science learning resources added
More science resources were added including 12 exciting new videos from NASA.

Use of the Learning Locator codes is increasing
In October a total of 10,915 Learning Locator codes from student score reports were entered by students, teachers, and families in the Minnesota sites
In November that number increased to 15,342; a 28.8% increase

Site usage continues to grow
The educator site had 9,919 new visitors in the last 30 days with an average of 320 new users a day.
The family site had 7,156 new users in the last 30 days with an average of 231 new users daily.
The educator site has logged over 82,000 unique visitors since launch, the family site has had over 72,000 visitors.

Don’t forget the flash tutorials!
The flash tutorials are a great way to introduce teachers and families to Perspective.
The teacher tutorial is located on the educator home page here: http://perspective.pearsonaccess.com/perspective/appmanager/mn/educator/?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=edu_home_page
The family tutorial is located on the family home page here: http://perspective.pearsonaccess.com/perspective/appmanager/mn/family/

In the upcoming months we will be adding more science resources, reading answer keys, and an exciting new web service feature that will facilitate Learning Locator code entry from district and school websites. For the most up-to-date information on Perspective, visit the blog APerspective at: http://www.pearsonperspective.com/blog/index.htm

Remember:
Encourage parents to visit http://www.perspectiveforfamilies.com/mn to access free supplemental materials for their children.

Educators can take advantage of our robust library of teacher supporting materials by visiting http://www.perspectiveforeducators.com/mn and clicking on the Teaching Resources tab.

From the Perspective Team: We are still seeking participants for a research study. Please consider circulating the following page among your colleagues.
Have a Safe and Happy Holiday Season!


Help Improve Perspective

The Perspective Team is looking for educators to participate in a brief survey and/or interview about their experiences with Perspective.

The data collected in this study will be part of a larger scientific study of the technical qualities of assessments for learning. Your responses will also be used by the Perspective development team to further enhance Perspective to better meet the needs of educators, students and families.

Your Input is Important
By participating, you will have the opportunity to influence the development of Perspective so that it better meets your needs. The focus of our study is educators. We are not seeking input from students or parents at this time.

We Seek Your Opinion
We hope that you have found Perspective to be a valuable tool and can provide us with some insight in to how you use it. If your experience was a less than successful one and you are no longer using it, we would like to hear about that, too. Your input will help us understand how we can improve the current Perspective offering.

Won’t you please consider participating in this valuable research study?

If you would like to make sure your voice is heard, please send an e-mail with your contact information to:

Chris.shira@pearson.com

· In the subject line, please key: MN Study.
· In the body of the e-mail please indicate the grade and subject you teach or your role in the district/state.

Thank you, in advance, for participating in this research study and helping us improve Perspective.

The Perspective Team

Participation in this study is voluntary and limited to educators who currently use Perspective or have used Perspective in the past. In order to maintain the integrity of responses received, an honorarium is not offered to participants. Volunteers will be contacted at a later date and asked to complete the survey and/or interview. Your contact information will be used only for the purposes of this inquiry in accordance with Pearson’s Privacy Policy available here:
http://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PSZ19q