2015.3

New Learning Activities

• Added over 550 new student activities to address essential skills in grades 3-5 including direct instruction, supported practice, independent practice, and quizzes to cover key concepts
• Added new diagnostic items for ELA grades 3-5
• Added one in-depth Close Reading activity at each of grades 3-8, giving students the opportunity to synthesize Language Arts skills applied across multiple readings of a complex text
• Added two Performance Tasks at each of grades 3-5 for both Math and Language Arts, including both student and teacher materials

Standards Alignments

• Updated alignments with new content in grades 3-5 Math and ELA for Common Core, Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, New York, Texas and Texas STAAR
• Updated Georgia Standard Codes for ELA and Math (K-12)
• Updated NWEA™ learning paths with new grades 3-5 Math and ELA content for the Language and Math and Reading 2-5 and 6+ MAP® tests for Common Core, California, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, South Carolina and Texas

New External Test Import Option Available

This Compass Learning release includes a new option when importing test results for NWEA™, Scantron™, or Renaissance Learning™ assessments. This “Option 4” allows students to continue working on any existing external test assignments if their score is in the same range as a previous test score, and receive a new assignment if they have scored in a different range.

Pathblazer Updates

• Results of the Pathblazer screener can now be transferred with a student when the student is transferred from one school to another in a district
• Updated learning paths with new grades 3-5 Math and ELA content for Renaissance Learning™ CCSS Reading and Math STAR™ tests
• Updated learning paths with new grades 3-5 Math and ELA content for Scantron Performance Series® for Math and Reading

Maintenance and Bug Fixes

• This release also features routine maintenance, system improvements, and bug fixes

2015.2

Standards Alignments

• Renaissance Learning™ alignments for Texas and Virginia Reading and Math STAR™ tests
• Updated alignments to the South Carolina College­ and Career­Ready Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics 2015 for Grades K­-12

Maintenance and Bug Fixes

• This release also features routine maintenance, system improvements, and bug fixes

2015.1

Standards Alignments

• Updated alignments Pennsylvania Core standards for grades K-12 in English Language Arts and Math
• Updated alignments to the Texas 2014 implementation for grades K-8 Math
• Updated Renaissance Learning™ alignments for CCSS Reading and Math STAR™ tests

Enhanced Import Option for External Assessments

We’ve made an improvement to “Option 4” when importing test results for NWEA™, Scantron™, or Renaissance Learning™ assessments. “Option 4” allows students to continue working on any existing external test assignments if their score is in the same range as a previous test score, and receive a new assignment if they have scored in a different range.

Starting with this release, students who have completed assignments but score in the same range as their previous test score will be assigned a new copy of the completed assignments. Previously, students did not receive a new assignment if they had completed a previous assignment and scored in the same range.

Pathblazer Updates

• Updated NWEA™ learning paths for the Language and Math and Reading 2-5 and 6+ MAP tests for Nebraska, Alabama and South Carolina
• New NWEA™ learning paths for Primary Grade Math and Reading tests for South Carolina

Maintenance and Bug Fixes

• This release also features routine maintenance, system improvements, and bug fixes