True Progress gives educators reliable data on every student's learning four times per year — data that identifies who is learning at curriculum level, who is not, and whether the gap between a student's current learning and curriculum expectations is growing or closing over time.
True Progress assessments measure depth and rigor across Common Core standards in ELA and Math, designed to preserve instructional time while delivering data educators can act on immediately.
What True Progress produces:
Progress on a nationally normed scale
Scale scores, percentile scores, grade-level equivalent scores, and domain percentages
Four performance levels: Level 1 (furthest below curriculum expectations), Level 2 (below curriculum expectations), Level 3 (at curriculum expectations), and Level 4 (above curriculum expectations)
Diagnostic reporting by Common Core domain for each student and for the class as a whole
Student progress over time across testing windows
Universal screening data across the full school population
What teachers can see:
For every student, True Progress shows which questions were answered correctly or incorrectly, which standards each question measured, how long the student took on each question, and whether any questions were skipped. Teachers can see the exact questions a student encountered and how the student responded.
What True Progress is not:
True Progress is one source of data. It is a strong one — standardized, normed, and administered four times per year — but no single assessment can be the sole basis for significant educational decisions. Quiz scores, homework quality, attendance, class participation, and teacher observation all provide information that a standardized score cannot. True Progress points to where instruction should focus and where additional assessment may be warranted. The educator determines what the data means and what to do next.
A score on True Progress indicates how a student represented their learning on that assessment, at that point in time. It is not a measure of the student's ability or potential.