ATI Galileo K-12 Online: Innovative Tools

Galileo K‑12 Online is constantly being updated to respond to the needs of our customers. Tools recently added or revised include ASK Technology, Computerized Adaptive Testing, and Dashboards.

Import, schedule, deliver, administer (online or offline), automatically score and report on assessments created outside of Galileo K-12 Online using ASK Technology. ASK Technology is especially useful for administering district end‑of‑chapter, ‑unit or ‑course assessments in higher grade levels. ASK Technology makes it possible to align imported tests to standards, schedule for administration online with optional use of response pads or offline with bubble sheets, and automatically score the results, meaning schools can access and manage all their assessment information in one system.

Benefit from the full range of options available in ATI’s comprehensive assessment system, including benchmark, formative, screening and placement tests, plus interim and final course examinations, pretests and posttests, early literacy benchmarks, computerized adaptive tests, and instruments documenting instructional effectiveness. With a wide array of assessment types available online and offline, and a wide variety of ways to develop, administer, and use standards-based assessments as part of an effective educational system, Galileo K-12 Online can accommodate all of your assessment needs.

Increase measurement precision this fall by piloting the use of Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) - a form of assessment in which administered items are selected based on the ability levels of the students. Initial item selection is typically based on the assumption that the test taker is of average ability; subsequently selected items are based on ability estimates obtained from preceding responses. This approach optimizes precision by increasing the selection of items that are neither too easy nor too difficult. Following the pilot year, ATI Assessment Planner will allow users to construct multi-stage customized adaptive tests aligned to specific sets of standards selected by the school system.

Like the car dashboard that provides actionable information to a driver (e.g., speed), ATI dashboards make actionable information easily available to education stakeholders. ATI dashboard technology helps users organize their day and focus on what really matters - helping each student achieve his or her potential. Dashboards, available when teachers log in, display upcoming and recent events requiring attention. Teachers can view what assessments have been scheduled, what assessments have been completed and which students have or have not completed the assessments. Dashboards contain information about which students require additional help and what they need to learn. Moreover, teachers can schedule instructional activities to meet each student’s individual learning needs. And coming soon: Dashboard features geared towards administrators and students.

Galileo K‑12 Online’s Instructional Dialogs provide an online, interactive approach to creating and delivering standards-based instruction. A Dialog is an online instructional exchange between teachers and students designed to promote student mastery of standards. Instructional Dialogs support a dialogic approach to curriculum that integrates assessment into the instructional process in real-time. For example, Instructional Dialogs make it possible to use assessment item banks both to provide practice during instruction and assessment opportunities following instruction to measure learning. Student responses are immediately recorded and scored providing real-time information to guide further instruction. Click here to view a sample Dialog featuring a science lesson about acids and bases.

flexible instructional design: create your own Dialogs or use ATI’s pre‑crafted Dialogs
easy-to-use review tools to ensure that Dialogs offer students quality instruction
continuously growing Dialog banks to share within the educational community

The K-12 Student-Parent Center is a secure area in Galileo K-12 Online where students and parents can log in and access up-to-date information and resources. The interactive page contains information on assessments and assignments, plus provides student performance results for completed assessments. For quick referencing, teacher notes and contact information can also be stored.

Mercury is an application used with Galileo K-12 Online technology that lets students instantly send assessment and Instructional Dialog responses from response pads to the online system. The response system requires a wireless response pad for each student, a receiver, and a classroom computer, all purchased from a hardware vendor. Students give an answer by pressing a button on the remote. The answer is immediately sent to Galileo K-12 Online, so the teacher can see in seconds who answered and what the answer was. Questions can either be projected for all students to view or provided on paper.