Skills Connection

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Online Skills Connection

A free resource included with your purchase of Performance Series and/or Achievement Series.

After the tests are scored, Skills Connection Online™ helps extend learning from the classroom and the library to home with easy-to-build, targeted materials for students and parents. By using content tied to specific and measurable objectives, many high performing districts find it easier to recognize and adjust instruction based upon individual and group performance.

Thrive Academics’ nationally recognized assessment solution closes gaps in the learning cycle from assessment (recognition) to diagnosis (adjustment) to prescription (specific content). In one solution, each step is aligned to state standards and differentiated for targeted student improvement. Skills Connection Online brings teachers, parents and students together to advance student learning. Skills Connection Online is comprised of a diverse item bank, step-by-step study guides and templates that align to state standards in reading, language arts, math and science. The solution supports students in attaining the necessary skills that are critical for success on high-stakes state and standardized tests. More than just another teacher’s aid, Skills Connection Online provides an easy alternative for meeting the Title 1 and Title 4 requirements for assessment, tracking and parental communication.

Study Guides

Skills Connection Online contains 1,198 study guides with specific, comprehensive skill descriptions that function as step-by-step tutorials designed for parents who may want help in assisting their child at home. Teachers can produce a home study guide that communicates the classroom subject matter using easy to understand terminology and descriptions. Teachers can also add their own comments or assignments using the text editor.

Aligned to State Standards

Skills Connection is integrated with Performance Series and Achievement Series to provide materials directly aligned to progress goals, without another password for anyone to remember and no additional hardware required.

Item Bank

A team of credentialed teachers, each with significant classroom experience, developed the item bank database which contains more than 22,000 questions covering 1,198 skills in the areas of mathematics, language arts, reading and life science. Advanced training in item writing was required for all teams and was conducted by faculty from several universities.

Benefit to Schools

Benefit to Teachers

Teachers can quickly and easily create homework, quizzes, and study guides that address the Suggested Learning Objectives from Performance Series or the standards embedded in any Achievement Series test. Letters or packets for parents can be prepared with more detail and minimal effort.

Benefit to Parents

Many parents want help refreshing their knowledge so they can be better equipped to assist their children with learning. The tutorials make it easy for parents to stay involved and keep students “on track” throughout the school year. Skills Connection Online ensures that teachers, students and parents are all working on the same objectives, which is the only way to reach the goal of improved student learning.