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Instructure Introduces Gauge, a New Assessment Management Platform that Empowers School Districts to Effectively Measure and Improve Student LearningSALT LAKE CITY, July 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Instructure (NYSE:INST), a leading software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology company and creator of the Canvas learning management system (LMS), today announced the release of Gauge, a comprehensive assessment management system (AMS) that empowers K–12 school districts to regularly measure student learning with more insight and more timely results. This world-class assessment product will benefit teachers and students in schools across the nation. "Gauge is our easy-to-use, scalable assessment platform that enables schools to create effective formative, interim and benchmark exams, deliver them to individuals or groups of students and use the data collected to directly influence instruction," said Mitch Benson, vice president of product for Canvas by Instructure. "Simply put, Gauge provides schools with a simple, easy-to-use assessment experience that delivers actionable data to drive student outcomes and success." To highlight the importance of assessment, Instructure commissioned a national study about assessment testing and learning tools. Results reveal that teachers are not getting what they need from their assessment data. The study found that if teachers received better, more actionable data faster, they would take steps to improve teaching. According to the survey, only 50 percent of respondents receive individual student performance data from their current AMS. Of all the types of data, teachers said access to this individual student performance data would be most helpful. Teachers also wish they received results more quickly. If they had access to their data sooner, 60 percent of teachers would individualize student learning plans, 58 percent would intervene with targeted instruction for struggling students and 43 percent would make changes to the curriculum. Gauge product features inlude:
Gauge is a full-featured and fully integrated solution accompanying the LMS to drive adoption, decrease costs and positively affect learning. This assessment product gives educators simple and effective tools to improve instruction through fast and useful data. "As a district with more than 250,000 students, we now have a district-wide assessment platform, Gauge, that works seamlessly with the Canvas product our teachers and students are already familiar with," said Richard Baum, director of student assessment and research for Broward County Public Schools. To learn more about the study, visit https://www.CanvasLMS.com. To learn more about Gauge, visit http://www.GaugeAMS.com. In April 2017, Canvas by Instructure surveyed 530 K–12 public school teachers via online survey provider Qualtrics regarding their thoughts on formative assessments, summative assessments, assessment management systems and data. ABOUT INSTRUCTURE CONTACTS: Becky Frost Neil Davies
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