Is your semester ending soon?

Since almost everyone is going to be ending the semester on one side of the other of Winter Break, it's a great time to use Skills Iowa to determine which of your benchmarks your students have already mastered, and which they need more work on. 

Giving a review assessment in Assessment Center which  covers the skills that will be covered on your semester test can give you a good idea about which skills have been mastered and which skills your entire class has not retained. It will also give you a pretty good idea about which individuals in your class might be lacking in the mastery of some skills.

Once you know, you can send your students to Skills Tutor to hone those skills, work with the students in small groups or individually, or reteach the skill to the entire class.

Skills Iowa is a great way to identify and address skills that your students may not have mastered and which ones they have. Knowing which is which gives you the opportunity to make a difference in your students' achievement.