TeachTown Benchmark Assessments include 190+ assessments (average 10-15 items each) across ELA, Math, & Early Learning skills. They have been designed to help you monitor your students’ progress on an individual skill over time and show growth. We recommend teachers administer benchmark assessments 3 times per school year: beginning, middle, and end of year.
TeachTown proudly announces it has earned its inaugural 2025 Great Place To Work® Certification™. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at TeachTown. This year, 98% of TeachTown employees said it’s a great place to work – 41 points higher than the average U.S. company. Great Place To Work® is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience, and the leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention and increased innovation.
TeachTown, a leading provider of special education curriculum for students with moderate to severe disabilities, announces today that enCORE has been named a winner in the Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Best of 2024 - Primary & Secondary Education categories. enCORE is a K-12 standards-first, adapted core curriculum that provides equitable, inclusive access to the general education curriculum for students with moderate to severe disabilities.
The American Consortium for Equity in Education announced that TeachTown was named a winner of the 2024 Excellence in Equity – Industry Impact Award in two categories: Company of the Year - PreK-12 and Early Childhood Solution. The Industry Impact Awards honor the PreK-20 companies, organizations, leaders, and products whose proven results have advanced educational equity and access for learners.
In the 2023-2024 academic year, the TeachTown Research Team partnered with subject matter experts across content areas to rigorously evaluate TeachTown Benchmark Assessments. These experts hold roles in both research-based settings and the practical application of this research in schools. Practitioners examined every single assessment item across 190 benchmark assessments (including all three forms of each assessment) for representativeness, clarity, and bias. Additionally, the Benchmark Assessment as a whole was assessed for comprehensiveness. To ensure a thorough assessment, each Benchmark Assessment was evaluated by 3 different experts.
We hear it all the time – enCORE teachers and students love the adapted library books and companion texts! The hundreds of titles across K-12 offer students an equitable, inclusive literary experience comparable to general education. Today, we are pleased to announce the completion of an update to the enCORE Adapted Library: All K-12 enCORE Adapted Library books are now available in a “without icons” version at all levels, both in PDF form and in the e-Reader form. All companion texts for grades 6-12 as well as enCORE Events Newsletters and This Just In! breaking news resources have always had text versions available without icons.
TeachTown, a leading provider of special education curriculum for students with disabilities, is pleased to announce the launch of Language Accelerator, a technology-based personalized language intervention program for PreK-Elementary students with deficits or delays in any area of language. Language Accelerator is available as part of TeachTown’s Whole Child Packages for both early childhood and K-12 instruction.
TeachTown, a leading provider of special education curriculum for students with disabilities, is pleased to debut Launch for PreK, a comprehensive, inclusive early childhood special education curriculum for students ages 3–5. A first of its kind, Launch for PreK celebrates diversity and inclusivity while targeting key global learning domains, including language, literacy, and social development.
Based on your feedback, we are pleased to announce the release of several enhancements to our brand new Manage Students page. TeachTown administrators now have the ability to search across campuses; add, remove, and/or override licenses for students in bulk; and more!
We are pleased to announce the release of brand new bulk data management features, accessible to TeachTown administrators on the Manage Students page. These bulk edit features will help you get your lists set faster so you can spend more time supporting teachers and students. The Manage Students page has a new look and feel, including the ability to take bulk action to manage student profiles by adjusting: grade levels, student licenses, teacher-student associations, transferring students, and more!