Press Release: Illuminate Education Partnership
This partnership focuses on secondary students, by providing proven benchmark assessments, assessment platform, data analytics, and support services at a time when educators are focused on meeting the needs of all students, on their path to college and career readiness.
IRVINE, CA. and LAGUNA BEACH, CA (July 20, 2020)
Illuminate Education, a leading K-12 student performance system, has partnered with Progress Learning, an edtech assessment and practice provider that transforms the way teachers measure and monitor student progress on the SAT®/ACT®. Progress Learning provides effective SAT®/ACT® norm referenced benchmark assessments, data that informs instruction, and the ability for educators to build strong systems of support within their districts around college readiness and state accountability.
“Illuminate Education is a leader in the data and assessment space, and this partnership allows us to provide actionable insights to every stakeholder in the education system. High Schools have been challenged when it comes to obtaining meaningful analytics to help make school improvement instructional decisions, and now students, teachers, and instructional leaders will have the information they need to build curricular support models that drive student success.” – Dustin Bainbridge, Former CEO of Horizon Education (now Progress Learning).
Progress Learning understands the importance of the SAT® and the ACT®. Progress Learning’s proven combination of professional development, curriculum, and structured practice, allows high schools to provide educator facilitated SAT®/ACT® readiness courses, at no cost to students. Progress Learning brings exclusive content and data analysis expertise to a wider audience through the partnership with Illuminate Education.
In 2020, there are 28 states that require the SAT® or ACT® as a graduation requirement and part of state accountability measures. Illuminate Education and its partner Progress Learning will be the first to offer a College Readiness Package, for schools and districts searching for a cost-effective and efficient benchmarking solution that can inform instruction.
“The state of ACT®/SAT® based college entrance exams and annual high school state assessments may be in flux; but the learning needs of these students are as high as ever before,” said Dr. Shawn Mahoney, Chief Product Officer and Chief Learning Officer at Illuminate Education. “Based on the insights obtained through both the [Progress Learning] College Readiness Package and performance on assessments delivered through our Data and Assessment (DnA) solution, teachers will be able to adjust and deliver instruction to meet each of the high school student’s learning needs.”
About Progress Learning
Progress Learning is a rising star in the College Readiness for All movement. At Progress Learning, we believe in providing equitable access and resources to students, families, and educators in their journey toward postsecondary success. We partner with districts and schools by providing our resources to their own educators, who then empower their students to prepare for postsecondary success.
About Illuminate Education
Illuminate Education partners with educators to reach new levels of student performance, empowering teachers with data to serve the whole child. Our solution brings together holistic data and collaborative instructional tools, and puts them in the hands of educators. As a result, they can visualize each student’s progress, determine the right instructional or intervention strategy, and take the best next action. More than 17 million students and 5,200 districts and schools across all 50 states rely on Illuminate every day to move the student performance needle.
Explore Progress Learning’s full College and Career Readiness suite of products, prep program for the SAT®, and prep program for the ACT®.