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Our Foundation and Shared Mission

Unlock the power of exams to improve learning outcomes

Large Client-Base Trusted Platform

Refined Platform

740+

15 yearsMillions of exams99+% customer retention rate

43/50 - State Bar Exams

Large Bandwidth

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Over 60 Million data points capturedper year

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Benefits to Law

“With the student reports, we have the capability to give each student a personalized snap shot of what their strong or weak points are, so with their advisor they can work out a plan for their legal career that will best suit them as a professional.”

Ashley Closterman/ Faculty Support Coordinator – Vermont Law School

Law

Improve retention with personalized

student feedback Obtain direct evidence of student learning Create rubrics tagged back to learning

outcomes Tag assessment to specific competencies

on the Bar Exam Mimic the bar exam experience with every

assessment

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The Software

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Learning outcomes can now be measured and tracked across all major assessment types

Objective

Objective exams

Formative (review)

Quizzes

Assignments

Open book/take home

Placement exams

Subjective (Rubric)

Essays/Open Response

Presentations

Projects

Papers

Evaluations

Assessment: A comprehensive approach

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Categories

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Question Creation

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Tagging Categories to Questions

Defenses

Justification

Self-Defense

Necessity

Excuse

Duress

Unlawful Homicide

Unlawful Homicide

Defenses

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Rubrics

• Generate and document learning information

• Support accreditation

• Improve grading efficiency

• Improve grading consistency

• Make expectations understandable to students

• Provide students with valuable feedback

• Focus on learning objectives

Purpose built, for faculty, and designed by faculty, to address their everyday pedagogical and practical needs.

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Rubric Creation

Defenses

Justification

Self-Defense

Necessity

Excuse

Duress

Unlawful Homicide

Unlawful Homicide

Defenses

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Grade a Rubric

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Grade a Rubric

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Student Report

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Faculty Report

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Longitudinal

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Old-Style Curriculum Map

Course Learning

Outcome 1: Assault

Learning Outcome 2:

Battery

Learning Outcome 3:

F.I.

Learning Outcome 4:

Emotional Distress

Learning Outcome 5:Transferred

Totals

Torts x  x x   3 

Contracts  x x x    3

Civil Procedure

x       x 2

Property  x  x x  x  x 5 

Criminal Law      x  x  2

Constitutional Law

      0

Shows learning outcome coverage, but not what students are actually learning.

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Evidence-Based Curriculum Map: Better, but incomplete

 CourseBlooms:

Evaluating Blooms: Applying

Blooms: Understanding

Learning Outcome 1: Identify the

issues

Learning Outcome 2:

Determine the rule of law

Learning Outcome 3: Analyze the

case

Torts 85.7% (25) 75.02% (50)     88.3% (50) 96.2% (20)

Contracts   76.3% (60)   88.3% (40)     

Civil Procedure 86.2% (70)   65.3% (90) 90.5% (60) 88.9% (60) 96.2% (30) 

Property   81.3% (50)   95.6% (25)    

Criminal Law 88.3% (20)     94.1% (60) 90.1% (60)  

Constitutional Law

 87.5% (15)   66.3% (50) 88.3% (50)  

Totals 87.3% (130) 77.5% (160) 65.8% (140) 92.12% (185) 88.9% (220) 96.2% (50)

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