Collaboration Adds NOCTI Assessment Data to ClassLink ClassMate(R)

Career & Tech Ed Educators Requested NOCTI Assessment Data be included in ClassMate and ClassLink Answered. Now the award winning ClassMate solution, is the only Career and Tech solution to include this data. It will allow schools to easily create multiple reports using NOCTI data. End Quote

Newark, NJ (1888PressRelease) April 16, 2010 - ClassLink has collaborated with NOCTI to add NOCTI assessment data to its industry leading ClassLink ClassMate solution. This collaboration now gives ClassMate users the ability to import and analyze student NOCTI scores and create a multitude of different individualized and summary reports. Reports can be created at the student, class, or school detail. Pie charts, bar graphs, and tables can be made to visually analyze student scores in both the written and performance components of the test.

"Both ClassLink and NOCTI are avid supporters of career and technical education nationally, and by working together, we are helping schools to make better data-driven decisions about how to improve instruction, and ultimately, student performance in the classroom," said Kathy Warke Ritch, Vice President of CTE, ClassLink.

Dr. Robert Lees, Administrative Director of Berks Career & Technology Center in Leesport, PA, added, "We are very pleased that ClassLink created a solution for importing the student assessment scores from NOCTI into ClassMate. Now our teachers will have instant access to both pre-test and post-test scores on their students. This will enhance their ability to analyze both written and performance components of the NOCTI assessment. They can determine where learning gaps exist and which areas of instruction will need to be reinforced. Having this type of data will direct curriculum renewal and help our teachers improve instruction. This ClassMate solution also provides our school with the ability to more efficiently measure our overall progress in improving student achievement."

ClassLink ClassMate is the only student administration and curriculum management software exclusively designed for Career and Technical Education. Developed in partnership with career and technical administrators, teachers, and counselors, ClassMate features a wide array of functionality to help establish standardized policies and procedures within an organization. ClassMate provides CTE schools the ability to organize and analyze student performance, assessment, and curriculum mapping data. The new NOCTI score module now enables CTE schools to import NOCTI assessment data for even more detail.

"Career and tech educators are being held to a higher degree of accountability than ever before in terms of technical assessment and the data resulting from the use of technical assessments. It makes sense for NOCTI to be working closely with ClassLink and its student information system to better communicate student achievement results to CTE educators. This collaboration converts very detailed information regarding CTE student competence and transforms it to an essential tool for instructional improvement," said Dr. John Foster, CEO, NOCTI.

About NOCTI
NOCTI provides curricular and instructional improvement tools for secondary and post-secondary institutions. In addition to over 75 standardized assessments, NOCTI also works with customers to create customized solutions. Services include job and task analysis, assessment construction, assessment delivery, score reporting, score interpretation and professional development workshops. The Whitener Group, a subsidiary of NOCTI, addresses the needs of business/industry by offering customized solutions to enhance workplace productivity.

About ClassLink
Founded in 1998, ClassLink's mission is to empower educators to improve learning through innovative systems and services. ClassLink solutions provide administrators tracking and usage information to allow for informed decision making which lowers the overall cost of technology.

ClassLink LaunchPad™ delivers 24/7 access to a school's full array of instructional software resources from any computer in the school, community and from home. ClassLink Inquiry™, a 2010 CODiE finalist, provides administrators with comprehensive and customizable real-time software and hardware utilization reports. With an extreme commitment toward customer satisfaction, ClassLink continually partners with its customers. ClassLink ClassMate, 2009 CODiE winner for Best Classroom Management Solution and a 2010 CODiE finalist, is the only student administration and curriculum management software designed for Career and Technical Education.

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For more information, visit www.ClassLink.com, call 888-963-7550 or email info ( @ ) ClassLink dot com.

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