Most teachers start with Google Forms. It works, but just barely. There is no mastery tracking, no way to see how the whole class performed at a glance, and no connection between the test and the lessons that came before it. It is a form, not a testing system. The next step most teachers consider is dedicated testing software. Then they see the pricing and look for another option.
A test that works for a classroom needs a few things that free tools rarely provide together. It needs to be auto graded so you are not marking the same twenty answers by hand. It needs to show you class wide results, not just individual scores. It needs to be tied to specific lessons so you can see where understanding broke down. And it needs to work on any device a student might bring to class.
Per student pricing sounds reasonable until you multiply it across a class, then a school year, then multiple classes. You end up paying permanently for something you built once. If the subscription lapses the tests disappear with it.
Pre and post tests are built into every course we deliver. They are auto graded, connected to a teacher dashboard where you can review individual answers and class wide scores in real time, and written in clean code with no third party testing platform behind them. There is no per student fee and no subscription. The tests are part of the course, which means they are part of a single one time build cost.
Nothing to subscribe to. Nothing to renew. It just works every time you open it.
See a course built from a real teacher's science materials at devstem.org.
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