Benchmark assessment
Beginning this year, Boost Reading will assess students’ overall text reading proficiency level (Grades 1–5) and provide detailed reporting, including individual fluency and comprehension scores. Leveraging powerful voice recognition technology, this robust measure will be administered once during each benchmark period—Beginning of Year, Middle of Year, and End of Year. The measure will be used to place students (and re-place them mid-year) on their personalized path along Boost Reading’s adaptive skill map. It will also provide a key insight for educators to use in better identifying areas for student improvement.
Educators can continue to use students’ monthly Skill Scan data to monitor growth and risk between benchmark periods. Finally, at End of Year, benchmark assessment data will provide clear visibility into student growth from beginning to end of year.
Updated Teacher Dashboard
The Boost Reading Teacher Dashboard will reflect the new benchmark assessment data in Students Overview and Student Detail View. Student growth, risk, and benchmark data will be presented together, side-by-side so that educators can easily check-in on students’ benchmark assessment data and monthly performance!
New Teacher Guides
Brand new Teacher Guide sites are launching for Boost Reading educators. These new sites are curated with state-specific content to give teachers the most relevant information and experience and to support and enhance educators’ use of the programs.
With setup tips for new and returning users, detailed guides to interpret student data, pedagogical science and support, and resources to help educators see the programs through their students’ eyes, the new guides will help teachers use the program to its fullest potential!
Admin Reports updates
Boost Reading Admin Reports will continue to offer enhancements and incorporate new data points from the Boost Reading Teacher Dashboard on a staggered timeline.
Vocab App updates
The Amplify Vocab app will receive updates to improve the student experience. These include usability and accessibility enhancements, as well as valuable scaffolds to better support English Learners and students who are working below grade level, helping them to fully engage with grade-level content to aid their reading growth.
Assessment Resets
Launched in early 2022, Boost Reading’s Skill Scan Reset feature allows teachers to reset their students’ monthly Boost Reading Curioso Skill Scan assessment directly from the Teacher Dashboard, allowing for an easier to use, “self-service” experience with Boost Reading.
In the event that a student has rushed through the Skill Scan activity, Boost Reading will flag the attempt as rushed and the student’s score for the month will appear as Invalidated in the Teacher Dashboard. When this happens, teachers have the option to Reset Skill Scan for the current month either for individual students or in bulk. Similar functionality will be available this school year for Benchmark Assessments as well.
Plan & Navigate
Starting this back to school season, Amplify will offer a unified and streamlined navigation experience that includes a new Global Navigation menu for students with easy access to programs and essential apps.
One Amplify sign-on
New for the 2022 school year: One central location to access Boost Reading and all your Amplify programs in one place. Simply visit and bookmark learning.amplify.com to log in!
Note: Users who log in through Clever and Classlink will continue to have the same process.
Are you a school or district administrator?
For this upcoming school year, we’ve made improvements:
- We’ve streamlined our process for Curriculum and Assessment customers to only have to send their data once.
- We’ve launched Amplify’s Admin Portal, a new tool for staff to view and manage their enrollment data and program access.
- We’ve enhanced our systems to process new roster information within 24 hours.
Find guidance on your enrollment process and additional resources to support you along the way.
Disclaimer: Please contact your Amplify Representative to confirm if these updates are available within your district.