Pearson TELL vs RTTC

Pearson’s TELL is a self-delivered online language proficiency assessment for students in grades K-12. TELL consists of a single screener, two diagnostic, and eight progress monitoring assessments that are administered throughout the course of an academic school year. The results from TELL provide schools and districts with a complete understanding of their students’ current language proficiency and allows them to measure their progression. This robust reporting that also helps inform instructional decisions. With minimal set-up time, students can begin testing. During test administration, students watch video clips and interact with pictures and words on a tablet, then answer questions out loud. They listen, write, read, and speak—all with no mark-ups or grading by teachers. Short, effective testing allows users to monitor student progress on the development of core English language skills necessary for learning academic content. TELL’s unique items types allow for measuring multiple skills in a single item. TELL’s innovative speech recognition and writing evaluation technology yields highly reliable scored but also means that results are available in minutes! TELL scores are provided at the Overall level, for the four foundational skills (listening, reading, writing and speaking), and for the following sub-skills : pronunciation, fluency, grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension, reading rate, expressiveness, and pre-literacy.

The Telementoring Quality Measure Toolkit Mobile App features resources to support the design, launch, and evaluation of telementoring programs that improve rural health. Telementoring is the use of telecommunication technology to deliver training, education, and support for health care workers. It can improve rural health by building local capacity, reducing professional isolation, improving access to care, and sharing best practices. This app features: 1. Introductions to 6 models of telementoring, including value propositions and considerations for implementing them. 2. Descriptions and checklists of the steps through the RTTC's individualized technical assistance workflow to support teams through the launch and maintenance of their program. 3. Quality measure checklists for 5 telementoring models (ECHO, Individual consultations, online modules and curricula, podcasts and webinars) to support their launch and sustainability. All app content is accessible without Internet access but can only be installed and updated when the device is connected to the internet. This app was developed by the national Rural Telementoring Training Center (RTTC), a federally funded program to provide free training, tools, and technical assistance to support the implementation and evaluation of new and current telementoring programs for rural health workers. The RTTC supports evidence-based, high-quality telementoring programs that expand care access, build cultural proficiency, and improve rural health. This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number U5ARH45728 and title Rural Telementoring Training Center. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.