Exact Path Back-to-School Planning Guide
Charge into the new school year ready for success.
Whether your implementation is class-, school-, or district-wide, heading back to school with Exact Path means you have access to a robust assessment and evidence-based intervention solution, designed to keep you moving education forward for every student, every school year.
Preview Exact Path’s newest releases, grab implementation tips, and get inspired by new customer testimonials and the latest research.
Design Systemwide Interventions
Every back-to-school season presents new challenges for educators. This year educators are faced with mounting evidence that many students are still suffering from significant learning loss due to the pandemic, so much so that data from pre-pandemic, norm-based assessments can no longer be trusted to accurately gauge proficiency.
With so many students performing below grade-level, now is the time to drive personalized learning systemwide with post-pandemic, norm referenced diagnostics, evidence-based learning paths, and additional capacity to provide intensive intervention.
Get On the Road to Success Day 1
Visit the Exact Path Learn and Support site to for deeper, how-to focused guidance and resources:
- Quickstart Guides for Administrators and Instructors
- Back to School Checklist and Dosage Recommendations
- Managing Your Account and Classes
- Optimizing Personalized Instruction
- Resources for Parents and Guardians
Employ Best Practices for Implementation Success
Pinpoint Intervention Needs Early
Administer Exact Path’s adaptive, K-12 diagnostic assessments in math, reading and language arts, or integrate your NWEA® MAP® Growth™ and/or Renaissance® Star® test results at the beginning of the school year to pinpoint the strengths and needs of each student and plan for intervention.
For students in grades K-3, universally screen students by combining the Exact Path reading diagnostic with our oral fluency tasks to identify reading difficulties and heightened risk for dyslexia.
Accelerate Growth with Learning Paths
Exact Path personalized learning paths are generated based on the Exact Path diagnostic or third-party assessment results and are automatically assigned to students once testing is complete. Exact Path learning paths are designed with the science of reading, foster algebraic reasoning, and they are ESSA tier 2 evidence-based, which means they are proven to cause significant academic growth.
Be sure to set aside 40 minutes a week for students to work on their Exact Path learning paths for proven, statistically significant gains.
Get Students Excited to Learn
Drive student engagement and inspire them to reach their learning goals with an Exact Path Contest.
Check out our build-your-own contest guide for step-by-step instructions and resources on how to plan it, promote it, track progress, and reward student achievement.
Take Immediate Action with Streamlined Data
Stay on top of student needs in your classroom with real-time intervention priority data from the Teacher Homepage. Sort students by critical metrics, identify students that need immediate support, and link to helpful resources to keep students moving towards success.
For administrators, the newly enhanced Administrator Dashboard will help you connect progress towards implementation fidelity to individual classroom and student performance. Quickly identify schools, classrooms, and students who are struggling to meet learning path usage goals and pinpoint opportunities for high impact intervention leadership.
Plan Support for Students Who Need It the Most
Don’t let a lack of time and instructional capacity keep you from reaching students that need additional, 1-1 focused instruction to grow and hit their learning targets this year. Learn more about Edmentum’s Targeted Skills Instruction to provide virtual instructor-led, small-group instruction and personalized tutoring to struggling Exact Path students.
Get Inspired by Fellow Educators Making an Impact
Increase Achievement in Math and Reading
Meeting students exactly where they are and propelling them to success is at the heart of what you do. Our efficacy research found that students who use Exact Path score significantly higher in math and reading on NWEA® MAP® Growth™ and Renaissance® Star® assessments.
Lead Struggling Learners to Success
"It [Exact Path] really was a gamechanger for our students. It has meant much to our teachers. It has meant much to our leaders because they know that through the implementation of Edmentum, they have someone who is going to walk alongside them, stay engaged in lockstep, to make sure the success of the program is realized through the work we do together."
- Superintendent Russell Hughes, Walton County School District, Florida
With Exact Path, Walton County School District, Florida, turned one of the lowest performing schools in the district into the highest performing school in the state.
To find success with your own Exact Path implementation, check out our planning and success toolkits:
- Tutoring & Intervention Toolkit: Build a tutoring intervention program that targets learning gaps and helps students keep pace with challenging curriculum.
- Science of Reading Toolkit: Support a strong, evidence-based foundation for literacy.
- Back-to-School Planning Toolkit: Start the school year right with free guides, content articles, and worksheets to help you accelerate growth for all your students.
Remember, as the year ramps up, we’re here to support you each step of the way. Visit our back-to-school page to learn more about what’s new, register for a webinar, and make the most of all of your Edmentum programs.