Rachel+Upholzer-+ESGI

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ESGI (Educational Software for Guiding Instruction), is an online computer program for preschool and kindergarten teachers that helps assess your students and then analyses the data put into the computer. The program was created by a kindergarten teacher in 2001 when they found assessment paperwork and analysis was just too difficult to do by hand. This program not only makes assessments easier for the teacher, but it helps analyze where the entire class is struggling and can even give print out letters to parents explaining where their child is at. The program works by the teacher creating an assessment, whether it is alphabet knowledge or number knowledge, and having those questions put into the program. The teacher can then create files for each of her students and pull their name up on the computer when it is that child’s turn to be assessed. Then, right from the computer, the child will be assessed and the teacher can simply click Y for correct answers and N for incorrect answers. Once the assessment is done, the teacher can see an overview of the results, viewing percentage correct, where the child compares to the average of the class, and much more. The one downside to the program is that the trial for the program is only for 60 days, and after that it requires an expensive membership. ======

====I used this program at the end of the year for my students when testing them on their alphabet names and sounds, number recognition, and sight words. I found this program very user friendly and I was able to perform more assessments in a shorter amount of time. It takes only minutes to create an assessment and it is nice to have it all on one program and not on a piece of paper that can easily be lost. What I found most helpful with this program is its ability to analyze the data. When I finished assessing all my students on a certain task, whether it be letter or sound knowledge, I was able to get an overview of the class results and see which letters were the most frequently missed. This analysis was done in seconds and I did not have to be the one to do it. This program makes assessment taking very efficient and effective!====
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