Mastery Connect = Personalized Learning

If you have not heard about Mastery Connect from a Super User (a fancy name for piloting teachers), you will soon. MC is a web-based assessment platform. I have been using it regularly since October, and I love it. It is user friendly, fun to implement and synchronized with your roster from Skyward. In my opinion, it is THE essential tool to provide personalized learning. Here are the two aspects of MC that sets it apart from other assessment systems and how it has changed my everyday practice:  

-Immediate data, immediate feedback: Using the special bubble sheets and my phone/computer camera, I scan and score assessments as soon as the student has finished working. I love the fact that students can see the questions missed right away, instead of waiting until next class. This also comes very handy when I want to create small groups and determine what each student needs to work on right after a pre-test, quiz, or exit ticket. 

-A mastery level based grade book: This is what I like the most about MC. Instead of percent grade, students scores are recorded as level of mastery for each TEKS. Mastery levels are set by the teacher and are color coded. In other words, students can easily determine which TEKS they have mastered, and which they need to work on. They can also track their progress in each TEKS over time.

There are other futures of MC (such as massive question/assessment bank, community resources, and curriculum mapping tools etc.) that I am looking forward to implementing more in second semester.

I agree that there are too many tools out there and not enough time to learn or implement all. But, give Mastery Connect a chance; it will not disappoint you.  

Mastery Connect bubble sheets, can also be printed with the student ID. I laminated them so that the students can bubble in with dry erase markers,  and use them all year long.

One of my classes aka tracker. This is an expanded view of TEKS 7.12B. I can see all assessments I have given in that TEKS and students' individual progress, mastery level etc.