How to delete a teacher from the system.
August 13th, 2008 Jay Eckard
An administrator emailed a question about the teacher management system. He asked me how to delete those teachers from the teacher admin system. With his permission I made a movie explaining. Click on the image to view the movie. Thanks Michael for the great question!
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Great YAHOO Answers Post
August 11th, 2008 Jay Eckard
I was doing a yahoo search of our site and discovered this intersting question posted in YAHOO! answers. A student asked “How to cheat on usatestprep???” Someone posted a fantastic response to the question. Here is a screen capture of the post.
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GA Mathematics I Launched
August 8th, 2008 Jay Eckard
As part of our commitment to constantly stay abreast of the modifications to state standards, we have launched a review product for the Mathematics I EOCT. We custom built this resource from the ground up to accurately match the Georgia Performance Standards.
All Georgia subscribers with a current Math subscription now have access to this product at no extra cost. For future renewals the price is $1250 for all subjects for one year and $2,250 for our two-year package. Pricing and subscription information is available at www.usatestprep.com/subscribe. We look forward to another successful year of helping your students.
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Summer Content Update
August 6th, 2008 Jay Eckard
This summer our content authors worked very hard adding thousands of new questions to our database and proofing old questions. We made detailed content and test changes based on all state-specific changes. We work hard to ensure that all of our review products are custom to each state and test.
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Stats Reset for the New Academic Year
August 4th, 2008 Jay Eckard
Dear Subscribers,
We have completed resetting and archiving stats in our database to make room for the new year.
Here is a quick list of what was changed:
- Login Stats archived for students and teachers
- Game High Score Boards cleared
- Tests/Quizzes older than August 1, 2008 archived (still accessible by teachers)
- Weekly Email Review accounts deleted (simply register again to regain this service)
Do not hesitate to call or email with any questions regarding your data.
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Staff Orientation Presentation
August 1st, 2008 Jay Eckard
We have authored a new, customizable Powerpoint presentation to show to faculty and staff who are unfamiliar with USATestprep. Simply download, modify, and enjoy!
Click Here to Download
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New Head of the Class Game Artwork
July 28th, 2008 Jay Eckard
We are delighted to announce the launch of a new version of our Head of the Class game. It has the same game mechanics, but the artwork is fantastic and incorporates our SGKS characters. We hope you like the new addition.
Kudoz to Jerry Fuchs. See more of his work at http://fooksie.com
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Employment Opportunity: Question Author
July 11th, 2008 Jay Eckard
USATestprep, Inc, has an immediate need for a qualified question authors. All work will be completed from home with flexible hours.
Content Areas Needed:
- 1 Economics/History teacher from North Carolina
- 1 English teacher from Mississippi
- 1 Middle School English teacher from Georigia
Applicants should be certified teachers and must be familiar with his/her state standards. Previous question writing experience is preferred. Authors should also be familiar with teaching students who struggle with state-level tests.
The position would require around 20 hours a week and would pay at a rate of $30/hour. Authors must have high speed internet access from home and be familiar with the USATestprep website.
All qualified authors should complete the attached information and return to joe@usatestprep.com. No resumes or phone calls please. Please act quickly, we hope to have this position filled as soon as possible.
Download Here: http://usatestprep.com/Author_app.doc
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2008 Survey Results Summary
May 28th, 2008 Jay Eckard
We help your students…
As of May 16, 2008, 628 educators completed our survey. 99% of these respondents felt that USATestprep helped their students review for their tests, and would recommend USATestprep to other schools. We are very proud of this statistic.
New features you love…
USATestprep’s goals are to provide the most effective online system to help you and your students and to continue to innovate our product. Overwhelming, you value these new features:
- Super Graduation Kombat Smackdown game
- Online sections quizzes
- Online student puzzles
- Ability to save partially-completed student tests
- Teacher management system
- Ability to retest missed questions
- Short answer questions
Upcoming features…
Along with always monitoring and adjusting to any state curriculum changes, here is a list of some of the features we will be working on over the summer based on your survey responses:
- Single-standard educational game
- Test data correlation
- Assignable benchmark tests
- Class projector-based game
- Printable flashcards
- More questions in the database
- Individual student login and tracking
It has been our pleasure to develop, maintain, and assist you and your students with your test review needs. It is our hope that we maintain this relationship by continuing to provide you with the best possible services. As always, it is by your feedback that we have been able to do this, and we thank you for your continued support.
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