Improving Educational Outcomes through Data-Driven Insights
See how Cambium Assessment is providing students, families and teachers with the information they need to succeed
With technology continuing to evolve at a rapid pace, it is our job as members of the education community to ensure that we're leveraging it in ways that truly benefit the teachers and students using these solutions. As such, over the past year, the team at Cambium Assessment has furthered its commitment to students' educational progress and teachers' and educators' success by administering more than 130M online assessments, successfully handling 1.5M simultaneous test-takers (about 20 professional football stadiums worth of students) and testing over 16M students.
This record-breaking year underscores our investment in cutting-edge technology for students and schools across the country. Our dedication to excellence also extends beyond the delivery of our solutions. Recently, Cambium Assessment achieved the ISO 9001:2015 certification for its Quality Management System (QMS), an internationally recognized standard of operational excellence. As the most widely used QMS standard in the world, this certification builds upon Cambium Assessment's ISO 27001 and ISO 27018 certifications, and assures customers that they are receiving the best service while leveraging a quality management system and data security.
We also announced the completion of all requirements for the Ed-Fi Assessment Outcomes API for Data Standard Suite 3 Certification. By adhering to the Ed-Fi Data Standard, Cambium Assessment can reduce data silos among different educational entities, creating a cohesive technology environment and providing educators with a succinct way to help their students succeed.
These certifications and achievements put a spotlight on our commitment to innovation, accuracy, and the highest quality standards for educational data excellence. Through the intentional expansion of our solutions and certifications, we have propelled our impact to support more users than ever before.
Supporting Academic Journeys Through Innovation
Cambium Assessment not only provides states with industry-leading assessment solutions, but we also lead the assessment space in the creation of innovative new solutions, all designed to leverage data to improve outcomes. Notable advancements and achievements from our team now include:
Write on with Cambi! – An AI-powered writing assistant that delivers real-time feedback to improve writing. Developed by Cambium Assessment’s machine learning scientists and content experts, this dynamic writing companion guides students through the editing process, helping them get from big-picture ideation to the finer points of the drafting process like sentence structure and grammar. Feedback shared with Write on with Cambi! is aligned with state standards and common writing rubrics. It was launched with a limited release in June 2024.
K-2 – An innovative solution for identifying learning challenges sooner. Launched in August 2024, this solution designs criterion-referenced, standards-based assessments that directly assess the grade-level academic content standards that show progress towards grade-level expectations. This solution offers a suite of K2 assessments, including screener, formative/diagnostic and comprehensive assessments. As of September 2024, 290K tests/screeners have been administered to help ensure young students are on track with their education goals.
Family Portal – An easy way for all parents to access, understand and be involved in their child's learning progress. Through this solution, families can import test results automatically into a convenient website to learn about their children's progress and needs at any time. With family portals playing a key role in student development, this tool creates essential connections with families, students and teachers which is highlighted by the more than 24M users in 2024, a 75% increase from 2023.
Through-Year Assessments – An adaptive progress monitoring solution that helps educators leverage data throughout the year, when action is most impactful. The Through-Year assessment model is part of an assessment system designed to produce a single summative score meeting federal and state accountability requirements. Producing a summative score distinguishes Through-Year assessments from traditional interim or benchmark assessments which are not used in accountability systems. Cambium Assessment administered close to 9M Through-Year tests this past school year.
In addition to 2024's momentum, we are furthering our vision of utilizing technology to improve educational outcomes through several new launches in 2025, including:
ClearFrame – An application programming interface (API) that provides a direct connection to third-party digital curriculum solutions, delivering the actionable assessment data needed for personalizing each student’s optimal learning path. With its pilot launch in 2025, ClearFrame allows school districts to easily create connections between Cambium Assessment’s state-level assessment data and participating education technology solutions. As a result, teachers are then able to deliver optimal learning experiences to students based on their prior performance on the Through-Year Assessments, and leverage assessment data to personalize more effective learning paths.
ClearCourse – A new professional learning platform that leverages Cambium Assessment's in-house experts to create custom learning opportunities for educators. With Cambium Assessment's in-house experts in item and test authoring, data literacy, and assessment literacy, this platform enables the creation of powerful modules for skill development, professional growth, and effective learning management.
The Path Forward is Fueled by Data
By providing teachers, students, and their families with the data and insights needed to make informed decisions about students' educational progress, we can help them determine the right path forward for each individual learner. I look forward to working closely with the Cambium Assessment team to ensure that all educators and students feel empowered when making decisions about their academic journeys.
To learn more about Cambium Assessment and other #CambiumImpact stories, read our 2024 Impact Report.