News

• Review of items in TRAILS-6 and TRAILS-9 is beginning. Please send us a note through the "Contact Us" link regarding any item you feel should be reviewed and possibly revised. [posted 11 Dec 2009]
• Development of both TRAILS-3 and TRAILS-12 is underway. Availability is planned for Fall 2010.

Features now available in 2009-10

• TRAILS Benchmark Data for 2008-2009 school year can be viewed under "My Account". Benchmarks are presented for 9th-grade students who took Ninth Grade General Assessment 1 for states assessing at least 250 9th-grade students. [posted 3 Nov 2009]
• New option to download student codes (available in Create and Manage Sessions under "Reports")
• Now possible to download student % (also under "Reports")
• Remember we recommend you use the same assessment for pre- and post-testing. (General assessment #1 measures understanding; #2 measures application)
• "Choose all that apply" items replaced by single response items across all general assessments
• It was great meeting so many of you at AASL Exploratorium--it meant a lot to hear how you have been using TRAILS!

Have a great year, The TRAILS Team [posted 15 Sep 2009]