Riverside Publishing Company

Riverside Publishing Company

  • 425 Spring Lake Dr
  • Itasca, Illinois
  • 60143

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Riverside has worked with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to develop and deliver a series of eight high school end-of-course assessments. The tests provide information about student learning and achievement in terms of the state’s Show-Me Standards and course-level expectations. The comprehensive program includes developing custom test items and forms, providing both paper and online delivery of the tests, setting achievement levels for each assessment, providing scoring and reporting services.

Riverside is working with the New York State Education Department to develop a three-year sequence of new Regents mathematics examinations. Under this contract, Riverside is responsible for developing Integrated Algebra, Geometry, and Algebra 2/Trigonometry examinations. Operational administration of the assessments, began in 2008 for Integrated Algebra, 2009 for Geometry, and will begin in 2010 for Algebra 2/Trigonometry.

To meet NCLB science assessment requirements, the Mississippi Department of Education selected Riverside to develop criterion-referenced science assessments for grades 5 and 8. Riverside’s test development specialists worked closely with Mississippi educators to create a test blueprint and item development plan and then created items aligned to the Mississippi 2001 Science Framework. Standard setting was held in 2007. Riverside is currently working with the Mississippi Department of Education to write and field test new items that are aligned to the Mississippi 2010 Science Framework.

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, OSPI, has contracted with Riverside Publishing to develop a statewide pilot to provide an instructionally supportive student assessment (ISSA) system that uses DataDirector , designed to help educators meet the needs of students in grades K-12 and improve their performance using a web-based platform and includes formative, interim, and summative assessments. Support services including comprehensive account management, program management, training workshops for all user levels are provided by Riverside.

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