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Page 1: LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENTS WITH LAS LINKS ONLINElaslinks.com/PDFs/DRC_Insight_LAS_Links_Online.pdf · 2018-08-08 · LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENTS WITH LAS LINKS ONLINE •

To learn more about LAS Links and the DRC INSIGHT Online Learning System,

call 800.538.9547 or visit www.laslinks.com.

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LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENTS WITH LAS LINKS ONLINE • Provides quicker, easier, and more convenient ways to administer and score

English and Spanish language proficiency tests with DRC INSIGHT.

• Group-administer all domain assessments for reading, writing, listening, and speaking—eliminating the need for one-on-one testing found with traditional paper-and-pencil assessments. Minimize the time needed for administration and scoring, saving districts and schools considerable expense.

• Provides opportunities for “on-demand” testing.

• Students’ spoken and written responses are captured electronically.

• LAS Links Online provides the flexibility of local or DRC scoring of students’ holistic responses.

• Educators will have immediate access to informative diagnostic reports, allowing them to quickly determine vital information about a student’s English and/or Spanish language proficiency.

• Provides access to organized and easy-to-read reports and graphs that can be saved in the system and then shared with teachers and administrators to revise instruction, and if needed, recommend remediation.

• Eliminate the time-consuming process of manually calculating language proficiency test results.

Copyright© 2017 by Data Recognition Corporation. All rights reserved. LAS Links is a registered trademark and DRC INSIGHT is a trademark of Data Recognition Corporation.

LAS Links Online is the ideal, convenient solution for districts and schools looking for an online, high-quality, language proficiency assessment that provides fast results to inform instruction and minimize paperwork.

And now LAS Links Online is powered by DRC INSIGHT™, the industry-leading online assessment system. With LAS Links Online and INSIGHT, educators and language learners will have a choice of paper-and-pencil and user-friendly online testing; the flexibility and the best of both worlds with the same measure of language proficiency you have come to know and trust with LAS Links.

LAS LINKS ONLINEDRC INSIGHT™ ONLINE LEARNING SYSTEM

Page 2: LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENTS WITH LAS LINKS ONLINElaslinks.com/PDFs/DRC_Insight_LAS_Links_Online.pdf · 2018-08-08 · LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENTS WITH LAS LINKS ONLINE •

PROVEN PLATFORM USED NATIONWIDE DRC INSIGHT is a trusted online testing platform that delivers a variety of educational assessments all across the country.

Online Assessments with DRC INSIGHT

LAS LINKS ONLINE—POWERED BY DRC INSIGHT LAS Links Online® is powered by DRC INSIGHT™, the industry’s most reliable online testing system. DRCINSIGHT is a secure, web-based platform that delivers educational assessments to nearly every state in the nation. It provides more flexibility and reliability to your LAS Links testing program, with the exceptional performance expected of language proficiency assessments to assess and monitor progress of English and Spanish Language Learners.

DRC INSIGHT brings you the latest advancements in online testing:

• Intuitive, universally designed interface that is accessible for all students

• Administrator portal with improved organization and search functionality

• Consistent, reliable performance on a range of testing devices including PCs, MACs,Chromebooks and iPADs ®

• Powerful diagnostic and simulation tools to support technology readiness at testing sites

POWERFUL AND RELIABLE PERFORMANCEDRC INSIGHT is a fast, powerful, and dependable online testing solution that provides a consistent and uninterrupted testing experience. An exceptionally stable platform, DRC INSIGHT has successfully delivered tens of millions of online assessments since 2010.

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Our proven track record of delivering language proficiency assessments means no delays to your testing schedules and no downtime for your students and staff. Our safeguards include:

• Innovative tools to support test centers with low bandwidth

• Performance monitoring and engaged technical support

• Robust, scalable infrastructure with back-up data centers

• Proactive planning and resourcing to meet the increased demand for testing online

DRC INSIGHT ensures that students and educators can focus on the test, not the technology.

K–12 National and International English and Spanish Language Learner Assessments

LAS Links®, LAS Links® Espanol

K–12 English Language Learner (ELL) Assessments

WIDA Consortium

Statewide K-12 AssessmentsLarge-scale, K–12 assessment programs in 10 states, including high-stakes summative tests used for federal accountability

National Standardized Achievement Assessments

TerraNova®, Third Edition

National Adult Basic Skills Assessments

TABE® 11&12 Tests of Adult Basic Education

National High School Equivalency (HSE) Assessments

TASC Test Assessing Secondary Completion™

SUPPORT FOR EVERY LANGUAGE LEARNERDRC INSIGHT empowers more language learners to test online with its intuitive, easy-to-use interface, numerous accessibility tools, and accommodations that increase access for all.

In addition, DRC INSIGHT runs on the testing devices and operating systems most commonly used in language proficiency, including desktop and laptop computers (Windows® and Mac®), iPADs® and Chromebooks™.

Full Suite of Accessibility and Accommodation Tools

- Line Guide- Highlighter- Answer Eliminator- Magnifier/Zoom- Digital Notepad- Color Overlays

- Contrasting Colors- Reverse Contrast- Masking- Text-to-Speech - Online Large Print

DRC INSIGHT Annual Online Testing

• 42+ million tests delivered in 2017–2018• 15.3 million tests completed in a single month• 5.2 million tests delivered in a single week• 1.3 million tests completed in a single day• 329,150 students testing at the same time (concurrent users)• 7,000 responses processed per second• Less than .05 seconds to process a response

Page 3: LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENTS WITH LAS LINKS ONLINElaslinks.com/PDFs/DRC_Insight_LAS_Links_Online.pdf · 2018-08-08 · LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENTS WITH LAS LINKS ONLINE •

PROVEN PLATFORM USED NATIONWIDE DRC INSIGHT is a trusted online testing platform that delivers a variety of educational assessments all across the country.

Online Assessments with DRC INSIGHT

LAS LINKS ONLINE—POWERED BY DRC INSIGHT LAS Links Online® is powered by DRC INSIGHT™, the industry’s most reliable online testing system. DRCINSIGHT is a secure, web-based platform that delivers educational assessments to nearly every state in the nation. It provides more flexibility and reliability to your LAS Links testing program, with the exceptional performance expected of language proficiency assessments to assess and monitor progress of English and Spanish Language Learners.

DRC INSIGHT brings you the latest advancements in online testing:

• Intuitive, universally designed interface that is accessible for all students

• Administrator portal with improved organization and search functionality

• Consistent, reliable performance on a range of testing devices including PCs, MACs, Chromebooks and iPADs ®

• Powerful diagnostic and simulation tools to support technology readiness at testing sites

POWERFUL AND RELIABLE PERFORMANCEDRC INSIGHT is a fast, powerful, and dependable online testing solution that provides a consistent and uninterrupted testing experience. An exceptionally stable platform, DRC INSIGHT has successfully delivered tens of millions of online assessments since 2010.

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DRC INSIGHT Annual Online Testing• More than 25 million tests delivered in 2015–2016

• 11.4 million tests completed in a single month

• 1.1 million tests completed in a single day

• 17.3 million responses processed in a single morning

• 220,000 students testing at the same time (concurrent users)

• 2,200 responses processed per second

• Less than 0.05 seconds to process a response

Our proven track record of delivering language proficiency assessments means no delays to your testing schedules and no downtime for your students and staff. Our safeguards include:

• Innovative tools to support test centers with low bandwidth

• Performance monitoring and engaged technical support

• Robust, scalable infrastructure with back-up data centers

• Proactive planning and resourcing to meet the increased demand for testing online

DRC INSIGHT ensures that students and educators can focus on the test, not the technology.

K–12 National and International English and Spanish Language Learner Assessments

LAS Links®, LAS Links® Espanol

K–12 English Language Learner (ELL) Assessments

WIDA Consortium

Statewide K-12 AssessmentsLarge-scale, K–12 assessment programs in 10 states, including high-stakes summative tests used for federal accountability

National Standardized Achievement Assessments

TerraNova®, Third Edition

National Adult Basic Skills Assessments

TABE® 11&12 Tests of Adult Basic Education

National High School Equivalency (HSE) Assessments

TASC Test Assessing Secondary Completion™

SUPPORT FOR EVERY LANGUAGE LEARNERDRC INSIGHT empowers more language learners to test online with its intuitive, easy-to-use interface, numerous accessibility tools, and accommodations that increase access for all.

In addition, DRC INSIGHT runs on the testing devices and operating systems most commonly used in language proficiency, including desktop and laptop computers (Windows® and Mac®), iPADs® and Chromebooks™.

Full Suite of Accessibility and Accommodation Tools

- Line Guide - Highlighter - Answer Eliminator - Magnifier/Zoom - Digital Notepad - Color Overlays

- Contrasting Colors - Reverse Contrast - Masking - Text-to-Speech - Online Large Print

Page 4: LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENTS WITH LAS LINKS ONLINElaslinks.com/PDFs/DRC_Insight_LAS_Links_Online.pdf · 2018-08-08 · LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENTS WITH LAS LINKS ONLINE •

To learn more about LAS Links and the DRC INSIGHT Online Learning System,

call 800.538.9547 or visit www.laslinks.com.

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LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENTS WITH LAS LINKS ONLINE • Provides quicker, easier, and more convenient ways to administer and score

English and Spanish language proficiency tests with DRC INSIGHT.

• Group-administer all domain assessments for reading, writing, listening, and speaking—eliminating the need for one-on-one testing found with traditional paper-and-pencil assessments. Minimize the time needed for administration and scoring, saving districts and schools considerable expense.

• Provides opportunities for “on-demand” testing.

• Students’ spoken and written responses are captured electronically.

• LAS Links Online provides the flexibility of local or DRC scoring of students’ holistic responses.

• Educators will have immediate access to informative diagnostic reports, allowing them to quickly determine vital information about a student’s English and/or Spanish language proficiency.

• Provides access to organized and easy-to-read reports and graphs that can be saved in the system and then shared with teachers and administrators to revise instruction, and if needed, recommend remediation.

• Eliminate the time-consuming process of manually calculating language proficiency test results.

Copyright© 2017 by Data Recognition Corporation. All rights reserved. LAS Links is a registered trademark and DRC INSIGHT is a trademark of Data Recognition Corporation.

LAS Links Online is the ideal, convenient solution for districts and schools looking for an online, high-quality, language proficiency assessment that provides fast results to inform instruction and minimize paperwork.

And now LAS Links Online is powered by DRC INSIGHT™, the industry-leading online assessment system. With LAS Links Online and INSIGHT, educators and language learners will have a choice of paper-and-pencil and user-friendly online testing; the flexibility and the best of both worlds with the same measure of language proficiency you have come to know and trust with LAS Links.

LAS LINKS ONLINEDRC INSIGHT™ ONLINE LEARNING SYSTEM

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