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Facing the challenge of managing complex College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR) data for the Miles High School student body, Sara Stevens inherited a cumbersome spreadsheet from her predecessor.

Stride's expansive reach, serving Kindergarten through vocational online school programs in more than 30 states, has demanded the creation of a robust system to evaluate the performance of the staff implementing this comprehensive education model.

In the pursuit of improved and streamlined processes for staff evaluations across five different states, Charter Schools USA found Evaluation, a comprehensive solution to address their staff evaluation challenges and unique structural needs.

Lauren Buckley had to juggle numerous spreadsheets to track student data. In pursuit of efficiency and accuracy, Lauren adopted Pathways which promised a transformative shift and a platform tailored to the unique needs of school counselors.

Jennifer Payne found herself struggling with the complexities of organizing test-related data spread across multiple sources. Recognizing the pressing need for a better solution, Jennifer started her journey with TestHound.

With different evaluation timelines for tenured staff, non-tenured and those who are part-time, keeping track of evaluations was a headache for Township High School District 214. Evaluation was the perfect customizable, user-friendly solution.

Embarc helps district leaders in Kirbyville R-VI ensure the curriculum being taught is consistent and meets required standards. This allows for easier onboarding and support of teachers who may be teaching course content that is entirely new to them.

Dr. Amy Mount, Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Gateway Regional, shares how Embarc empowers schools to develop a viable and aligned curriculum through collaborative shared services.

Director of Accountability Assessment & PEIMS, Carie Barthelemess, says she has prioritized TestHound each year to ensure every stage of the testing process is streamlined.

Dr. Cara Hiripitiyage, Director of Secondary Education, says Embarc encourages the right standards so that the learning experience is equitable from teacher to teacher and school to school.

Tomball ISD first implemented TestHound about nine years ago to help the staff and teachers that were overwhelmed by the sheer amount of tracking, documentation and processing that was originally required manually.

Before TestHound, Jacksonville ISD’s testing coordinators were not properly equipped with the tools they needed to do their jobs efficiently and effectively.

As former regional director of the Texas Statewide Network of Assessment Professionals, past vice president of the National Association of Testing Professionals, and a trusted assessment expert, Brown believes no testing coordinator should be without TestHound.

Although the teachers in Independence Unified School District 446 were experts in unpacking the standards, Embarc (formerly BYOC) provided a way to document a living curriculum to ensure a coordinated instructional approach.

When Kathy Milton left a large Texas district for the smaller, more rural Royse City ISD, she was thrilled to learn that she would have TestHound to help lighten the testing load.

Having been a TestHound client from its inception, former Wichita Falls ISD Director of Assessment Shannon Kuhrt says it’s an essential tool for student testing success.

More than 24,000 students across St. Louis County receive special education services or technical education from SSD. Embarc (formerly BYOC) helped SSD develop a formalized curriculum to close the gap and meet the diverse needs of its students.

The Lubbock ISD testing team said they could sleep at night since TestHound helped them reduce testing irregularities by 77% and ensure accurate state documentation.

Since 1944, Brazosport ISD has built a culture of educational excellence across 200 miles and eight municipalities. Thanks to TestHound, Brazosport ISD can ensure its 12,000 students have the best and most authentic testing experience possible.

Embarc (formerly BYOC) enabled West De Pere to collaboratively develop a guaranteed and viable curriculum that is easy to use daily in the classroom and easy to update for continuous improvement.

With hundreds of miles between 58 locations across Texas, Harmony Public Schools needed a solution to close the distance between the district office and test coordination at each school.

When administrators at Gasconade County R-1 found out their current curriculum tool was no longer going to be supported, there wasn’t much of a complaint. Teachers and administrators worked researched new curriculum tools and found the answer in Embarc.

Rapid growth requires innovative and efficient systems to maintain forward progress, and former District Testing Coordinator Theresa Ricker said TestHound modernized an area of education that was in dire need of transformation.

With nearly 10,000 high school students across the district, former Director of Student Assessment Christina Trotter said TestHound was a no-brainer when it came to helping her testing coordinators work smarter to ensure students met requirements for graduation.

For one Wisconsin school system, a curriculum mapping and management platform is helping district leaders modernize operations, increase transparency, and improve new teacher onboarding.

Britani Stanley, test coordinator for Okeechobee County School District, says TestHound allows her to have more visibility, be more involved, and better monitor and support the testing process.