Anchored by the curriculum resources of GlobalScholar, the Pinnacle Suite brings extraordinary opportunity to school and district administrators. The expanded Pinnacle platform provides a means by which curriculum can be accessed by all participants in the educational process including students, parents, teachers, and administrators. Whether standards-based or traditional in nature, the platform can support all levels, types and styles of curriculum, mapping, resources and assessments.

The best part is that the technology is transparent. The ability to manage curriculum and assessments to impact instruction and the associated reports either at the building or district level are just a few keystrokes away. The seamless integration of data provides a robust cache of information for individual students, classes or schools so that administrators know at all times the status of district curriculum and instructional strategies, and their impact on academic success.

Accessible, Accurate Information: Pure Gold

We believe the foundational concept has to be to make the right data available, to the people who need it, by their preferred method, at the right time. Administrators, at all levels, ought to be able to provide necessary resources to teachers with just a few clicks. Students and parents must be able to access assignments and lesson objectives, get individualized activities and resources, and see progress on a daily basis. With the Pinnacle Suite, instead of asking "What did you learn in school today?" followed by the classic response, "Nothing...," parents have information immediately available. For students, if they're absent, need lesson information to help them complete an assignment, or if they simply forgot what homework is due in their English class, they can stay informed too.

Pinnacle provides great advantages for teachers as well. No longer do they need to search for "that really great website I used last year for the comparative constitutions lesson...," pore through cumbersome books, nor hunt for myriad electronic documents that come in all flavors. All of these resources are now stored in one, easy-to-use platform that is organized in a way that fits their needs. No matter the type of unit, lesson, or resource, the Pinnacle Suite provides them all, from anywhere, at anytime.

Assessment  For Learning

We have seen the improved progress toward learning goals that results from the integration of formative and summative assessments with standards-based instruction. We know that teachers can become more effective and students more engaged in their own learning when provided with a clear picture of progress toward learning goals and how to improve, by using technology that provides frequent and encouraging feedback. The Pinnacle Suite provides useful information that goes far beyond currently mandated assessment scores, because its modules are designed to shape and support instruction based on student classroom performance.

The assessment management component of the Pinnacle Suite lets students, parents and educators at all levels see immediate data regarding student achievement. Teachers easily monitor learning trends and identify at-risk students based on continuous assessment. The platform supports both computerized and paper-pencil assessment capabilities with auto-grading functionality, automatically linking the results of online assessments into the gradebook and ensuring reports are instantly available without the need for additional data entry. Standards-based and traditional assessments are equally supported, including: