Achieve Essentials Overview

Achieve Essentials includes Macmillan Learning's core assessment and engagement tools in a streamlined platform that gives instructors flexibility in course content and textbook selection while keeping proven assessment resources at the center of the course.

With Achieve Essentials, instructors can:

  • Support formative learning with auto-graded homework and LearningCurve adaptive quizzing that provide immediate, targeted feedback to help students strengthen understanding.
  • Measure student learning with customizable test bank questions and secure testing tools for reliable summative assessment.
  • Promote active learning with iClicker polling, assignments, and quizzing that encourage participation in face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses.
  • Support academic integrity with secure testing features that help create a distraction-free assessment environment.
  • Encourage student success with Goal-Setting and Reflection Surveys (GRS) that promote self-reflection while giving instructors insights to better support students.
  • Simplify course management with LMS integration that streamlines course setup, assignment deployment, grade syncing, and student access.
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