Assessment Resources in Achieve
Achieve includes flexible, research-backed assessment tools that help instructors measure learning, provide meaningful feedback, and support student success throughout the course.
Assessments in Achieve are designed to support specific pedagogical intentions:
- Diagnostic and metacognitive tools, like goal-setting exercises, improve student self-efficacy and help students prepare to learn.
- Formative assessments, like LearningCurve adaptive quizzing,with feedback specific to each student's needs.
- Summative and authentic assessments, like Short-Form Writing Assignments,allow students to demonstrate understanding and mastery.
Achieve product features vary by title. This page offers a general overview, but not all features shown are included in every product. To see what's available for this title, click Request Instructor Sample above to explore the specific tools and assets included.
LearningCurve Adaptive Quizzing
Achieve's adaptive quizzing feature, LearningCurve, personalizes practice based on each student's performance, helping students build confidence and improve understanding through targeted feedback.
- Adapts practice to each student's needs
- Provides hints and immediate feedback
- Encourages consistent practice through interactive activities
- Helps students come to class better prepared
Goal-setting & Reflection Surveys
Goal-setting and Reflection Surveys (GRS) help students build effective learning habits while giving instructors valuable insights to support student success. Based on learning research, Achieve includes five surveys designed to be used at key points throughout the term to encourage reflection and guide progress.
Students
- Build self-directed learning and metacognitive skills by setting meaningful course goals and reflecting on progress throughout the term.
- Strengthen motivation and confidence by developing personalized strategies for achieving learning goals.
Instructors
- Gain insights beyond academic performance to better understand the factors influencing student success.
- Identify opportunities for early intervention and connect students with campus resources that support success and retention.
Exams
If traditional summative examinations are a part of your pedagogical approach, Achieve's test bank and testing functionality will help you more confidently assess students' learning in your course. The testing functionality in Achieve provides you with:
- Access to high-quality test bank questions, crafted by subject-matter experts with direct familiarity with the course and the specific Macmillan Learning textbook you have adopted
- Exam customization, including easy question creation and question pools and questions that require student-constructed responses
- Added security of anti-cheating features like:
- Copyright tagging of textbook questions to help our legal team quickly remove answers that appear online
- Enhanced password protection
- Respondus® LockDown Browser integration provides secure online testing — preventing screen sharing, copying, and task switching so students remain focused until the assessment is submitted
- Seamless gradebook integration for quick upload of exam scores to your LMS for grade reporting
Short-Form Writing
Achieve's Short-Form Writing tools support authentic assessment at scale.
- Short-Form Writing Creator helps instructors design original, real-world prompts aligned to their rubric, creating assignments students can't shortcut with AI.
- Short-Form Writing Analyzer then maps responses to rubric criteria, giving instructors a head start on grading while keeping final judgment, and final scores, entirely in their hands.
