TOWES Focus
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TOWES Focus is the tool of choice for
sorting learners into groups with common learning needs, for
formative assessment, for summative assessment and for system
accountability measures of skill
gain. Focus is recommended for
organizations seeking a quick, reliable, and cost efficient
assessment for learners and workers.
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Key Features and Benefits
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Affordable: Focus is
competitively priced, with significant volume discounts.
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Web-based: Focus is delivered
from a web-based platform and can be configured
and scaled to meet a wide variety of system needs.
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Flexible: Focus can
be configured to a variety of testing situations and program
goals.
o For program triage, a short
version (as short as 15 minutes) provides proficiency levels to
efficiently group learners for instruction.
o For formative or summative
assessment, results are expressed as a percentage and a scale
score, precisely reflecting current learner skill on the IALSS
scale.
o For individual skill gain
analysis, a longer version (up to 90 minutes in length) provides
reliable estimates of skill gain
o For system accountability, group scores help to describe the
degree to which programs and instructional approaches are effective
in meeting system goals.
• Adaptive:
Focus uses a robust, proprietary platform
developed specifically for
the web-based suite of
tools. The platform incorporates
multiple adaptive algorithms to reduce
testing time while achieving greater precision for a
given test duration.
• Real time
scores: Focus provides valid,
reliable scores that are available immediately upon
test completion.
Key Users and Benefits
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Employers: Focus is
a key element in determining employee readiness for
safety or technical training.
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Educators: Focus
measures individual and group skill gains through comparable
pre and post assessment.
• Training
Organizations: Focus can improve
the efficiency of instruction by enabling the
categorization of learners into precise groups based on common
learning needs.
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Researchers: Focus
meets the demands of projects requiring reliable, valid
data.
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Funders: Focus provides a means
for monitoring program effectiveness, efficiency and
learner satisfaction and success.