Content services, from first draft to the learner's screen

Eight services. Take one, or have us run a program from end to end.

What each service delivers

Curriculum development

Complete curriculum design aligned to the standards you teach to, including Common Core, NGSS and state standards.

  • Scope and sequence documents
  • Lesson plans
  • Teacher guides
  • Student materials
Assessment authoring

Assessment items for formative, summative and standardized testing, each aligned to a standard and delivered with its metadata.

  • Multiple choice items
  • Constructed response
  • Performance tasks
  • Rubrics
Content creation

Original educational content across subjects and grade levels, written by people who have taught the material.

  • Textbook content
  • Digital lessons
  • Video scripts
  • Interactive content
Content review and QA

Expert review in several stages, so that content is ready for production when it reaches you.

  • Accuracy review
  • Standards alignment
  • Bias and sensitivity review
  • ADA compliance
Item analysis and validation

Psychometric analysis and field testing that show how each item performs and whether an assessment is reliable.

  • Difficulty analysis
  • Discrimination indices
  • DIF analysis
  • Validity studies
Localization and adaptation

Content adapted for different regions, languages and cultural contexts without losing what it teaches.

  • Translation
  • Cultural adaptation
  • Regional customization
  • Accessibility conversion
Content conversion

Print textbooks, PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoint files, SCORM packages and exports from older learning management systems, converted into current digital formats. Subject experts check converted content against the original.

  • Textbook digitization
  • Format conversion
  • Course conversion
  • WCAG 2.1 AA remediation and alt text
E-learning implementation

Courses and content set up in the platform your learners already use: Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, D2L Brightspace, Google Classroom or Schoology, through LTI or the platform's own interfaces.

  • LMS integration
  • Data migration
  • Single sign-on setup
  • Administrator and staff training

Solve for x: 3(x − 4) = 2x + 5

  1. A3.4Added 2x to both sides instead of subtracting it
  2. B9Did not distribute the 3 to the 4
  3. C17Correct answer
  4. D−7Sign error when distributing

One item, and the data that travels with it

Standard
CCSS 8.EE.C.7b
Item type
Multiple choice, one correct answer
Grade
8
Distractors
Each wrong answer maps to a named error
Statistics
Difficulty and discrimination, added after field testing
Accessibility
Readable by screen readers

A sample item written for this page.

Subjects

  • Mathematics
  • English Language Arts
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • World Languages
  • Computer Science
  • Test prep: SAT, ACT and AP
  • Professional development
  • Corporate training
  • Higher education

How a project runs

  1. Specification

    We agree on the standards, the style guide, the formats and the volume.

  2. Estimate

    We review a sample of your material and send a detailed estimate.

  3. Production

    Educators with a background in the subject write or convert the content.

  4. Review

    Content is checked for accuracy, standards alignment, bias and accessibility.

  5. Delivery

    You receive the content in the format you work in, or set up in your learning management system.

How long it takes

Course conversion
Typically 2 to 4 weeks
Textbook digitization
Large projects may take 4 to 8 weeks
Simple LMS integration
2 to 4 weeks
Multi-system implementation with data migration
Typically 2 to 4 months

Start with an email

Tell us the subject, the grade level or audience, the formats you work in and how much there is. We review a sample of your material and reply with an estimate.

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