Edgate

Do you need quick, accurate correlation of content to standards?

EdGate Correlation Services offers a unique and comprehensive selection of alignment services to educational entities and publishers worldwide. We’ve combined the knowledge and experience of our highly qualified content experts with powerful, precise technical solutions. Content is aligned using the ECS Standards Repository™, the largest, most comprehensive and up-to-date standards repository in the world. It houses metadata for more than 500,000 pieces of publisher content. Content alignment may be integrated into the INFORM ® Learning System or contracted for as a stand-alone service.

correlation center

In addition to content alignment, the following products and services are available:

Publisher Correlation Center™: This suite of online tools performs functions such as gap analysis, in-house correlations or refinement of existing correlations.

One-time Correlation Reports: One-time reports, limited access to the ExPERT reporting tool and other options are available to small entities. Correlation solutions can be arranged to fit any budget.

ECS Concept Index™: The ECS Concept Index™ can be licensed along with associated standards so that you can integrate it into your search technology. In this way you receive the basic alignments that you need to seamlessly weave into your solution.

Content Aggregation: Using precise indexing and searching, content may be aggregated to create the following, all based on state standards:

  • scope and sequence documents
  • alignments to adopted textbooks
  • new courses

You can have content mapped to other types of resources, including textbooks, supplemental materials or other taxonomies. One significant library in the ECS Repository is the alignment of 300 textbooks to state standards, which can be used in the Curriculum Matrix™ or other products.

Content Editing and Metadata Management: Subject experts including professional editors can develop and revise content such as lesson plans, assessments and online activities. Other services include writing summaries of content, reviewing thousands of Web sites for use in the Curriculum Matrix and chaptering video content for online streaming.