Assessment & Evaluation
Login to the PLTW Assessment System
Download the Engineering Formula Sheet (PDF)
Recent Communications to PLTW Schools
Sept. 16, 2011: New Student Enrollment Process for Assessments
Sept. 9, 2011: 2011-12 Assessment System Announcement
Purpose and Benefits
Through a collaboration with Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA), PLTW offers summative End of Course assessments for student achievement determination in PLTW courses. Assessment data is available to teachers immediately following student testing, and is aggregated into FERPA-compliant, non-identifiable accountability reports for state departments of education. Students are also able to provide assessment data to post-secondary institutions for college credit determination.
Type of Assessments
PLTW offers End of Course assessments for the following courses:
Pathway To Engineering
Aerospace Engineering (AE), Biotechnical Engineering (BE), Civil Engineering & Architecture (CEA), Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM), Digital Electronics (DE), Introduction to Engineering Design (IED) and Principals of Engineering (POE)
Biomedical Sciences
Human Body Systems (HBS), Medical Interventions (MI) and Principles of the Biomedical Sciences (PBS)
PLTW End-of-Course Assessments
End of Course Assessment Schedule
Fall/Winter End of Course Assessments
November 7, 2011 - March 16, 2012
Spring End of Course Assessments
April 23 - June 16, 2012
All assessments must be taken during either the Fall/Winter or Spring testing cycles. Students are unable to take the assessments outside of these two testing windows. All teacher-graded Part C data must be entered into the system prior to June 16, 2012.
Teacher Training for the PLTW Assessment System
Training material will be provided prior to November 1, 2011.
Frequently Asked Questions
Visit our Assessment FAQs for answers to the most commonly asked questions relating to PLTW’s Assessment System (including how to navigate the system) and the resulting data.
The deadline to access 2010-11 reports through the Assessment System has passed. Please contact us for more information regarding this data and for reports from the 2010-11 school year.
PLTW has a dedicated assessment team to support our Assessment and Evaluation Program. Team members include:
PLTW’s School Support Team is available to assist with questions and troubleshooting. For Technical Support, please email Technical Support or call 877-335-PLTW (7589) and select option 1. For all other assessment-related questions, please email Assessment and Evaluation or call 877-335-PLTW (7589) and select option 2.