Sally+Shorb

= General Sessions =

Presenter and Title - Sally Shorb, sms Tech Solutions
//Thursday, November 3rd @ 9:45 am//

Description of Session We will be sharing information on how to access permission-free reading passages across a wide variety of genres ...


 * Links and/or Materials**

PassageBank.com Demo Site Instructions

Log onto [|www.passagebank.com] At the top right of the main page, enter DEMO@linkit.com as the email address password: DEMO (password is case sensitive) Then, click the "Login" button to access your DEMO account. The demo is not time sensitive, however, the full menu of passages are not available Please visit sms Tech Solutions ... [|www.smstechsolutions] for the powerpoint presentation and pricing.

Answers to some of the questions: 1. How do you determine the grade level of the passages? Our content specialists (with 35 years of experience) have put the passages in recommended grade ranges. We are also in the process of lexiling all of our passages 2. Where do the passages come from? CCI/LinkIt (cciny.net) has created them as well as public domain content from famous authors. 3. Do you have any foreign language passages, now or in the future? Yes, and we can do surrently for a price. We can also license them to you and you can translate as well. We have a team of translators internally with a depth of experience in instructional programs for a variety of languages. 4. Are there future plans for including questions with the tests? Yes. Our goal is to build a community of users who can create questions and use with their assessments platforms or linkit's own free assessment platform, LinkIt Express. You will be able to tag the items to standards and skills and get reports accordingly by class, assessment and student. 5. How many passages per genre? Currently, 30 - 50 per genre, 29 genres with 1625 total passages. 6. What is the upload button on the site used for? Uploading your own passages 7. What happens when you convert from a demo to a paid subscriber? The access widens 8. How do you purchase? Please contact sms Tech Solutions - We can take a credit card, or a purchase order. 9. What is price? Teacher price is $20 per year Subscription Packages <5,000 Cost per Student Per Year $1.00 5,000 - 10,000 Cost per Student Per Year $0.90 10,000 - 25,000 Cost per Student Per Year $0.75 25,000 - 50,000 Cost per Student Per Year $0.50 50,000 - 100,000 Cost per Student Per Year $0.35 100,000 + Please ask for a quote

Let me know if you have questions. Thanks. Sally