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"Our test scores have risen significantly over the past two years while using LearningExpress Folio. I credit the diagnostic data available through the Folio program as having allowed us to pinpoint problem areas and to adjust our instruction accordingly."

—Norma Craig
Writing Coach
Miami Jackson Senior High


Five of the 30 largest school districts in the country are using Folio to inform writing instruction and enhance student performance. In 2006, the U.S. Department of Education and the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) selected Folio to be the writing outcome measure for the nation's largest Striving Readers Grant. With 200,000 student essays administered and scored nationwide, our state-specific Folio programs have achieved substantial results.


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Hand-Scored Writing Assessments

LearningExpress Folio™

LearningExpress Folio is an innovative, formative writing assessment program. Designed and implemented by LearningExpress and scored by Measurement Incorporated, Folio offers state-specific essay prompts that are hand scored by trained professionals—delivering an objective, highly reliable framework for measuring students' writing proficiency and informing instruction.

Folio offers customized prompts and scoring rubrics to meet district benchmark assessment needs. Because student essays are professionally hand scored in five days, Folio's extensive suite of online reports is quickly available to teachers and administrators to facilitate the continual evaluation of student progress and the efficacy of the writing curriculum.

The Folio Program includes:

  • Targeted writing assessments based on your state rubrics and standards, customized to meet your assessment needs
  • Paper-and-pencil or online administration that captures student work
  • Holistic and diagnostic scoring within five days by the nation's leading provider of professional hand-scoring services
  • Scoring that provides extensive data to make informed decisions at the district, school, and classroom levels
  • Powerful web-based reporting that provides holistic, diagnostic, comparative, and longitudinal reports to track student, school, and district progress
  • Authentic exemplars and detailed score explanations that enhance writing instruction
  • Portable online portfolios for each student
  • Professional Development with GraderPro™: the powerful, ground-breaking online professional development workshop that provides teachers with the training and practice they need to accurately score student writing