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PowerSchool Assessment (Performance Matters)

More Assessment Power. Stronger Student Insights.

PowerSchool Assessment (Performance Matters) simplifies the student assessment process and gives educators the data insights they need to support learners better.

Connected Data for Better Decisions

Save Time on Assessments

Speed up assessment creation and delivery with pre-built item banks, collaborative assessments, generative AI, real-time reporting, and AI-powered rubric scoring.

Get a Fuller Picture of Each Student

Simplify workflows and analyze student data from multiple platforms in one place. Review assessment results alongside attendance, behavior, and other data.

Equip Educators to Pivot

Provide easy access to performance insights so educators can make confident decisions at the district, building, and classroom levels.

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See how Broward County uses PowerSchool Performance Matters to strengthen instruction and drive student achievement.

Turn Assessment into Action

Bring Student Data Together

See national, state, local, and teacher-created assessments alongside early warning data such as attendance, behavior information, grades, and more.

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Save Time with PowerBuddy AI

Easily generate assessment questions or passages aligned to learning standards. Leverage AI rubric scoring to assess free-response questions at scale.

500,000 Teachers Supported

Hit the Ground Running with Curated Resources

Kick-start your Performance Matters journey with our curated collection of item banks, pre-built assessments, and state-released item banks.

Assess Skills in the Moment

Monitor student growth with observational assessments that allow for real-time data capture and don’t disrupt learning.

What Educators Are Saying

“The most impactful platform we have implemented is Performance Matters . . . The reporting that comes from the embedded assessments is more powerful than anything we have seen previously . . . saving us all time and energy.”

Abby Blank
Instructional Technology Specialist, Mosbacher Odyssey Academy

Your Questions Answered

Does Performance Matters offer pre-built assessment content?

Yes. We believe that great assessment content is the fuel for your assessment engine. The PowerSchool Assessment Bundle offers the following:

Does Performance Matters provide reporting about standards attainment on assessments?

Advanced reporting allows viewing at the item level, assessment level, or student level as well as purpose-built standards reports to track standards progress over time.

We already give assessments through MAP or iReady. Why do I need Performance Matters?

Performance Matters provides the ability to administer classroom-level and common district assessment. Scores from other assessment systems can be ingested by Performance Matters as well, allowing for valuable analysis of data points from many different sources.

How does Performance Matters benefit us if we give assessments on paper?

By tagging test items to standards, teachers can track standards performance on a single assessment or through an aggregated view of standard performance over all delivered assessments.

Does Performance Matters leverage AI?

Yes. PowerBuddy AI workflows are built directly into Performance Matters. PowerBuddy helps educators create standards-aligned items, passages, and even full assessments quickly and easily. AI rubric scoring can grade essay-type questions to save time and make free-response assessment at scale achievable.

How do I find item bank coverage for my state?

We have coverage for all 50 states and a content team constantly working to ensure up-to-date coverage.

Does Performance Matters have features to support young learners?

Yes. Observational assessments in the classroom can be recorded into Performance Matters for analysis.

Do you offer a lockdown browser?

Yes. The Respondus lockdown browser is included with Performance Matters, along with a Kiosk Mode tool.

How does Performance Matters provide data to different education stakeholders?

Role-based permissions give different users access to the types of data necessary for their roles. Educators can analyze student performance on single assessments, standards performance, and the ability to compare multiple sets of data to get a 360° view of student achievement. Teachers, administrators, interventionists, instructional coaches, and district leaders all have access to data dashboards customized to their needs.

How does Performance Matters support students who need special accommodations?

Performance Matters includes built-in tools to support students on assessments. Accommodations can be set at the individual student level or on the assessments themselves. Read-aloud, translation, calculator, dictionary, Pictionary, and more are included to support students’ needs.

What types of assessments can be administered in Performance Matters?

Performance Matters supports online assessments with numerous automatically graded answer types, paper and pencil assessments, observational assessments, and performance-based assessments.

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Performance Matters Brings Together Assessment and Instruction

Performance Matters connects with PowerSchool SIS, Schoology Learning, and Curriculum & Instruction to bring assessment and instruction together. Data flows automatically between systems, reducing manual work and giving educators the insights they need, where they need them.

Build an Assessment Strategy that Moves the Needle

Give your team the tools to assess smarter and act faster with confidence.