The only schoolwide assessment that objectively measures student learning strengths

Cognitive skills are the best predictor of academic outcomes. Learning scientists show cognitive skills explain over 50% of the variability in student achievement, significantly higher than any other known factor. With MindPrint, teachers know why students aren't succeeding and how to support them.
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Crystal Braswell
Little Rock Public Schools Vice Principal
MindPrint is many things but above all else it is a new lens. A new lens on our students. A new lens on our teachers. A new lens on ourselves. You wonder about your kids, and then you get the results. It's like putting on the perfect pair of glasses -- all of a sudden, "Boom it's all clear." That's what it's like with MindPrint. Seriously folks, this is game-changing. Game-changing.

MindPrint Assessment

Our assessment is online and self-administered for easy individual or group administration at any location, and at any time. The assessment was developed through a National Institute of Health research grant at the University of Pennsylvania's Pereleman School of Medicine in collaboration with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the #2 ranked children's hospital in the US.

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100,000+
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MindPrint Profile

Strengths-Based Approach to Learning

At the core of our solution is the MindPrint profile which identifies a student's learning strengths in straight-forward terminology with actionable next steps to support academic and social emotional growth across subjects.
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Cognitive Skills

MindPrint provides objective measures across core domains of executive functions, complex reasoning, memory, and speed so teachers know how to support students by subject.

Complex Reasoning

Complex Reasoning is your ability to understand and analyze new information, and solve problems.

Verbal Reasoning

Understanding and applying what you read and hear.

Verbal Reasoning is important for:

Inferential Reasoning
Reading Comprehension
Reading Fluency
Semantic Knowledge
Vocabulary
Writing

Abstract Reasoning

Understanding non-language-based information, including images, numbers, shapes, patterns, and challenging concepts.

Abstract Reasoning is important for:

Advanced Math
Computational Thinking
Engineering
Inferential Reasoning
Physics
Science

Spatial Perception

Visualizing and understanding how objects relate in space.

Spatial Perception is important for:

Art
Design
Engineering
Geometry
Physics
Visual Processing

Memory

Memory is how easily you can store new information and efficiently recall it at a future time.

Verbal Memory

Remembering what you read or hear.

Verbal Memory is important for:

Math Facts
Math Operations
Reading Fluency
Semantic Knowledge
Sight Words
Vocabulary

Visual Memory

Remembering formulas, figures, and pictures or other non-language-based information.

Visual Memory is important for:

Art
Design
Math Facts
Math Operations
Science
Sight Words

Executive Functions

EF refer to how efficiently you can complete your assignments (regardless of how well you know and understand the information).

Attention

Sustaining focus to work accurately and efficiently.

Attention is important for:

Conscientiousness
Focus
Following Directions
Follow-Through
Impulsivity
Self-Regulation

Working Memory

Juggling information in your head for multi-step problem solving or tasks.

Working Memory is important for:

Conscientiousness
Following Directions
Organization
Planning
Problem Solving
Self-Management

Flexible Thinking

Adapting to unfamiliar information or situations.

Flexible Thinking is important for:

Adaptability
Collaboration
Computational Thinking
Decision-Making
Problem Solving
Relationship Skills

Speed

Speed is how efficiently you work to complete assignments thoughtfully within the expected time.

Processing Speed

Responding by balancing speed and accuracy.

Processing Speed is important for:

Class Participation
Focus
Follow-Through
Listening
Note-Taking
Standardized Test-Taking

Visual Motor Speed

The rate of seeing and physically responding.

Visual Motor Speed is important for:

Handwriting
Note-Taking
Standardized Test-Taking
Dr. Jess Gropen
Senior Research Scientist at CAST
MindPrint's ability to show such high levels of predictability is unprecedented in K-12. Now that we can pinpoint the reasons for students’ challenges in areas of cognition, engagement or social-emotional skills, we have the capability to dramatically improve outcomes for students at all achievement levels.

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Research & Efficacy

MindPrint's cognitive screener was developed by neuroscientists at University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine through a National Institutes of Health grant. This online assessment is so reliable and efficient NASA uses it to test the astronauts during long-duration space flights.

Research Brief: Post Pandemic Brain Changes: The Reason Students (and Teachers) Aren’t Fully Recovered from the Pandemic

This cross-sectional study including 35K students' MindPrint pre and post pandemic data highlights how students across all age and SES groups showed declines in all facets of cognitive skills (complex reasoning, memory, and executive functions) with potentially large implications for instructional changes.

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Linking Study: The Correlation Between the MindPrint Cognitive Assessment and NWEA MAP Growth Assessment

The MindPrint assessment significantly predicts student outcomes on the NWEA MAP Growth assessment, explaining 51+% of Mathematics performance and 46-64% of Reading in grades 3-12.

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Linking Study: The Correlation Between the MindPrint Cognitive Assessment and the South Carolina College-and Career-Ready Assessments (SC READY)

The MindPrint assessment predicts student outcomes on the SC READY assessment, accounting for performance on Mathematics (50%) and English Language Arts (52%).

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Linking Study: The Correlation Between the MindPrint Cognitive Assessment and the Wisconsin Student Assessment System (WSAS)

The MindPrint assessment predicts student outcomes on the Wisconsin Student Assessment System, accounting for performance on Mathematics (47%) and English Language Arts (42%).

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Research Brief: Validation and Efficacy Outcomes of Integrating Measures of SEL and Cognitive Skills to Support Academic Intervention

Independent 3rd party research by CAST, funded through NSF SBIR -233197, demonstrates the validity and reliability of MindPrint’s BOOST Yourself Survey of growth mindset and self-efficacy. Efficacy results show growth in student math and reading achievement after using MindPrint’s BOOST Yourself Course.

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Linking Study: The Correlation Between the MindPrint Cognitive Assessment and the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA)

The MindPrint assessment predicts student outcomes on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment, accounting for performance on Mathematics (44%), English Language Arts (40%), and Science (41%).

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Linking Study: New Jersey Student Learning Assessments (NJSLA) and MindPrint Assessment

The MindPrint assessment predicts student outcomes on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment, accounting for performance on Mathematics (58%), English Language Arts (52%), and Science (66%).

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Evidence for Efficacy: Increases in Students’ Math and Reading Scores with MindPrint’s BOOST Yourself Course

Initial results show 10+% more students meet academic growth goals after actively participating in MindPrint's BOOST Yourself course.. Students maintained higher growth for a full-term after course completion.

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Evidence of Efficacy: Improvements in Teacher and Student Self-Efficacy After Understanding MindPrint Cognitive Profiles

Preliminary results of research led by Digital Promise and funded by the Walton Family Foundation show that using student cognitive data can improve self-efficacy in students and teachers.

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MindPrint Improves Teacher Efficacy and Student Outcomes

Efficacy research from Digital Promise and CAST shows teachers value MindPrint significantly more than other new initiatives leading to improved teacher effectiveness and 10-15% more students exceeding growth targets in math and reading in just one semester.

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Validity and Reliability: Evidence for MindPrint Cognitive Assessment in Educational Contexts for Students Ages 8-21

MindPrint was developed to measure performance across a range of neurobehavioral domains using a computerized neurocognitive battery. The assessment can meet the growing demand for efficient and reliable methods of measuring a student's cognitive abilities.

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White Paper: What Works in Professional Learning? Using Cognitive Data to Improve Teacher Performance

Digital Promise research, sponsored by a Walton Family Foundation grant, is ongoing to demonstrate the effect of the MindPrint Solution on teacher efficacy and student outcomes.

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White Paper: Using Cognitive Data to Accelerate Outcomes in High-Dosage Tutoring

High-dosage tutoring is one of the most effective ways to produce learning gains for a broad variety of students. MindPrint can enable schools to scale high-dosage tutoring affordably while adhering to core principles outlined by Brown University's Annenberg Center.

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Research Brief: The Link between Cognitive Skills and College Majors and Career Choices

This paper summarizes how MindPrint skills correlate to the key findings of Intellectual Precocity: What Have We Learned Since Terman? MindPrint skills correlate longitudinally with academic and career achievement across student sub-populations, and suggest implications for educational and counselor interventions to support students based on their MindPrint Profiles.

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Validity and Reliability: Evidence Supporting the MindPrint Solution in Academic Contexts

This third party research, funded by NSF Grant 2133397, establishes the validity and reliability of MindPrint's social-emotional screener of eight core skill constructs. The MindPrint Cognitive Assessment, in combination with demographic variables and the social-emotional screener, explained 64% of the variance in NWEA MAP Growth scores.

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White Paper: An Effective Comprehensive Assessment System: The Case for Adding Cognitive Assessment

This paper details how cognitive assessments offer the unique capacity to objectively and efficiently pinpoint the reasons for variability in performance across traditional assessments, thus making data interpretation straightforward for key stakeholders.

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Foundational Research: A cognitive neuroscience based computerized battery for efficient measurement of individual differences: Standardization and initial construct validation

This paper details the methodology behind the development of the MindPrint Assessment and provides reliability and validity evidence.

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Validity and Reliability: Psychometric properties of the Penn Computerized Neurocognitive Battery

This paper provides validity evidence for the MindPrint Assessment, supporting its feasibility for large-scale use cases.

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Research Brief & NSF Final Report: Enhanced MindPrint Profiles: Integrating cognitive and self-regulatory strategies to improve mathematical outcomes

This report summarizes the findings from Phase I of MindPrint's NSF SBIR grant. It provides reliability and validity evidence for MindPrint’s social and emotional skills assessment, and shows that the MindPrint Assessment and the social and emotional skills assessment account for nearly 64% of the variance in NWEA MAP Growth scores.

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Validity and Reliability: Development and Validation of the Cognition Test Battery for Spaceflight

The same cognitive assessment used by MindPrint was used to understand the impacts of long-duration spaceflight in the seminal NASA Twins study.

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Foundational White Paper: Scalable Implementation of Learning Sciences Using the MindPrint Cognitive Assessment Solution

This whitepaper details the MindPrint Theory of Action and direct connection to improve academic and social and emotional outcomes.

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Karen Gartland
Math Curriculum Director Groton-Dunstable Regional School District, MA
I don't think I've ever seen a test that kids can take that gives you more information about them. Unlike other tests, MindPrint actually helps you understand the deeper recesses of a child's mind. I haven't seen anything close to it in my 41 years in education.

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