Are you looking for middle school assessment apps, tools, and resources that you can use with your students? If so, we have you covered. Check out our list below. Let us know if there are any that we missed.

Bamboozle– Bamboozle is a free educational game that can be used to test cooperation and knowledge among students. Students do not need to create accounts or login to play. It can be projected onto a smartboard or a monitor. Students can also use this app to assess their performance levels by themselves.

Zoom In– Zoom In includes 18 interactive, document-based inquiry units for American History classes. It is Zoom In’s goal to ensure that teachers are challenging students with authentic, engaging texts; working with students to write explanatory and argumentative essays; teaching debate with claims and counterclaims, and ensuring students use evidence, including period documents, to back up their ideas. Zoom In provides teachers with assessment tools such as interactive rubrics to give personalized writing feedback to students.

aPlus+ Results – aPlus+ Results presents accurate and up-to-date student assessment results and related achievement information. The interface is designed to provide relevant information and functionality customized for teachers, students, and administrators. It keeps educators up to date with the latest results and helps them identify areas where students need further development along with possible strategies.

Naiku Platform– Naiku Platform goes beyond traditional bubble sheet replacements for student assessments; students interactively communicate with the platform to completely digest the information that it passes. Every test becomes a lesson with the immediate feedback provided after each assessment session. This app features a confidence-based assessment, which lets students assign a score to the level of confidence they have in their answers. It also allows them to offer a valid reason for the response they provide. Student The reflection feature enables students to re-examine their choices after they receive their papers from their teachers; this helps them to internalize the results and the knowledge they have acquired.

Study Island – Study Island is an all-in-one practice website for students to work on literacy, math, science, and social studies skills. It is built specifically around state standards, so regardless of your school’s location, you can rest assured that the content and practice provided on the website will align with your classroom teaching. Study Island is a great tool to use for high stakes testing preparation and provides real-time progress monitoring for teachers and parents. Beyond simple practice, Study Island can also be incorporated into classroom lessons for formative assessment and differentiation. It even allows teachers to import NWEA MAP assessment information for individual students and calculates a targeted learning path to fill in knowledge gaps!

JoeZoo– JoeZoo is a grading and feedback app that helps teachers to make their feedback and grading to be more effective and hassle-free. It also guides students in developing 21st-century skills in all assignments without any hassle. JoeZoo is an AI (Artificial Intelligence) powered assessment app that was nominated for the 2015 Digital Innovation in Learning award.

EDaura – It is a mobile skill-based learning environment focused on improving learners’ skills through robust formative and summative assessments. EDaura allows educators to measure learning outcomes and abilities to help learners develop and improve throughout the course. It provides complete assignment management from the creation process to the correction and publishing final stage.

Spiral – With Spiral’s suite of free educational apps, teachers can transform their classroom into an interactive learning space. Apps can be used by the teacher to give quick formative assessments, help compile student portfolios, facilitate group projects, and turn any video into a live chat with discussion questions. Students simply need to have a device (smartphone, tablet, computer), and Spiral takes care of the rest, linking the devices and pushing out the teacher-designed content. Teachers can load pre-designed content or ask questions on the fly—Spiral can adapt to any teaching style. There is even a grade book section that teachers can use to document summative assessments, record student notes, and export to share with parents. Spiral can be applied across grade levels and with any subject.

Edgenuity’s UpSmart – Combining adaptive assessments with targeted instruction grounded in rigorous academic standards, UpSmart gives every student the specific instruction, practice, and support needed to master standards; and every teacher an opportunity to extend classroom instruction to meet the individual needs of each student, without adding time to their busy days. UpSmart is a student-centered, supplemental program for grades 6-8 in math and English language arts designed to prepare students for high-stakes tests, reinforce state standards with personalized and adaptive practice, assessments, and instruction, and provide ongoing data and analytics for educators, with standards-based reports that pinpoint specific skills.

Lexia PowerUp Literacy– Lexia^® PowerUp Literacy™ is made for middle school students to help them master their reading skills. Working with typical reading lessons, teachers can use this app to fill in learning gaps, allowing students to practice skills such as comprehension, analyzation, evaluation, and comparison. It allows for online and offline activity, to be available for all students’ learning needs and activity levels. This can be used in combination with Lexia^® Core5^® Reading and Lexia^® RAPID™ Assessment to optimize reading experiences and reading groups in schools.