Focusing on strengths helps students have positive attitudes toward learning, helps teachers have higher expectations of their students, and leads to better learning outcomes.
Giving students a platform that guides them in developing a deeper level of agency and exercising their voice and choice will actively engage them in their own learning.
Personalized SMART Goals encourage students to make choices about which skills they want to develop and which goals they want to set. By becoming a more self-directed learner, students can acquire a sense of self-worth that holds strong throughout their academic journey.
The DESSA Student Self-Report is the only student-rated assessment that gives students their results immediately followed by gamified Challenges and Goal Setting opportunities to build upon those results!
Within a class period, our educators can have reliable data to quickly start reinforcing strengths, help students set goals, build positive relationships with peers and teachers, and get inspired to learn.
An Updates and Attachments feature allows student-teacher communication right within the Aperture Student Portal, and student progress is automatically tracked as they complete the Challenges and SMART Goals.
A Youth Advisory Board provided middle and high school student testing and feedback at every stage of the Student Self-Report development in order to present a platform that is authentic and engaging to students.
This strength-based, student-facing assessment, available in a high school edition and a middle school edition, guides students in developing a deeper level of agency, exercising their voice and choice to actively engage in their own learning.
High School Student Self-Report
Grades 9-12
Middle School Student Self-Report
Grades 6-8
The Aperture Student Self-Report is the only student-facing assessment that readily shows students their Top Skills and relative strengths once they have completed the assessment. Calling out Top Skills builds student confidence, helps students feel engaged in their own development, and gives them the information they need to make choices about which skills they want to further develop.
Through suggested challenges, the Aperture Student Portal encourages students to keep building their strengths.
The interactive challenges are designed to make leaning fun and to impart a sense of pride and accomplishment, leaving students motivated to stay the course.
With SMART Goals, students are encouraged to create personal goals that are relevant and energizing to them. Nine different goal categories, including healthy habits, academics, and more! Setting and fulfilling these intentional plans promotes goal-directed behavior and self-efficacy.
At Aperture, we are committed to meeting our users where they are and building inclusive products that fit their needs. That's why we formed our Youth Advisory Board, a group of diverse students who tested and provided feedback at every stage of Student Self-Report development.
Engaging with these students means we are better equipped to understand their needs and expectations and to develop features that are relevant, user-friendly, and aligned to their preferences.
