6 Reasons to Love Finch
Assessment made easier
Finch adds two assessment tools that children can use independently, relieving reliance on teacher observations alone for evidence of learning and development.
Game-based and age-appropriate
Child-facing formative games capture developmental data directly in just 5 minutes of play per child per week.
Literacy and dyslexia screener
An integrated literacy screener with automated speech recognition helps identify children who are at risk for reading difficulties and/or dyslexia, allowing for early intervention.
Individualized learning made easier
Deeper, data-driven insights and automatic recommendations go beyond measurement to help teachers more easily individualize instruction for each child.
Uniquely comprehensive data
Multiple sources of evidence offer a fuller picture of each child’s progress and increase the quality of developmental data.
English and Spanish available
Our game-based assessment tool has English and Spanish options to help fuel high-quality data.
Finch FAQs
Finch includes two child-facing, game-based assessment tools —formative games and a literacy screener —which are aligned to the Objectives for Development and Learning and deeply integrated with GOLD.
- The literacy screener is designed for children ages 4 to 6.
- The game-based formative assessment is designed for children ages 3 to 6.
Yes, our new universal literacy screener identifies children who may be at risk for early reading challenges, including dyslexia.
Our child-facing game-based assessment tool captures developmental data directly through just 5 minutes of play per child per week.
Yes, using Finch together with GOLD increases the quality of developmental data by leveraging multiple sources of evidence and adding both child-facing and literacy-focused screening that go beyond teacher observation. It has also been validated by peer-reviewed research to reduce the risk of observational bias by getting data directly from children.