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Opening blurb rewording

I do not understand this sentence at all: "Insight forms out of Wireless Generation and focus on analytics." It is in the opening blurb. 128.211.178.16 (talk) 19:04, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Updates for lead, Company overview, and Tablet

Hi, I am working to update and improve the Amplify (company) article. Here are my suggestions:

  • The second paragraph of the lead states that News Corp sold Amplify in 2015 to Emerson Collective which is misleading since the company was sold to a team supported by a group of investors, one of which included Emerson Collective. Therefore, the language should be changed to more accurately reflect the facts and source, as follows (my suggested update is in bold):
News Corp sold Amplify in 2015 for an undisclosed sum to a management team supported by a group of private investors, including the Emerson Collective, a philanthropic organization founded by Laurene Powell Jobs.[1]
 Done STEMinfo (talk) 00:17, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This point and the fact that Larry Berger then became CEO should be included in the body of the article as well. Please add the following to the end of the third paragraph of the Company overview section:
In October 2015, News Corp sold Amplify to a management team supported by a group of private investors, including Emerson Collective. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Larry Berger became CEO.[2][3]
 Done STEMinfo (talk) 00:17, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please add information regarding the company's funding rounds to the end of the Company overview section:
In October 2021, Amplify raised $215 million in growth funding in a round led by Learn Capital and A-Street Ventures, in conjunction with Emerson Collective.[4]In May 2023, Amplify announced it had raised a Series C funding round led by Cox Enterprises to further its K-12 product offerings.[5][6]
 Done STEMinfo (talk) 00:17, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Additionally, Amplify Tablet has been discontinued since 2015 and the company no longer works in hardware production.[1] Given that the company's focus has been on curriculum and assessment for years and Amplify Tablet has its own article, this material is irrelevant to the company page. As such, please consider removing the Tablet section.
 Not done I moved the tablet info to history. Just because it's discontinued doesn't mean it's erased. But it doesn't need its own section. STEMinfo (talk) 00:17, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Nair, Arathy S; Baker, Liana B. (October 1, 2015). "News Corp sells digital education brand Amplify". Reuters.
  2. ^ Nair, Arathy S; Baker, Liana B. (October 1, 2015). "News Corp sells digital education brand Amplify". Reuters.
  3. ^ Baker, Liana B. (November 21, 2015). "Laurene Powell Jobs backs Amplify education company bought from News Corp". Reuters.
  4. ^ "Amplify Raises $215M in Growth Funding". Finmes.
  5. ^ Caffrey, Michelle. "K-12 Dealmaking: Substitute Teaching Startup Secures $38M; Amplify Raises Undisclosed Series C". EdWeek Market Brief.
  6. ^ "Amplify Raises Series C Funding". Finsmes.

Looking forward to collaborating with the community and appreciate assistance with these edits. Thank you, Mollyatamplify (talk) 14:21, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much, STEMinfo, for your assistance with the above edits as well as the additional work you did to improve the article. I am planning to put up some more suggestions in the near future and will keep you posted in case you'd like to have a look then. Thanks again! Mollyatamplify (talk) 14:11, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Updates for Company overview and Assessment

Hi, I have some suggestions for updating the Assessment section and improving the relevance and chronology of the article.

  • Please remove the second sentence in the paragraph ("Amplify also provides secure data hosting, reporting and management for educational institutions"), as the company no longer engages in these activities and the listed reference does not at all relate to what's written in the sentence.
 Not done I added an archived link to the NYT article and mentioned that this service was no longer available. Nerd271 (talk) 21:53, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please move the sentences in the same paragraph which relate to Amplify's old contracts with Smarter Balanced to the Company overview section (above the paragraph which begins, "In March 2013, ..."), as the content relates to past events which are long outdated. Please rewrite so that the sentences are listed in chronological order and replace the dead link (current ref 21) with a relevant source, as follows:
In 2012, Amplify signed a contract with Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium to develop reporting tools for teacher assessment. In 2013, the two signed a contract to create a digital library of formative assessment professional learning tools designed for Common Core State Standards teachers.[1] The library provided online access to teachers for formative test items and assessment tools.[2]
 Not done You will notice that in the introduction, Wireless Generation is also in bold. This means that the page for that company redirects to this one. Please verify by using the Wikipedia search box. Nevertheless, I have added the requested paragraph. Nerd271 (talk) 22:10, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please remove the last sentence in the section about data coaches in Delaware, as this is very outdated and related to the predecessor company, Wireless Generation.
 Not done As before, Wireless Generation redirects here. But I updated it to mention that it was offered by Wireless Generation but not by Amplify. Nerd271 (talk) 22:17, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please add the following to the end of the Assessment section:
1) Amplify's mCLASS assessments demonstrate the progress and skills of students learning to read. According to the company, the assessments offer useful information about the reading proficiency of students which teachers can use to adjust instruction plans accordingly.[3] Amplify mCLASS screens for the characteristics of Dyslexia.[4]
2) In June 2021, the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) in North Carolina engaged in a $14.5 million three-year contract with Amplify to use its mCLASS product.[5]
3) As of August 2022, mCLASS was administered to around 1.6 million students in about 35 states.[3]
 Done I made only some minor edits to the above sentences. Nerd271 (talk) 22:32, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Cavanagh, Sean (March 14, 2013). "Amplify Insight Wins Contract from Common-Core Testing Consortium". EdWeek Market Brief.
  2. ^ Schaffhauser, Dian (March 18, 2013). "Amplify Insight Creating Digital Library of Assessment Tools for Smarter Balanced". The Journal.
  3. ^ a b Fofaria, Rupen (August 28, 2022). "Elementary students made growth last year in skills that lead to reading proficiency, new data show". EdNC.
  4. ^ Griesbach, Rebecca (May 23, 2023). "Dyslexia advocates, parents warn against efforts to tweak Alabama reading program". AL.com.
  5. ^ Fofaria, Rupen (June 4, 2021). "DPI maps out science of reading plan and returns to Amplify's mCLASS tool to assess readers". EdNC.

Pinging STEMinfo as you have previously assisted with updates for this article. Thank you, Mollyatamplify (talk) 13:13, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much, Nerd271, for your work on the article. I noticed that the updated sentences relating to the Smarter Balanced contracts in the second point were moved to Company overview as requested, but still remain under Student assessment which seems redundant. If you agree, would you remove the second mention?
I hope to post another edit request with further updates soon and will be in touch then. Thanks again, Mollyatamplify (talk) 13:10, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have removed the repeated piece of information. Thank you for your feedback! Nerd271 (talk) 14:49, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Mollyatamplify (talk) 14:47, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Amplify_(company)