{"id":456,"date":"2013-07-27T21:07:56","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T01:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.helpteaching.com\/blog\/?p=456"},"modified":"2013-08-17T17:20:07","modified_gmt":"2013-08-17T21:20:07","slug":"test-designer-is-now-help-teaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.helpteaching.com\/blog\/test-designer-is-now-help-teaching.html","title":{"rendered":"Test Designer is now Help Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re excited to announce that Test Designer is now\u00a0Help Teaching<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Why We’re Changing our name to HelpTeaching.com<\/h3>\n

TestDesigner.com launched in 2005 as a test maker tool, with a little over 100 questions across a dozen subject areas. When we first launched, we faced a classic chicken-and-egg problem – the platform needed content to be successful but didn’t yet have users to add that content. Fast forward to 2011 – the site had over 50,000 public questions across more than 300 topics and over 100,000 users worldwide. With all of the questions we had, we thought it only made sense to create a library of free printables. To give back to the community, we added free printables in December 2011. Printables, of course, turned out to be hugely popular with our members. So in the last 18 months, we have added hundreds of new worksheets and activities to our site.<\/p>\n

Due to our expanded offerings, the original site name no longer represented all we had to offer and didn’t connect with our primary audience. Test Designer now offers numerous resources for teachers, homeschoolers and educators of all types designed to help them with teaching, hence the new name \u2013 Help Teaching.<\/p>\n

What’s Next?<\/h3>\n

Where to begin? With the Common Core State Standards, of course! We are working aggressively to align our existing content to the CCSS and adding new content across the ELA and Math standards. We have an ambitious goal to have all standards covered for the start of the 2013-2014 school year.<\/p>\n

And we\u2019re not stopping there! We thought, \u201cWhy not use our extensive library of images and add other resources besides worksheets?\u201d As a result, we will be adding study guides, games and lesson plans in the coming months.<\/p>\n

We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you. Thank you so, so much for helping us grow by providing your feedback and offering your support over the last 7 years.\u00a0Test Designer was something special, and, with your continued help and support,\u00a0Help Teaching<\/a>\u00a0will be something even more special. As always, you can find us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, Google+<\/a>, and Pinterest<\/a>, or just send us an email to support at testdesigner.com<\/p>\n

With hugs, love, and gratitude,<\/p>\n

Lilia Tovbin<\/p>\n

Founder, Tribrio Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re excited to announce that Test Designer is now\u00a0Help Teaching! Why We’re Changing our name to HelpTeaching.com TestDesigner.com launched in 2005 as a test maker tool, with a little over 100 questions across a dozen subject areas. When we first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n