# Essential Skills Reviews
**Vendor:** Essential Skills  
**Category:** [Assessment Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/assessment)  
**Average Rating:** 3.8/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 2
## About Essential Skills
Essential Skills is an online learning provider for K-6, older remedial students, special education, ELL and response to intervention.




## Essential Skills Reviews
  ### 1. Customized instructions 

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** December 15, 2017

**What do you like best about Essential Skills?**

Being able to individualize instructions for classes and curriculum is nice to have. This software allows me to do just that. 

**What do you dislike about Essential Skills?**

I wish this program extended through 7-12, instead of K-6. 

**Recommendations to others considering Essential Skills:**

This software will help kids learn at a proper level and ease that they need in order to grow and learn. 

**What problems is Essential Skills solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Essential Skills allows students to learn at their own pace or learn in a way that best suites them. This helps kids and students to learn better and easier. Success rates are better now than without the program. 

  ### 2. Essential Skills is an evidence based tool that has helped me individualize planning.

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** December 07, 2017

**What do you like best about Essential Skills?**

Despite the internal protests, indiviualization is easily achieved.

**What do you dislike about Essential Skills?**

Can't really think of anything negative.  Perhaps the graphics could be a little more reflective of multicultural students.

**What problems is Essential Skills solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Reports are easily created to justify program initiative and the costs involved.



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## Essential Skills Features
**Assessment delivery**
- Question variety
- Real-time assessment
- Pre-made content

**Learning Content**
- Pre-made Content
- Aligned to Standards
- Multimedia Content
- Gamification

**Grading and reporting**
- Automated grading
- Gamification
- Analytics dashboard
- Reporting

**Personalization**
- Personalized Learning Paths
- Adaptive Learning
- Assessments

**Administration**
- White-labeling
- Mobile compatibility

**Reporting and Analytics**
- Analytics
- Integrations

**Agentic AI - Digital Learning Platforms**
- Cross-system Integration

**Special Education Feature Questions**
- Student Data Management
- IEP Creation
- Goals & Objectives Library
- File Sharing
- Meetings Tracking
- Medicaid Billing
- Regulatory Compliance
- Custom Workflows
- Reporting Capabilities
- Integrations / APIs

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