Built by educators. Designed for every learner.

Assessment that sees how students actually think

Ripa Elevate is an adaptive platform for middle school students, including those with different learning needs, that measures real ability, real-world skills, and independent thinking.

7
Skill categories
4
Adaptive levels
200+
Questions

Assessment framework developed with Michelle Ripa, M.S., CCC-SLP, Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist

Level 3 reached: Independent
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Life Skills · Money

You have $20 for groceries. Milk is $3.50, bread is $2.75, eggs are $4.00. How much will you have left?

A$8.25
$9.75
C$10.25
Adaptive engine calibrating Difficulty → Level 3
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The Problem

Traditional tests measure the wrong things

Schools have spent decades measuring students against a narrow set of academic benchmarks: right or wrong, above or below grade level. For students who learn differently, this doesn't just miss the mark. It misses the student entirely.

Ripa Elevate was built to change that, by two people who watched it fail from inside the system.

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Students has a learning or thinking difference that standard tests aren't designed for
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Of traditional assessments measure real-world life skills or independent functioning
The gap
A student can fail a standardized test and still be capable of navigating their life, and vice versa. Current assessments cannot tell the difference. Ripa Elevate can.
Life Skills: A Core Category

Real questions about the real world

Traditional assessments skip the most important question: can this student navigate their life? Ripa Elevate treats life skills as a primary category, not a footnote.

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Financial Literacy
Purchases, change, budgeting
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Social Understanding
Reading situations, responding appropriately
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Decision-Making
Choosing the best course of action
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Time & Planning
Managing schedules and priorities
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Safety Awareness
Recognizing risk, knowing when to seek help
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What You Get

One subscription. Everything you need for your child's IEP.

Other tools make you pay for assessments, reports, and prep separately. Ripa Elevate includes everything in one place for $49/month.

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Adaptive Assessment

Your child answers questions in 7 skill areas. The questions get harder when they answer correctly and easier when they struggle. This finds exactly where your child is, not where a grade level says they should be. Takes about 15 minutes.

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IEP-Ready Report

After each assessment, you get a full report written in plain language that explains what your child can do, what they need help with, and exactly what to say at your next IEP meeting. Every question is shown with your child's answer.

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IEP Meeting Prep Kit

Your report includes a ready-to-use statement for the IEP document, suggested goals in the format schools use, specific questions to ask the team, and a parent concern letter you can send before the meeting. No other tool gives you all of this.

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Accommodation Suggestions

Based on how your child used hints and read-aloud during the assessment, we suggest specific classroom accommodations you can request. You get the exact words to use at the meeting, like "Can my child have text-to-speech access?"

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Practice Mode

Between assessments, your child can practice any category at their level. Practice mode is ungraded and pressure-free. It builds confidence and skills so the next assessment shows real growth.

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Growth Tracking

Reassess every 30 days. Your dashboard shows how your child's scores change over time with a visual timeline. Walk into your IEP meeting and say "my child went from 45% to 72% in 3 months" with data to prove it.

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Full Skill Profile

Assess multiple categories and get a radar chart showing your child's strengths and gaps across all 7 areas. Print one page that gives the IEP team the complete picture. No other parent tool does this for life skills.

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IEP Goal Tracker

Enter your child's actual IEP goals from school. Ripa Elevate automatically compares assessment results against those goals and shows you the gap: "Goal: 70%. Current: 58%. Gap: 12 points." You will always know where your child stands.

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Share with Your Team

Send a read-only link to your child's teacher, therapist, or IEP team. They can view the full report without creating an account. Add your own parent observations about what you see at home. Available in English and Spanish.

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The Level System

Levels, not grades. Growth, not comparison.

Students are never ranked against each other. Each level describes how independently they can think and function.

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Supported
Demonstrates understanding with structured support and guided steps.
Approx. Gr. 3–5 functional range
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Developing
Works through problems with occasional hints, building toward independence.
Approx. Gr. 5–7 functional range
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Independent
Navigates most tasks without support, demonstrating reliable reasoning.
Approx. Gr. 7–9 functional range
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Advanced
Applies skills flexibly across novel contexts with self-directed thinking.
Gr. 9+ functional range

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