The Advisory Teaching Service

Partner with a Calvert Advisory Teacher for Better Results

Students enrolled in the Calvert Advisory Teaching Service (ATS) are assigned an Advisory Teacher who provides evaluations of your child’s work in all subjects, including detailed feedback on composition, mechanics, and processing skills. Students receive a personal letter with each set of corrected tests providing additional motivation and support.

Enrollment in the Advisory Teaching Service (ATS) begins a partnership that will reinforce and support your home school journey. ATS boosts your confidence as a Learning Guide and gives you another supportive voice in your child’s education.

Guiding your child through their academic journey is what you do best, supporting you and motivating your child is what Calvert’s ATS Teachers do best.

Enrolling in ATS adds these valuable features and benefits to your home school experience:

• An assigned ATS Teacher who sees your child through completion of his or her course, enabling the teacher to develop an understanding of your child’s academic development
• A personal letter from your child’s Advisory Teacher sent with every set of corrected tests
• An evaluation of your child’s work in all subjects in relation to a peer group
• Detailed feedback on composition, mechanics, and processing skills
• Motivation and encouragement for your child to do his or her best work
• Suggestions for improved study and insightful comments
• A partner to reinforce the observations and instructional priorities that you, the Home Teacher, have set for your child
• A certificate of completion and a transcript (available upon request)

The ATS Placement Process

ATS enrollment for the first time in Fourth through Eighth Grades requires students to complete Calvert’s free placement test prior to enrollment. A Placement Counselor will contact your and be available to discuss test results with you.

Online Resources Included in ATS Enrollment

NEW! Express ATS
Available at no additional charge is the option of submitting ATS tests electronically. Students in Grades First through Eighth may choose to scan and e-mail their ATS tests, saving both time and postage. The improved turn-around time helps keep your child on course.

Grammar Review Sessions
Fourth through Eighth Grade students enjoy the added benefit of prerecorded grammar review sessions, included every ten lessons. These review sessions help you ensure that your child understands the grammar concepts presented in the core instruction. Delivered by a Calvert Instructor, the review sessions are invaluable for ATS test preparation and concept mastery.

Online Practice Tests
Included in Third through Eighth Grades, the online practice tests help further prepare your student for the ATS test. They feature questions from our core curriculum Calvert Test Series and are automatically graded online, allowing you to determine areas needing more review.

Online Grade Book
Monitor your student’s achievement through the ATS online grade book. ATS test results are posted after the test is returned for easy tracking. The grade book is accessible through your Online Parent Learning Guide Portal.

Read-Aloud ATS
Now you have the option of having your Advisory Teacher listen to your First, Second, or Third Grade student read using the Read-Aloud ATS feature. Using Calvert-provided technology, simply record your early reader on your computer (a microphone is required). Your Advisory Teacher will listen to your child reading an assigned passage and provide feedback on fluency, pronunciation, and expression.

ATS Online for Calvert Interactive Students
ATS Online allows Calvert Interactive students to save postage, paper, and time. Available exclusively as part of the Calvert Interactive program, students take modified online ATS tests that provide feedback with improved turn-a-round time. Your Advisory Teacher still reviews all parts of the test and provides the same constructive feedback.