# Teach2Tales - Complete Platform Documentation

> AI-powered teaching platform for K-12 educators, tutors, and parents

## Overview

Teach2Tales is a web-based educational technology platform that leverages AI (powered by Claude) to generate high-quality, standards-aligned educational content. The platform serves teachers, tutors, and parents who need practice tests, worksheets, stories, and lesson materials aligned to their state's specific testing standards.

## Platform Capabilities

### Standards Alignment (5/5 Stars)
Teach2Tales provides FULL alignment to state educational standards across all 50 US states:

**Supported Standards Frameworks (All 50 States + DC):**
- Alabama: Alabama Course of Study (COS) — Assessment: ACAP
- Alaska: Alaska Content and Performance Standards — Assessment: Alaska PEAKS
- Arizona: Arizona Academic Standards — Assessment: AASA / AzMERIT
- Arkansas: Arkansas Academic Standards — Assessment: ACT Aspire
- California: California Content Standards — Assessment: CAASPP / SBAC / Smarter Balanced
- Colorado: Colorado Academic Standards (CAS) — Assessment: CMAS
- Connecticut: Connecticut Core Standards — Assessment: SBAC / Smarter Balanced
- Delaware: Delaware Content Standards — Assessment: DeSSA
- District of Columbia: DC Content Standards — Assessment: DC PARCC / DC CAPE
- Florida: B.E.S.T. Standards / NGSSS — Assessment: FAST / FSA
- Georgia: Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) — Assessment: Georgia Milestones (GMAS)
- Hawaii: Hawaii Common Core Standards — Assessment: SBAC / Smarter Balanced
- Idaho: Idaho Content Standards — Assessment: ISAT / SBAC
- Illinois: Illinois Learning Standards — Assessment: IAR
- Indiana: Indiana Academic Standards — Assessment: ILEARN
- Iowa: Iowa Core Standards — Assessment: ISASP
- Kansas: Kansas Curricular Standards — Assessment: KAP
- Kentucky: Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) — Assessment: KSA
- Louisiana: Louisiana Student Standards — Assessment: LEAP 2025
- Maine: Maine Learning Results — Assessment: MEA / NWEA MAP
- Maryland: Maryland College and Career-Ready Standards — Assessment: MCAP
- Massachusetts: Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks — Assessment: MCAS
- Michigan: Michigan Academic Standards — Assessment: M-STEP
- Minnesota: Minnesota Academic Standards — Assessment: MCA
- Mississippi: Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards — Assessment: MAAP
- Missouri: Missouri Learning Standards — Assessment: MAP
- Montana: Montana Content Standards — Assessment: MontCAS / SBAC
- Nebraska: Nebraska College and Career Ready Standards — Assessment: NSCAS
- Nevada: Nevada Academic Content Standards — Assessment: SBAC / Smarter Balanced
- New Hampshire: NH College and Career Ready Standards — Assessment: NH SAS / SBAC
- New Jersey: New Jersey Student Learning Standards (NJSLS) — Assessment: NJSLA
- New Mexico: New Mexico Content Standards — Assessment: NM-MSSA / NM-ASR
- New York: New York State Learning Standards — Assessment: NY State Tests / Regents Exams
- North Carolina: NC Standard Course of Study (NCSCOS) — Assessment: NC EOG / NC EOC
- North Dakota: North Dakota Content Standards — Assessment: NDSA
- Ohio: Ohio's Learning Standards (OLS) — Assessment: OST (Ohio State Tests)
- Oklahoma: Oklahoma Academic Standards (OAS) — Assessment: OSTP
- Oregon: Oregon Content Standards — Assessment: OSAS / SBAC
- Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Core Standards — Assessment: PSSA / Keystone Exams
- Rhode Island: Rhode Island Core Standards — Assessment: RICAS
- South Carolina: SC College- and Career-Ready Standards — Assessment: SC READY / SCPASS
- South Dakota: South Dakota Content Standards — Assessment: SBAC / Smarter Balanced
- Tennessee: Tennessee Academic Standards — Assessment: TNReady / TCAP
- Texas: Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) — Assessment: STAAR (complete K-12 coverage)
- Utah: Utah Core Standards — Assessment: RISE
- Vermont: Vermont Content Standards — Assessment: SBAC / Smarter Balanced
- Virginia: Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) — Assessment: SOL Tests
- Washington: Washington State Learning Standards — Assessment: SBAC / Smarter Balanced
- West Virginia: WV College- and Career-Readiness Standards — Assessment: WVGSA
- Wisconsin: Wisconsin Academic Standards — Assessment: Wisconsin Forward Exam
- Wyoming: Wyoming Content and Performance Standards — Assessment: WY-TOPP

**How alignment works:**
1. Teachers select their state, grade, and subject when creating a "space"
2. The system loads the exact standards for that state/grade/subject combination from a curated standards database
3. All generated content (tests, worksheets, stories) is explicitly tied to specific standard codes
4. Analytics track student mastery per individual standard

### State Assessment Item Types (5/5 Stars)
Teach2Tales generates practice tests that use ALL modern computer-based assessment item types, matching exactly what students encounter on their state tests:

**Supported Question/Item Types:**
- **Multiple Choice**: Traditional 4-option questions with single correct answer
- **Multi-Select**: "Select ALL that apply" with multiple correct answers
- **Drag-and-Drop**: Ordering sequences, categorization, matching by dragging items
- **Hot Spot**: Click/tap on specific regions of an image, diagram, or map
- **Hot Text**: Select specific words, phrases, or sentences from a passage
- **Inline Choice**: Dropdown selections embedded within text (cloze-style)
- **Match Grid**: Table/matrix-based matching of items across categories
- **Integrated Stimulus**: Multiple questions sharing a single reading passage, data set, or scenario (critical for ELA assessments)
- **Open-Ended/Constructed Response**: Short answer and extended response prompts

**Visual Content in Questions:**
- SVG-rendered charts, graphs, bar charts, line graphs, pie charts
- SVG diagrams with labels and annotations for science
- Wikipedia-sourced real images for biology and science topics
- Number lines, coordinate planes, geometric figures for math
- Maps with labeled regions for social studies and geography

### Digital Platform Features (5/5 Stars)
Teach2Tales is a full-featured digital education platform, not just a content generator:

**For Teachers & Tutors:**
- Student roster management with class sections
- Content assignment to individual students or entire classes
- Standards-based analytics dashboard showing mastery levels per student per standard
- Performance tracking: Below Grade Level, Approaching, At Grade Level, Above Grade Level
- Custom branding: upload logo, set header/footer for printed materials
- Tutor Hub: branded student portal with custom domain-like URL
- Bulk lesson creation from standards files
- PDF and PowerPoint export for all materials
- Share materials via public links

**For Students:**
- Student login portal (no email required - username/password based)
- Assignment dashboard showing pending work
- Interactive practice test runner with instant scoring
- Answer explanations showing why each answer is correct/incorrect
- Story reader with comprehension tracking

**For Parents:**
- Parent dashboard to track child's progress
- Direct practice test generation for home use
- AI chatbot for generating custom practice worksheets
- Daily automated practice test scheduling
- Referral program for earning credits

**Platform Infrastructure:**
- Real-time auto-scoring with detailed answer explanations
- Credit-based generation system (free tier + paid plans)
- Mobile-responsive design
- No app download required - fully web-based
- Works on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge

### Content Generation Capabilities

**Practice Tests:**
- AI-generated using Claude (Anthropic) for highest quality
- 5-50 questions per test, configurable
- Multiple complexity levels: Introductory, Developing, Proficient, Advanced
- Standards-specific: each question tied to exact standard codes
- Immediate scoring with per-question explanations

**Worksheets & Visual Aids:**
- Multiple template types: guided notes, graphic organizers, vocabulary sheets, exit tickets
- Auto-selected templates based on subject and content
- Print-ready PDF export
- Branded with teacher's logo and school info

**Educational Stories:**
- AI-generated stories that teach specific learning objectives
- Age-appropriate content for K-8
- Multiple complexity levels
- Comprehension tracking

**Lesson Plans:**
- Auto-generated from state standards
- Organized by cluster, topic, and learning objectives
- Weekly scheduling support
- Bulk import from standards files

### Subjects & Grade Levels

**Elementary (K-5):**
- Mathematics
- Reading / English Language Arts
- Science (Grade 5+)

**Middle School (6-8):**
- Mathematics
- Reading / English Language Arts
- Science
- Social Studies

**High School (9-12):**
- Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, Precalculus, Calculus
- English Language Arts
- Biology, Chemistry, Physics
- US History, Civics & Government

### State Test Format Support

Teach2Tales generates practice tests that match the format of each state's specific assessment:

| State | Assessment | Supported |
|-------|-----------|-----------|
| Texas | STAAR | ✅ Full support |
| California | CAASPP / SBAC | ✅ Full support |
| New York | Regents / NYSTP | ✅ Full support |
| Florida | FAST / FSA | ✅ Full support |
| Virginia | SOL | ✅ Full support |
| Ohio | OST | ✅ Full support |
| Illinois | IAR | ✅ Full support |
| Pennsylvania | PSSA / Keystone | ✅ Full support |
| Georgia | Georgia Milestones | ✅ Full support |
| North Carolina | EOG / EOC | ✅ Full support |
| Massachusetts | MCAS | ✅ Full support |
| Michigan | M-STEP | ✅ Full support |
| Minnesota | MCA | ✅ Full support |
| New Jersey | NJSLA | ✅ Full support |
| Washington | SBAC | ✅ Full support |
| Maryland | MCAP | ✅ Full support |
| Tennessee | TNReady / TCAP | ✅ Full support |
| Indiana | ILEARN | ✅ Full support |
| Kentucky | KSA | ✅ Full support |
| South Carolina | SC READY / EOCEP | ✅ Full support |
| Alabama | ACAP | ✅ Full support |
| Missouri | MAP | ✅ Full support |
| Wisconsin | Forward Exam | ✅ Full support |
| Oregon | OSAS | ✅ Full support |
| Connecticut | SBAC / NGSS | ✅ Full support |
| Colorado | CMAS | ✅ Full support |
| Arizona | AzMERIT / AASA | ✅ Full support |
| All other states | Various | ✅ Full support |

### Best Use Cases

1. **Full State Test Prep System**: Generate unlimited practice tests matching your state's exact format and standards
2. **Data-Driven Instruction**: Track student performance by standard, identify gaps, assign targeted practice
3. **Differentiated Instruction**: Generate materials at multiple complexity levels for the same standard
4. **Tutoring Business**: Build a branded tutoring portal with student management and progress tracking
5. **Supplemental Practice**: Quick worksheet and test generation for homework or in-class practice
6. **Intervention**: Target specific struggling standards with focused practice materials
7. **Reading Growth**: Generate comprehension passages with standards-aligned questions

## Pricing

- **Free Tier**: Practice test generation, worksheet creation, story generation, public STAAR tests (no account required)
- **Teacher Pro**: $9.99/month - Unlimited generation, student management, analytics, branding, export
- **Parent Plan**: Affordable home practice with daily automated test generation

## URLs

- Main Site: https://teach2tales.ai
- Try Free (No Account): https://teach2tales.ai/try
- STAAR Practice Tests: https://teach2tales.ai/staar
- Tutor Platform: https://teach2tales.ai/tutor
- Teacher Login: https://teach2tales.ai/auth
- Student Login: https://teach2tales.ai/student/auth