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Triumph Learning Has Created SOL Science Practice Test Booklets
Triumph Learning, LLC — Saturday, February 16, 2013
Triumph Learning has published all-new science Coach Jumpstart Plus Practice Test Booklets. Virginia will begin high-stakes testing of the science SOL this spring, making the availability of effective practice resources of paramount importance. Read More »
Triumph Learning's K-PREP Practice Test Booklets
Triumph Learning, LLC — Thursday, February 14, 2013
Recognizing the necessity of placing authentic, full-length K-PREP practice assessments in the hands of teachers and students now, Triumph Learning has published reading and math Coach Jumpstart K-PREP Practice Test Booklets. Kentucky will begin high-stakes testing of the K-PREP this spring, making the availability of effective practice resources of paramount importance. Read More »
VINCI Partners with Oxford University Press on Digital Titles
Rullingnet Corporation — Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Rullingnet Corporation, home of VINCI Early Learning Systems, announced that it is partnering with Oxford University Press, the largest university press in the world, to develop five of their existing titles in digital format for VINCI products and incorporation in the award-winning VINCI Curriculum. Read More »
Mississippi DOE Deploys eScholar
eScholar — Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has deployed eScholar products and services to collect, analyze and report data for the state’s 152 school districts. Utilizing eScholar Complete Data Warehouse® for K-12 (eScholar CDW) combined with the eScholar EDEN Solution™, MDE harnesses the experience garnered from 12 other state education agency implementations, as well as a wealth of professional and technical consulting services. Read More »
Lexia Helps Students in Nearly 1,000 CA Schools Improve Reading
Lexia Reading — Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Reading affects every aspect of a student's learning and has been a major focus of recent US education initiatives, including the Common Core State Standards. In California, many schools and districts, including Los Angeles, Santa Ana, San Jose, San Diego, Riverside, Newport Mesa, Poway, and Sacramento, are turning to Lexia Reading® to help advance reading skills development and meet the demands of the critical assessments being mandated. Read More »
"Lincoln" Spurs Educational Campaign
Participant Media — Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Participant Media announced today that, in conjunction with their upcoming Social Action Campaign, "Stand Tall: Live Like Lincoln," kicking off on February 12, Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," a DreamWorks Pictures/Twentieth Century Fox film, in association with Participant Media, will be distributed to all middle and high schools, both public and private, throughout the United States when the film becomes available on DVD. Read More »
Springfield Launches Effective Educator Development System
Truenorthlogic — Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Springfield (MA) Public Schools partnered with Truenorthlogic to launch the Springfield Effective Educator Development System (SEEDS) using the Truenorthlogic software. The SEEDS evaluation process supports the development and continuous improvement of the district's 2,700 teachers. The Springfield Public Schools SEEDS process aligns with and reinforces educator goals and is driven by evidence that includes student gains. Read More »
CA High School Strikes AP Gold with Shmoop
Shmoop — Monday, February 11, 2013
With more school activities available than ever before, finding the right program that engages students in studying has become critical. To respond to this need, Tustin High School in Tustin, Calif., turned to Shmoop, a publisher of digital curriculum and online test prep. And Shmoop, as is its custom, came to the rescue. Although the cape might have been overkill. Read More »
Publisher Develops New CC Products Demanded by Teachers
Gallopade International — Monday, February 11, 2013
As a majority of schools across the country begin to transition to using new Common Core State Standards (CCSS), one publisher is responding with the timely release of numerous support materials for educators and students. Georgia-based publishing house Gallopade announces the impending release of more than two hundred products this spring and summer. Read More »
McGraw-Hill Education Makes LearnSmart Available to HS Students
McGraw-Hill Education — Monday, February 11, 2013
McGraw-Hill Education will make McGraw-Hill LearnSmart, its adaptive study tool, available for students in high school, providing teachers and schools with a digital solution that has been proven to increase student engagement and improve learning outcomes. Read More »
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