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Mizuni’s New Cloud-Based Mizuni Aspire
Mizuni, Inc. — Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Mizuni Aspire is the next-generation platform that delivers secure, cloud-based data management solutions for Mizuni's K-12 District Partners. Mizuni Aspire provides data visualization, proactive notifications and predictive analysis in a user interface developed specifically for touchscreen tablets and smartphones. Read More »
PCI Education Debuts Online Reading Program
PCI Education — Wednesday, February 08, 2012
PCI Reading Program-Level Three Softwareis a new online component to the award-winning PCI Reading Program, a reading series for students with intellectual disabilities. Designed to complement the print edition of Level Three, Level Three Software delivers interactive lessons to help students master decoding through a suite of engaging virtual games. Read More »
Teachscape's Offerings Help Teachers Understand and Use Charlotte Danielson's Framework for Teaching
Teachscape — Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Today, Teachscape has again partnered with Danielson and is announcing the Framework for Teaching Effectiveness Series and the Professional Learning Suite, Framework Edition to help teachers apply the FFT to their teaching practice. Read More »
Parents and Educators Seek Greater Balance in Student Testing
NWEA, Grunwald Associates — Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Parents and teachers want timely, actionable assessments that monitor individual student performance and progress across a range of subjects and skills to help improve teaching and learning, according to a new study released by the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) and Grunwald Associates LLC. Read More »
Total Reader Helps Bridge the Readiness Gap
EDmin — Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Total Reader™ is an online reading assessment program that is specifically designed to encourage reading progress throughout a student's education. This program, long available to schools and districts, now offers individual subscriptions to students. Read More »
Knovation's Personalized Digital Curriculum Content Solution
Knovation — Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Knovation announved icurio, the first digital curriculum content solution for personalized learning. Knovation's icurio enables districts to bridge from fixed traditional content to flexible digital content that can be targeted to meet the unique needs of learners across the learning continuum. Read More »
Zaner-Bloser Introduces Writing Instruction
Zaner-Bloser — Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Teachers and students across the country have a new learning tool for writing instruction. Strategies for Writers , introduced by Zaner-Bloser, offers clear, concise lessons that simplify instruction, enhance students' writing skills and produce the results they need for success in college and career. Read More »
PublicSchoolWORKS Adds New Attachment Feature
PublicSchoolWORKS — Tuesday, February 07, 2012
PublicSchoolWORKS added an Attachment Feature to its Staff Safety Reporting Systems, part of the award-winning EmployeeSafe Suite. EmployeeSafe is an automated online safety program that facilitates timely and consistent administration of safety training, compliance task management (drills, inspections, IAQ, etc.).... Read More »
CTB/McGraw-Hill Launches TerraNova Common Core
CTB/McGraw-Hill — Saturday, February 04, 2012
CTB/McGraw-Hill announced the launch of TerraNova™ Common Core, a newly developed national achievement test that represents the only field-tested, valid, and authentic measure of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). It is available in the subjects of reading, English language arts, and mathematics for Grades 3-8. Read More »
PARCC Releases ITN To Engage Educators
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers — Friday, February 03, 2012
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers released the Educator Leader Cadre, Meeting Logistics and Meeting Content Services Invitation to Negotiate (ITN). The Educator Leader Cadres (ELC) are a major part of PARCC's ongoing work to engage educators in the implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the development and implementation of the PARCC assessments. Read More »
