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Study Finds Rosetta Stone TOTALe Effective for Elementary Children
Rosetta Stone Inc. — Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Rosetta Stone Inc, unveiled a study of the pedagogical implications and learning outcomes for elementary-school-age children who use the Rosetta Stone® TOTALe® software solution. The study examined the effects of TOTALe as a stand-alone system on the second-language development of third, fourth, fifth and sixth graders learning Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. Read More »
TPRI® Received Highest Rating from National Center for RTI
Brookes Publishing — Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Brookes Publishing Co.’s TPRI, a highly-reliable early reading assessment designed to identify the reading development of students in kindergarten through third grade, has earned the highest rating, Convincing Evidence, for Classification Accuracy on the National Center for Response to Intervention (NCRTI)’s 2011 Screening Tools Chart. Read More »
GA’s Largest School System Partners with HMH
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt — Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced that the largest school system in the state of Georgia, Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS), has chosen HMH to enhance its digital initiatives and create a more connected, productive ecosystem for teachers, students, parents, and administrators. Read More »
NSBA Partners with Performance Matters Data Analysis System
Performance Matters — Monday, November 28, 2011
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) today announced a partnership agreement with Performance Matters, a provider of comprehensive, web-based solutions for assessment, data management, and teacher effectiveness for the K-12 market. Through this alliance, NSBA’s member state school boards associations will be able to offer Performance Matters’ integrated product line to their district members at an exclusive discount. Read More »
New Children’s Almanac Boasts 365 Days of Newfangled Facts
Gallopade International — Saturday, November 19, 2011
Mimi (children’s author Carole Marsh) gave old-fashioned almanacs a facelift in her latest effort: Mimi and Papa’s Everyday Awesome Almanac. Out for release in January 2012, Marsh’s new treasury of kid-friendly facts is based on one of her own childhood favorites: the old-timey, farmer-style almanac. Read More »
Discovery Education's Digital Textbook Launching across TX
Discovery Education — Thursday, November 17, 2011
Addressing students’ 21st century learning styles, over 100,000 students in grades 5-8 across Texas will be using the interactive Discovery Education Science Techbook as a digital resource for instruction in their classrooms this fall. Read More »
Three New Mysteries for Kids
Gallopade International, — Thursday, November 17, 2011
High reader demands drove each of the three smash-hit topics, ensuring that even the most reluctant young reader will enjoy each title. Following suit with the other 45 titles in the reputable children’s mystery series, each new story is overflowing with adventure, mystery, and history. Read More »
Writing Test Scores Soar
Empowering Writers, LLC — Wednesday, November 16, 2011
With the help of Empowering Writers, K-8 provider of Professional Development for the instruction of writing, Richland 1 School District realized an 11% increase. What the numbers alone do not reveal is the increase in teacher engagement and student confidence that contribute to building a successful community of writers. Read More »
Cesar E. Chavez High School Doubles ELL Student Pass Rate
Revolution Prep — Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Cesar E. Chavez High School in Central San Joaquin Valley, CA has seen great gains in pass rates on the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) through the implementation of intervention programs including Revolution K12’s CAHSEE 380 and CAHSEE Intervention. Read More »
New Dimension Media To Launch New STEM-focused Streaming Media Package
New Dimension Media — Tuesday, November 15, 2011
New Dimension Media announced that beginning in January 2012, in addition to its award-winning CCC! streaming educational media service, it will offer an exclusively STEM-focused streaming media program to help students bolster achievement in science, technology, engineering, and math. Read More »
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