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PARCC Chooses Measured Progress To Assist with Interoperability Standards
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career — Thursday, February 16, 2012
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) recently named Measured Progress as its interoperability standards development services contractor for PARCC’s K-12 assessment program. PARCC is one of two consortia in the process of developing common assessments for the nation’s students. Interoperability refers to a system’s capacity to store and transfer data effectively and accurately. Read More »
Schools Tapping Technology to Make and Measure Math Gains
Whizz Education — Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Elementary and middle schools in Hawaii, Washington, Maryland, Alaska and Kentucky are using Math-Whizz to deliver the complex requirements of RTI and to demonstrate that their RTI initiatives are working, according to Ben Keogh, CEO of Whizz Education. Read More »
Walch Education Launches Texas Algebra I EOC App
Walch Education — Wednesday, February 15, 2012
To assist Texas students preparing for the new EOC Algebra I assessment, Walch Education has launched a web-based version of its popular iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch app. Developed and piloted in Plano, Texas, in 2011, the Algebra 1 Help Texas EOC app helps Texas educators ensure that students have the necessary concepts and skills. Read More »
GoSoapBox Launches To Shatter Barriers to Student Engagement
GoSoapBox — Tuesday, February 14, 2012
GoSoapBox, a Chicago-based education technology startup, announced today the launch of its eLearning application designed as an assessment tool for classrooms from elementary school through the college level. The company's Web-based mobile application, called GoSoapBox, is available on any device with an Internet connection. Read More »
Novachi Enables Educators To Click-Integrate Any App
Novachi — Tuesday, February 14, 2012
The Novachi Apps Store is not a stand alone product, but an enhancement to the already powerful set of features provided by Novachi 2.0. The app store provides a mechanism for which educators can easily manage, activate, and purchase a variety of data systems, curriculum content, and educational tools. These apps run seamlessly within the Novachi 2.0 IES framework... Read More »
'PossibilityU' Provides Tools for Guidance Counselors
PossibilityU — Tuesday, February 14, 2012
PossibilityU, a web-based solution designed to help students get into the right college, has launched a college admission curriculum that allows high school guidance counselors to have more meaningful conversations with students about choosing, applying to and affording college. Read More »
Virtual Nerd Partners with New York City’s School of One
— Tuesday, February 14, 2012
School of One (NYC DOE) has partnered with Virtual Nerd in its mission to transform teaching and learning methods to meet the individual needs of today’s students. Virtual Nerd offers an online instructional platform that allows students to control both their learning pace and their learning path. Read More »
Classroom, Inc. Launches CCSS-Driven Literacy Learning Game
Classroom, Inc. — Monday, February 13, 2012
Classroom, Inc., which for 20 years has helped to raise achievement levels for almost 700,000 low-income adolescents, has partnered with award-winning educational game developer Filament Games to create a web-delivered learning game based on managing a cable TV sports network, Reading in the Real World: The Sports Network-2 (TSN-2). Read More »
More Than 1 Million Flashcards Created on StudyBlue Every Week
StudyBlue — Monday, February 13, 2012
StudyBlue®, a mobile and online study service for students, has experienced tremendous growth due to increasing demand from students to make their studying mobile and social. More than 1 million online flashcards, many with images and audio, are created every week on StudyBlue, and that number nearly doubles during peak exam times. Read More »
PresenceLearning Partners with Go Solutions
PresenceLearning — Monday, February 13, 2012
PresenceLearning has partnered with Go Solutions Group, Inc, a leading provider of special education data management and Medicaid reimbursement services. This partnership will help school districts reach more special needs students, improve outcomes and realize the cost efficiencies offered by incorporating live online speech therapy, often referred to as telepractice, into their special education programs. Read More »
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