PreK-12 Market Headlines

possible SOLUTIONS Releases School Automation Suite 2.0

possible SOLUTIONS, Inc. —Wednesday, November 12, 2008 possible SOLUTIONS, Inc.'s new version of its School Automation Suite, its on-line FileMaker(R) Pro solutions is geared toward K-12 school districts. The software suite supports FileMaker(R) Pro 9, has enhanced programs such as field trip management, discipline report management and custom web publishing. Read more.

Riverside Publishing Announces New Assess2Know(R) Formative Assessment Content for District and Classroom Levels

Riverside Publishing —Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Riverside Publishing announced the availability of multi-subject Classroom and Science item banks for Assess2Know quality assessment content. Assess2Know allows school districts to create interim assessment programs that follow their district pacing guide, while being able to measure student mastery of the state standards assessed on end-of-year state assessments. Read more.

Wright Group/McGraw-Hill's UCSMP Transition Mathematics and UCSMP Algebra Chosen for Kentucky State Math Adoption

Wright Group/McGraw-Hill —Wednesday, November 12, 2008 The Kentucky Department of Education has selected UCSMP Transition Mathematics and UCSMP Algebra for its state math adoption. The secondary school programs correlate with state standards and offer enriched content, real-world applications to problem solving, and integrated use of technology. Read more.

Dallas Independent School District Designates Fast ForWord Software as a Recommended Resource for All District Schools

Scientific Learning Corporation —Wednesday, November 12, 2008 The Dallas Independent School District has named neuroscience-based reading intervention software from Scientific Learning Corp. to the Dallas Instructional Materials List. The Fast ForWord® language, literacy and reading products, as well as the Reading Assistant™ advanced speech recognition technology were approved for inclusion on the list. Read more.

GreatSchools Launches Nationwide Preschool Finder

GreatSchools —Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Building on its decade-long service of enabling parents to find the right K-12 schools for their children, GreatSchools now gives parents the power to start their children off on the right path sooner by finding the right preschool, providing information on nearly 100,000 preschools nationwide. Read more.

FREE Windows Movie Maker 2 Tutorial Series from Atomic Learning

Atomic Learning, Inc. —Tuesday, November 11, 2008 Atomic Learning, award-winning provider of Web-based technology training and support, has announced a free series on Windows MovieMaker2. The series can be accessed free of charge by visiting www.AtomicLearning.com/moviemaker2. Read more.

National Geographic School Publishing Adds Lexile Measures to Hampton-Brown Edge Assessments

MetaMetrics, Inc. —Tuesday, November 11, 2008 The addition of Lexile® measures within the Hampton-Brown Edge program provides educators with a comprehensive approach for determining the reading abilities of high school-level striving readers and English language learners (ELL)... Read more.

The JASON Project Announces New Energy Curriculum

JASON Project —Monday, November 10, 2008 The JASON Project announced today that its upcoming science curriculum unit will focus on energy – one of the 21st century’s most riveting and important issues. Operation: Infinite Potential will place students in the roles of scientists and technologists to explore past, current and future challenges of energy generation, storage and consumption. Read more.

Learning.com Launches Beta for New Assessment Aligned to Refreshed ISTE Standards, 21st Century Skills

Learning.com —Monday, November 10, 2008 Learning.com has begun a beta administration for its new 21st century skills assessment that aligns to the “refreshed” 2007 ISTE NETS-S standards, and includes a portfolio assessment. More than 3,000 students nationwide are being assessed with Learning.com’s newest assessment... Read more.

New Mexico School District Boosts Pass Rates on Graduation Exam with PLATO Learning Exam Intervention

PLATO Learning —Monday, November 10, 2008 New Mexico’s newest and fastest growing district—has used PLATO® instructional content for credit recovery, secondary intervention and remediation since 2004, achieving significant test proficiency improvement in national percentile rankings. Read more.

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