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The American Education Corporation Announces a New $1.6 Million Statewide Online Initiative With Ohio's Department of Youth Services (ODYS)

Posted on: Friday, 1 August 2008, 12:00 CDT

The American Education Corporation (AEC or the Company) is pleased to announce that it has received an order for its A+nyWhere Learning System(R) to support The Buckeye United School District, which serves the Ohio Department of Youth Services. The order is for assessment tools, instructional software and a range of support services to support eight schools around the state, all hosted from ODYS' central office in Columbus. The schools are charged with providing educational services to the ODYS' student population of incarcerated youth.

The Buckeye United School District operates schools at ODYS' correctional facilities to help school-age juveniles develop competencies needed to re-enter their home communities as productive citizens. The basic academic program includes the core curriculum (mathematics, English, science and social studies), electives, student assessment and testing and guidance and library services that meet graduation requirements of the Ohio Department of Education.

These services are provided to all eligible students in strict compliance with state and federal regulations. To the maximum extent appropriate with the goal to enable access to the regular curriculum, students with special needs are educated within basic academic education classrooms. Resource rooms provide more restrictive learning environments for those students requiring smaller classroom settings with more intensive individualized instruction. Related services such as speech therapy are also provided according to the individual education plan.

The ODYS school district receives Title 1 funds to provide supplemental intervention services to at-risk students lacking in basic literacy and math skills. Title 1 teachers provide supplemental services in basic academic classrooms to help students be more successful and to assist in preparing students to pass the Ohio Graduation Test or the GED. These services are designed to facilitate the transition of students into the community.

Maryalice Turner, Superintendent of Buckeye United School District, exclaimed, "We are delighted at the level of support that our students receive through this individualized learning system. AEC has worked diligently with us to assist in preparing for this shift in instruction. Point, Click, Learn, AEC's business partner for the State of Ohio, has done a thorough job of providing our teachers with a strong base of professional development."

Tom Shively, AEC's President and Chief Operating Officer, stated, "This new partnership with the State of Ohio utilizes the Company's recently-released Customer Hosted Browser, a deployment model that is managed by the customer. The new model runs statewide from ODYS' central facility and utilizes thin client workstations at the schools. We are particularly pleased that AEC's selection was a result of rigorous due diligence and screening of the Company, its products, and its ability to provide a cutting-edge solution to enhance the attainment of ODYS' mission."

AEC's Java-based technology, the A+nyWhere Learning System, provides an integrated offering of software for grades K-12 in Reading, Mathematics, Language Arts, Science, Writing, History, Government, Economics and Geography. In addition, the Company provides assessment testing and instructional content for the General Educational Development (GED) test. All company products are designed to provide for LAN, WAN and Internet delivery options and support Windows, Linux and Macintosh platforms. The Company provides formative assessment testing tools to provide educators with the resources to more effectively use the Company's curriculum content, which is aligned to important state and national academic standards. Spanish-language versions are available for Mathematics and Language Arts for grade levels 1-8. The A+LS comprehensive family of educational software is now in use in over 13,000 schools, centers of adult literacy, colleges universities and correctional institutions in the U.S. A+dvancer, the Company's diagnostic, prescriptive test and online, postsecondary developmental curriculum offering, is aligned to ACCUPLACER On-Line and ACT's Compass(TM) tests, which are the leading college admissions tests for students requiring developmental support to enroll in full credit secondary coursework in Mathematics, Reading, Algebra and Writing.

ACCUPLACER and ACCUPLACER On-Line are either trademarks or registered trademarks owned by the College Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. ACT(R) and Compass(TM) are registered trademarks of ACT, Inc., Iowa City, Iowa. Flash(R) is a registered trademark of Macromedia, Inc., San Jose, CA. Lexile(R) and Quantile(R) are registered trademarks of MetaMetrics, Inc., Durham, North Carolina.

Note: Certain matters discussed above concerning the future performance of the Company are forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the safe harbors from liabilities established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified as such by words such as "if,""may,""believes,""anticipates,""plans,""expects" or words of similar import. The future performance of the Company is subject to a number of factors including, but not limited to, general economic conditions, competitive activity and funding available to schools.

THE AMERICAN EDUCATION CORPORATION

7506 BROADWAY EXTENSION

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73116

1-800-34APLUS

www.amered.com

Source: Business Wire

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