The Princeton Review Launches SideStreets, a Reading and Math Curriculum for Students With Academic Difficulties;
Posted on: Friday, 12 August 2005, 09:00 CDT
NEW YORK, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Princeton Review, an educational services provider, has announced a new reading and math curriculum to address the needs of students in grades 2-8 who face academic difficulties. Aligned to state and national standards, SideStreets is designed to meet the needs of after-school, summer school, and during the day intervention programs. The program is now available across the country.
"We anticipate that educators, students and parents will find SideStreets appealing. The curriculum uses engaging material and a cast of compelling characters to build on the latest pedagogical tools in assessment, instruction, and professional development," said John Katzman, The Princeton Review's CEO.
Using SideStreets, students acquire both content-area knowledge and study skills that they can apply to their classroom learning and assessments. The instruction encourages goal setting and provides guided instruction, discussion, hands-on activities, practice, study skills, problem-solving, and self-reflection. Students use journals to communicate their understanding of concepts and strengthen their grasp of vocabulary.
SideStreets provides teachers with instructions on how to use the materials and how to deal with learning challenges. The Teacher Edition is easy to use, flexible, and supportive of new teachers or those teaching outside their subject area of expertise. There are suggestions in every lesson for integrating English Language Learners and special education students into the classroom. There are also suggestions on how to tailor instruction for students with differing learning modalities.
A unique Parent Guide focuses on activities that parents can do with their children to complement the lessons. SideStreets even has a bilingual component. Since mastery of math is not dependent on language proficiency, students are allowed to take their Pre- and Post-Course Assessments in Spanish.
The Princeton Review is a successful intervention program provider and one of the largest formative assessment providers in the country, working with many states and districts, including the New York City Department of Education, the state of Tennessee, the School District of Philadelphia, and the Commonwealth of Virginia.
For more information about ordering SideStreets, please contact The Princeton Review 1-800-REVIEW2.
About The Princeton Review (http://www.princetonreview.com/)
The Princeton Review is a pioneer in the world of education. Its K-12 Services division is the premier provider of assessments, intervention strategies, and professional development for the K-12 market. Founded in 1981 to help students prepare for college entrance exams, The Princeton Review now offers classroom and online test preparation, as well as private tutoring for college and graduate school admissions tests. Its free website, http://www.princetonreview.com/, helps over half of university-bound students research, apply to, prepare for, and learn how to pay for their higher education, and helps hundreds of colleges and universities streamline their admissions and recruiting activities. The Princeton Review also authors more than 190 print and software titles on test preparation; college and graduate school selection and admissions; and related topics.
The Princeton Review
CONTACT: Harriet Brand, +1-212-874-8282 Ext. 1091, harrietb@review.com,or Robin Raskin, +1-212-874-8282 Ext. 1647, robinr@review.com, both of ThePrinceton Review
Web site: http://www.princetonreview.com/
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