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Curriculum Advantage Releases South Carolina and Alabama Editions of Classworks Correlated to State Standards; Personalized Learning Plans Help Raise Assessment Scores

Posted on: Monday, 18 July 2005, 15:00 CDT

Curriculum Advantage, Inc. announced today that it has released Classworks State Editions for South Carolina and Alabama correlated to their state learning standards and that includes import utilities designed to offer students immediate instruction based on assessments.

These newest state editions are part of the Curriculum Advantage development plan to customize Classworks so that state editions more closely meet individual curriculum requirements. Classworks, which is a network-based system of K-12 language arts and mathematics curriculum and learning tools, has been used successfully as a remediation program to help students throughout the country increase their assessment scores.

The Classworks State Editions for South Carolina and Alabama are further aligned with each state's standards and each state's high stakes test objective -- giving teachers confidence they may use the program to address individual learner needs and that their efforts will have a direct impact on assessment performance. Furthermore, with the Classworks Universal Import, teachers may target specific skills needing remediation because they can import each student's state assessment scores into the program to generate individual learning plans.

"With the South Carolina and Alabama State Editions, we hope to replicate the success we've enjoyed in states like Georgia where more than 50 districts in the last two years attribute some of their positive achievements and growth to effective Classworks usage," said Mr. Lindsey Cook, president of Curriculum Advantage. "Classworks state editions with the import utility have proven helpful for many school districts as they look for ways to bring underperforming students in line with their peers."

Curriculum Advantage continues to receive praise from educators who have seen Classworks provide pinpointed help to students, yet take little time away from the teacher due to its automated processes. Recently Shanthia Moore, a former Title 1 director at Lowndes School District, joined the Curriculum Advantage team after a successful implementation of Classworks at her school. "I have been so impressed by the program, I wanted to help other schools and districts use it to boost student performance," said Ms. Moore.

Classworks includes 4,000 hours of learning activities, 6,000 test items for benchmark tests, and a Universal Import Utility for state and benchmark assessments. Classworks Version 5.7 includes the fully-integrated OpenBook Anywhere content for English as a second language (ESL) students and English language learners and over sixty hours of algebra and pre-algebra activities.

There are 8,600 learning activities in Classworks chosen from dozens of favorite educational software programs and all of which are correlated with National Education Standards in math and language arts. Classworks State Editions are further aligned to the learning standards of 22 states so that teachers can more closely tie their teaching to the core concepts and competencies prescribed by their state. Additional Classworks Import Versions are available for Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, and New York as well as an Alternet Import Edition for the state of Pennsylvania. Scantron Performance Series(TM) and Edusoft(R) data can also be seamlessly imported into Classworks.

About Curriculum Advantage

Curriculum Advantage, Inc. (www.curriculumadvantage.com) is based in Atlanta, Ga. Curriculum Advantage's flagship product is Classworks, a network-based system of K-12 reading and mathematics curriculum and learning tools that currently comprise over 4,000 hours of curriculum. Classworks activities are correlated to national and state learning standards and state tests. They include prescriptive and summative assessment, remediation and reporting tools. Classworks is installed in 2,000 schools in the United States and worldwide. INET Classroom, also from Curriculum Advantage, is a comprehensive library of web-based curriculum linked to state and national standards.

Source: Business Wire

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