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New online training course uses multiple teaching strategies to engage adult learners. Lafayette, CO (PRWEB) November 01, 2011 KPA offers a new online training course that teaches safe driving habits to workers who are required to drive as part of their job. The course trains car salesmen, valets, and shuttle drivers how to increase the number of safety precautions they take every time they get behind the wheel. It uses multiple teaching strategies including attention-grabbing videos,...

LONGMONT, Colo., Oct. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sopris, a provider of research-based assessments, supplemental and intervention materials, and positive behavior support and professional development products, announced today the release of eMeasures of Vocabulary Growth, the company's new Web-based vocabulary measures used for universal screening and progress monitoring. eMeasures of Vocabulary Growth address the two groups of words most important to student academic success: Root Word...

Global education company Promethean today launched its next generation Learner Response System (LRS), ActivExpression2. The new device is more than a clicker system for responding to questions. It is a powerful instructional tool that enables formative assessment and gives teachers real-time feedback so that they can monitor how well a theory or idea is being understood, and to identify learning gaps. For students, it enables greater communication, collaboration and contribution within the...

Accurate assessments for poor performance better for self-esteem, research finds People who try to boost their self-esteem by telling themselves they've done a great job when they haven't could end up feeling dejected instead, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. High and low performers felt fine when they assessed themselves accurately, probably because the high performers recognized their strengths and low performers acknowledged their...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis., Oct. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Renaissance Learning (NASDAQ: RLRN), a leading provider of technology-based school improvement and student assessment programs, announced today that the company's STAR Reading and STAR Math student assessments have again been evaluated by the National Center on Response to Intervention (NCRTI) and have received the highest-possible scores in all the screening categories. This follows last April's announcement by the company of their STAR...

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif., Oct. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading researchers and internationally respected experts convened this week at the second annual International Association for Computerized Adaptive Testing (IACAT) Conference to explore, share and learn new approaches to computer adaptive testing. The conference was hosted this year by CTB/McGraw-Hill, a leading provider of adult education and Pre-K-12 assessment, in Pacific Grove, Calif., and attended by representatives from 18...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis., Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Renaissance Learning (NASDAQ: RLRN), a leading provider of technology-based school improvement and student assessment programs, announced STAR Reading Spanish, a new computerized reading assessment for students whose native language is Spanish. The test can be used with students in grades 1-12 to assess their Spanish reading levels from beginning first grade to an end-of-fifth grade reading level. (Logo:...

SEATTLE, Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- GlobalScholar today announced the latest release (version 6.6) for its Performance Series(TM) and Achievement Series(TM) comprehensive student assessment solutions, which includes improved workflows and new tests to further promote college readiness and help schools make the transition to the Common Core State Standards. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110818/SF53852LOGO) Performance Series is a web-based, computer-adaptive diagnostic test...

Swedish preschools are now part of a strong culture of assessment. Young children's development and learning is documented through tests and measurement, and is assessed using a variety of diagnostic tools. A thesis from the University of Gothenburg shows how preschool teachers are also involved in assessing preschol children through pedagogical documentation. Pedagogical documentation involves preschool teachers observing and keeping a record of children's attempts to create meaning. This...

PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers know that it is not uncommon for people facing a high-stakes personality test to fake their answers, but until now, they had no way to measure this. That has changed with the publication of New Perspectives on Faking in Personality Assessments, a 384-page anthology published by Oxford University Press. The book was co-edited by Richard D. Roberts, a Principal Research Scientist in the Center for Academic and Workplace Readiness and...