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WASHINGTON, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This Thursday, two scientists with the RAND Corporation and Carnegie Learning, Inc. will be discussing a recently completed, government-funded, randomized field trial of a promising Algebra I curriculum. The study, one of the largest overseen by the Department of Education in the past decade, examined the effectiveness of Carnegie Learning's Cognitive Tutor ® Algebra I curriculum, an innovative intervention developed by cognitive...

New Common Core Program to Help Students and Teachers Meet More Rigorous Standards PITTSBURGH, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Utah State Board of Education has approved Carnegie Learning Integrated Math I: A Common Core Program for purchase with state education funds designated for instructional materials. The curriculum was reviewed through Utah's annual Recommended Primary Instructional Materials process and is approved through December 31, 2016. (Logo:...

Carnegie Mellon University Cognitive Psychology & Neuroscience Professor Helped Develop the Software Tutor that Thinks Like a Math Student PITTSBURGH, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) professor John R. Anderson, whose human thought and cognition research has revolutionized how we learn, is receiving the Association for Psychological Science's (APS) William James Lifetime Achievement Award for Basic Research. The award, APS's highest honor, recognizes...

Project to Explore How Non-Cognitive Factors Influence Personalized Learning PITTSBURGH, March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Learning, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Apollo Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:APOL), has received a two-year $1.4 million contract from Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) to test how cognitive and non-cognitive factors together affect learning. The ADL laboratories, located in Alexandria, VA and Orlando, FL, prototype and test learning technologies and...

Six States Approve Research-based Mathematics Curricula to Meet New Standards PITTSBURGH, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2012, Carnegie Learning curricula were adopted for long-term implementation in six states after completing instructional materials evaluation and review driven by the new Common Core State Standards. Carnegie Learning's research-based textbooks and adaptive learning software were evaluated and approved for use in: Arkansas: High School Georgia: Middle School...

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) has approved Carnegie Learning(®) textbooks, adaptive software, and professional development support for implementation in high schools through July 31, 2015. Instructional materials on the approved list are reviewed and formally adopted by the State Board of Education for purchase by Oregon school districts using state education funds. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130212/NE59103LOGO...

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) has approved Carnegie Learning(®) Common Core Math Programs for implementation in the state through 2018. The approved list of curricula provides an array of core/basal and supplementary instructional materials for purchase by school districts using state education funds with the goal to enhance the delivery of instruction that will support student proficiency in meeting New Mexico state...

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tennessee Department of Education has approved Carnegie Learning's suite of math curricula as preferred basal instructional materials through June 2018. Adopted materials include Carnegie Learning MATHia® software for middle grades 6-8 and Carnegie Learning Bridge to Algebra, Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II textbooks and Cognitive Tutor® software for high school students. All programs provide highly individualized, student-centered...

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Learning, Inc., publisher of K-12 mathematics curricula and professional development services, announces that the Georgia Department of Education has approved Carnegie Learning's vertically aligned sequence of middle school and high school textbooks and personalized instructional software as adopted curricula through 2018. Following a comprehensive K-12 Mathematics Textbook Adoption review process this year, the following materials...

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Learning is leading the K-12 mathematics transition to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) by unveiling a transition plan featuring new core and intervention curricula written and created specifically for alignment to the more rigorous academic requirements now adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia. These curricula meet the Standards for Mathematical Content, the Standards for Mathematical Practice, and...