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Press Releases  SuccessMaker Internet V2.0 Delivers New Educational Resources Internet-Based Courseware Offers More Control and Flexibility for Educators and Students TUCSON, Ariz. - October 22, 2001 - Additional courses; real-time, online consultations; broader platform capabilities; and access to additional activities are the new benefits in the latest version of SuccessMaker Internet from NCS Learn. The only Internet-enabled solution to provide complete, proven curriculum with full reporting and assessment capabilities, SuccessMaker Internet was introduced last year and is today one of the most in-demand products from NCS Learn. "The beauty of SuccessMaker Internet is that it combines the accessibility of Internet-delivered student data with the reliability of locally-delivered courseware for students. This allows educators to take advantage of award-winning curriculum and our state-of-the-art management and assessment system, while dramatically lowering technology requirements and costs," said Steve Gardner, NCS Learn vice president of marketing and business development. New Curriculum Courses SuccessMaker Internet v2.0 improves upon the original version in several ways. Six additional award-winning SuccessMaker® courses are now available, for a total of 14 courses. Designed for students in grades K-5, these new standards-based courses address lower-level needs in mathematics, reading/language arts and ESL/bilingual/English language development. Students are engaged in multimedia learning activities, real-world simulations, and structured explorations that automatically adjust to individual skill levels. The SuccessMaker curriculum is correlated to national standards and objectives. Results Manager Some of SuccessMaker Internet v2.0's most significant upgrades are in Results Manager, the state-of-the-art management and assessment system that tracks students' performance and delivers personalized learning pathways. Results Manager now offers a Lesson Set Editor that allows teachers to edit, control and reorder content in certain reading courses. The system also features a live help real-time chat function so teachers or curriculum directors can discuss course content and implementation planning with NCS Learn's Education Consultants. Educators can access live help five days a week, from 10am to 7pm EST, and with no restrictions on frequency of access. In addition, a new Student ID field has been added to the registration
data so students can also be identified by an ID number as well
as by unique user names. Results Manager even reduces data entry
work by allowing administrators to import registration data from
other databases rather than entering the information manually. SuccessMaker Internet's extensive collection of on-demand reports facilitates the evaluation of students' learning strengths and weaknesses. Teachers use the report data and assessments to develop targeted intervention and remediation strategies. They are also able to provide administrators and parents with up-to-the-minute information on student, group and class performance. Similarly, administrators can use report data to track school-wide course usage and progress by grade or class. Accuracy of reporting by differentiating between performance data for standard courses and those that have been customized by teachers is another improvement over v1.0. Educators now have options for reporting on standard or custom courses or even a combination of both. In addition, the option for creating reports by the Student ID field rather than by student names facilitates statistical analysis and enhances security of student data at the district or state level. SuccessMaker Subscriber Web Sites SuccessMaker Internet v2.0 offers Web sites for its subscribers, through a "Resources" link in Results Manager. The Student Web site provides access to math and reading activities that target grades 3-5, and the Educator Web site contains course worksheets available as PDF files. Customers are directed to the appropriate Web site based on their user type. Extended Platform/Server Capabilities SuccessMaker Internet is now compatible with both major platforms used in the educational market. PC users can run the courseware with Windows 95, 98, ME and 2000. Mac users are able to use Macintosh OS 8.6 - 9.2.1. Courseware content servers supported include: Novell Netware 4.1x or 5 (Windows clients only), Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 and Microsoft Windows 2000 Server. The product ships with Netscape Navigator 4.78, Adobe Acrobat 5.0 and QuickTime 4.12 Current users of SuccessMaker Internet v1.0 will automatically receive v2.0 conversion kits. The cost of the update is included in the subscription price. About NCS Learn NCS Learn offers the most comprehensive and most successful software and online learning solutions to preK-12 schools and adult learners. Formed by the merger of sister companies Computer Curriculum Corp. (CCC) and NCS NovaNET, NCS Learn reflects 30 years of research and development of curriculum products that have been proven to generate results for learners of all ages and abilities. Through its SuccessMaker, Destinations™ and NovaNET™ product lines, the company offers 20,000 hours of software and online learning programs which are used by more than five million students worldwide. Headquartered in Tucson, Ariz., NCS Learn is part of NCS Pearson, a business unit of Pearson Education, the world's largest integrated education company. For more information call 888-NCSLearn (888-627-5327). Contact Matt Murphy, Corporate Communications Manager
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