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Press Releases  NCS Learn Expands NovaNET® Courseware with 30 New Multimedia Lessons in Science and Social Studies Part of NCS Learn’s effort to continuously update its products with the most up-to-the-minute content and multimedia technology, the new release provides customers with 30 new lessons covering various content areas in science and social studies. Two brand new lessons in geography and three in physical science are featured in the release, in addition to 25 lessons that have been completely updated and converted to multimedia. These include five lessons in government, five in history, five in economics, and 10 in biology. “The NovaNET system is a great assistive tool for the classroom teacher because it allows them to teach a multitude of students at one time and take their students to new heights faster than they could before. The students particularly love the lessons that use multimedia to present concepts and theories that are otherwise difficult for them to grasp. We’ve seen some great successes with it, and we’re looking forward to enhancing our offering through these new lessons,” said Dr. Linda Firestone, superintendent, Northampton Area School District in Northampton, Pa. The NovaNET system helps schools and districts meet key requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). For example, the NovaNET system’s integrated testing, assessment, student management, and record-keeping tools help schools address increased demands for testing, assessment, and accountability. In addition, the NovaNET system uses proven, research-based methods that raise student achievement in core subjects, helping educators and students meet rigorous standards for academic improvement. The NovaNET system offers cross-platform capability with Microsoft® Windows® or Macintosh® operating systems. NovaNET is continuously upgraded and enhanced throughout the year, providing customers with the newest courseware and latest technology to meet the needs of today’s schools. The NovaNET fall 2002 release will ship to all current NovaNET subscribers, at no additional charge, beginning in September. Customers may deploy the new lessons, as well as the entire NovaNET library of multimedia lessons, from the CD or from the NovaNET support Web site. About the NovaNET System The NovaNET system delivers the most comprehensive interactive and engaging online curriculum, testing, assessment, student management, and record-keeping, designed specifically for middle and high school learners. NovaNET’s thousands of hours of basic skills, middle and high school English, mathematics, science, social studies and electives, ESL, GED preparation, SAT/ACT preparation, life skills, school-to-work, and post-secondary curriculum and assessment programs are aligned to national and state standards. Continuously upgraded and enhanced, it continues to evolve to incorporate the latest technology and meet the changing needs of education. About NCS Learn NCS Learn is a leader in offering a total education solution—proven, comprehensive curriculum, assessment, and data management systems—via software or online delivery. NCS Learn is a business of NCS Pearson, a global provider of applications, services and technologies for education, testing, assessment, government and complex data management. NCS Pearson is part of Pearson Education, the world’s largest integrated education company. NCS Learn provides some of the most widely used and popular software products in the education world: the versatile SASIxp™ cross-platform school administration and student information system; the CIMS® G/T data management system; the state-of-the-art NCS ABACUSxp™ instructional management system; and the SuccessMaker® Enterprise and NovaNET comprehensive courseware systems used by more than five million students worldwide. Contact Matt Murphy, Corporate Communications Manager
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