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Press Releases  Cincinnati Public Schools Awards Contract to Pearson Education Technologies Sophisticated Instruction and Assessment Systems
to Help District Track Student Achievement MESA, Ariz. — April 28, 2003 — Cincinnati Public Schools has chosen Pearson Education Technologies (formerly NCS Learn) to provide a comprehensive instructional management system that will help teachers assess and track student achievement, save time on administrative tasks, and increase parental involvement. The $1.27 million purchase from Pearson Education Technologies includes installation of instruction, assessment, and data management systems. “In the past, most of our schools tracked student progress toward academic standards in a fragmented manner, using paper and pencil or electronic grade books,” said Jennifer M. Wagner, director of student information systems. “Pearson Education Technologies offered us a robust system that is well integrated. We’re very excited to be able to add new tools to help teachers be more successful in helping students learn, allow them to spend more time with students, and provide immediate feedback to parents.” As part of the purchase, Cincinnati Public Schools will implement three instructional products from Pearson Education Technologies: the NCS ABACUSxp™ instructional management system, MCADxp™ Model Curriculum and Assessment Database, and Educational Structures™ Web-based lesson plans and teacher resources. NCS ABACUSxp and MCADxp allow teachers to manage standards-aligned curriculum, provide instructional resources and assessments, and measure student performance against district or state curriculum objectives. Educational Structures enables teachers to engage students with motivating activities and resources while providing standards-aligned instruction. In addition, the district will implement three student information solutions which will be linked to the SASIxp™ school administration and student information system, the hub of Pearson Education Technologies’ xp Series™ software solutions suite. The xp Series is a suite of cross-platform applications that work together to help streamline administrative tasks. Cincinnati Public Schools first implemented the SASIxp system four years ago. The CLASSROOMxp™ student information application for SASIxp allows teachers to display student pictures in seating-chart order, take attendance, and view student demographic information as well as schedules, grades, test scores, and course history from the desktop. The InteGrade® Pro Web-based teacher grade book helps teachers keep track of grades, attendance and seating charts, while the ParentCONNECTxp® home-to-school collaboration software allows parents to enhance their involvement by keeping track of their children’s academic progress online via an easy-to-use Web site customized for each school. Parents can also easily communicate with teachers via e-mail or receive automatic e-mail notification of unexcused absences, missing assignments, or failing grades. Cincinnati Public Schools will roll out the new instruction, assessment,
and data management systems over the next two years, with classroom
use beginning in the 2003-04 school year. About Cincinnati Public Schools With some 42,000 kindergarten-through 12th-grade students and
79 schools, Cincinnati Public Schools is the third largest school
district in the state of Ohio. Its schools feature a diverse
student population that is approximately 70 percent African-American.
The district’s mission is to educate all students to meet
or exceed the district’s high academic standards. About Pearson Education Technologies With more than 40 years of experience in developing, delivering, and supporting curriculum, assessment, and enterprise data management products, Pearson Education Technologies is the leader in offering comprehensive solutions for preK-12 education. Reaching more than 10 million students annually, our products include the SASIxp™ student information system, SuccessMaker® Enterprise and NovaNET® comprehensive courseware systems, and Concert™ Instruction & Assessment, the online education community. Pearson Education Technologies is part of Pearson Education (NYSE: PSO), the world's leading integrated education company. For more information about Pearson Education Technologies, call
1.877.EdTech1. Contact Matt Murphy, Corporate Communications Manager
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