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Press Releases  Pearson Digital Learning Announces Concert™ Inform Web-based student performance data system will help
districts Mesa, Ariz. — Nov. 6, 2003 — The No Child Left Behind Act and Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements have left K-12 school districts searching for a centralized solution for the storage, validation, and querying of student data from a wide variety of sources. Answering that call, Pearson Digital Learning today announces Concert™ Inform, a Web-based student performance/data analysis system that will allow schools, districts, and state administrators to aggregate and disaggregate student performance results from a wide variety of tests, and provide the information they need to help meet AYP requirements. With the addition of Concert Inform, Pearson Digital Learning will offer the most comprehensive student performance management solution suite in the preK-12 education market, with student information, instructional management, curriculum and instruction, assessment, and now a data analysis and decision support system. Concert Inform is based upon the Scholar Suite web-based data management system from Scholar Inc., which was recently acquired by Pearson Education. In addition to immediate access to one of the industry's best service and support organizations, Pearson Digital Learning is adding feature and service improvements to take the system to the next level with its release in early 2004. The easy-to-use, Web-based tool, which complements Pearson Digital Learning’s SASIxp™ student information system and Concert™ Instruction & Assessment, will help districts unleash the value of their students’ and schools’ information and bolster data-driven decision making. With Concert Inform, administrators and educators can capture, share and report meaningful data, and make informed decisions to maximize student achievement, teacher effectiveness, and overall school improvement. The system warehouses a variety of student and assessment information, including student demographics, state tests, standardized tests, district tests, and more. It allows districts and schools to view performance data at the district, school, classroom, and individual levels against target benchmarks, such as AYP goals. In addition, it enables districts and schools to easily aggregate and disaggregate the data based on NCLB and state requirements. “School districts today must collect more data than ever before, in greater detail, and disaggregate the data to show which schools and students are making progress,” said Jack Lynch, president and CEO of Pearson Digital Learning. “But the job hardly stops there, which is why Pearson Digital Learning is so perfectly poised to help districts with their AYP needs. No one else can offer as complete a solution, providing the means to collect, store, analyze, and report the data, as well as develop and deliver the instruction that will help achieve the desired results." Indeed, Concert Inform’s ease of use, combined with its high level of integration with Pearson Digital Learning’s products, will allow school districts to comply with the increased accountability requirements of NCLB. For example, student information and test scores can be tracked in SASIxp or Concert Instruction & Assessment to meet NCLB reporting requirements. The Concert Inform data-driven decision tool can be used to analyze the test scores by each of the six disaggregated categories required for AYP reporting and provide a report of students in need of remediation. Based upon the test results, Concert Instruction & Assessment can be used to adjust the teacher lesson plans, and the SuccessMaker® Enterprise, NovaNET®, Waterford Early Reading Program™ or Waterford Early Math & Science™ program can be used to provide instruction for students needing additional help. This combination of tools will assist customers in meeting the AYP goals established by their state and meet the ultimate goal of helping students learn. Concert Inform will be deployed as an Application Service Provider
solution or as a locally deployed solution. Version 1.0 will be
released in early 2004. About Pearson Digital Learning Working side by side with educators for over 40 years, Pearson Digital Learning is the leader in proven, comprehensive technologies for preK-12 education. Our mission is to provide innovative, research-based digital learning solutions that elevate the art and science of teaching, and inspire children to reach their greatest potential. Reaching more than 20 million students annually, our products include: the SuccessMaker® Enterprise and NovaNET® educational courseware; the KnowledgeBox® digital learning system; Concert™ solution for integrated instructional management, and SASIxp™ student information system. Pearson Digital Learning is also the exclusive distributor for the Waterford Early Reading Program™ and Waterford Early Math & Science™, adaptive computer-based instruction developed by the Waterford Institute. Pearson Digital Learning is part of Pearson
Education (NYSE: PSO), the world’s leading integrated
education company. Contact Matt Murphy, Corporate Communications Manager |
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