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Curriculum Advantage, Inc. Adds Thinkgate as Assessment Partner.


ATLANTA -- Curriculum Advantage, Inc., publishers of Classworks -- a network-based solution of reading and mathematics curriculum for grades K-12 -- announced today a new partnership with Thinkgate. Classworks will now be able to read and import test results from Thinkgate's assessment resource, Testgate, and then automatically prescribe an individualized in·di·vid·u·al·ize  
tr.v. in·di·vid·u·al·ized, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·ing, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·es
1. To give individuality to.

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 learning plan of reading and mathematics activities based on Testgate reports.

"Our goal with Classworks is to make sure everyone is getting the most relevant activity based on any assessment a district is using so we are pleased to add Thinkgate to our list of assessment partners," said Mr. Lindsey Cook, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Curriculum Advantage, Inc. "With multiple assessment resources tied into Classworks, teachers now have even greater flexibility and power when generating individualized instruction Individualized instruction is a method of instruction in which content, instructional materials, instructional media, and pace of learning are based upon the abilities and interests of each individual learner.  based on student test results."

Thinkgate's foundation product is Testgate (www.thinkgate.net) -- a tool to test students in an offline or online environment and then assess student progress through progressive reporting features. The pre and post test data can be compared to determine student gains.

Classworks (www.curriculumadvantage.com) is a network-based solution of reading and mathematics curriculum used in K-12 grades and includes 10,881 learning activities from dozens of award-winning educational software programs, all of which are correlated with National Education Standards. Classworks State Editions are further aligned to the learning standards Learning Standards is a term used to describe standards applied to education content, particularly in the US K-12 space.

The Learning Standards themselves can can be found on the individual web sites for states [1]
 and test objectives allowing teachers to more closely tie their teaching to the core concepts and competencies prescribed by their state.

Educators applaud Classworks for its ability to import test results from a variety of assessment tools and then prescribe individualized learning plans for students. This allows teachers to pinpoint student deficiencies and give them the best chance to learn the topics they have not learned sufficiently enough to pass most state assessments. Classworks creates custom imports that read and import test results from state high stakes High Stakes is a British sitcom starring Richard Wilson that aired in 2001. It was written by Tony Sarchet. The second series remains unaired after the first received a poor reception.  tests and other assessments. Custom imports allow educators to align any assessment results to Classworks activities with individual learning paths.

Classworks has been so well received by the education community that leading education organizations in key states like Georgia, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures


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Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15.
 have endorsed the program. It was also recognized by the Software and Information Industry Association According to its mission statement, "the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry.  (SIIA (Software & Information Industry Association, Washington, DC, www.siia.net) A trade organization devoted to the health and welfare of the software and digital content industry by providing support in government relations, business development, education and intellectual property ) as the Best Instructional Solution in the Language Arts/Reading Category for elementary grade products and the company was named Newcomer of the Year as a leading company in tune with K-12 educators' needs.

About Curriculum Advantage

Curriculum Advantage, Inc. (www.curriculumadvantage.com) is based in Atlanta, Georgia with a satellite office in Wayne, Neb. Curriculum Advantage, Inc.'s flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation.  is Classworks, a network-based system of K-12 reading and mathematics curriculum and learning tools that currently comprise over 5,000 hours of curriculum. Classworks activities are correlated to national and state learning standards and state tests. They include prescriptive and summative assessment Summative assessment (or Summative evaluation) refers to the assessment of the learning and summarises the development of learners at a particular time. After a period of work, e.g. , remediation and reporting tools. Classworks is installed in 3,000 schools in the United States and worldwide. INET INET Internet
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 Classroom, also from Curriculum Advantage, Inc., is a comprehensive library of web-based curriculum linked to state and national standards.

About Thinkgate

Thinkgate is an innovative educational solutions company that is headquartered in Woodstock, Georgia. Our Education Suite is an integrated set of customizable standards-based products providing district level solutions. These solutions include formative testing and assessment, curriculum and plan management, longitudinal data tracking, and parental access. All of our products have been designed collaboratively with educators to ensure that they are easy to use and provide meaningful data for all teachers, principals and administrators. Thinkgate has a reputation for making data-driven instruction a reality by providing teachers and administrators with real-time standards-based information on every student. Thinkgate is revolutionizing education by combining technology solutions with educator experience to provide a single point of access to relevant information. When placed in the hands of a teacher, this information will influence performance in the classroom. For more information about Thinkgate, please visit www.Thinkgate.net.
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