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Curriculum Advantage Moves Closer to Core Customer Base and Builds Training Center and Demonstration Classroom in Atlanta.


ATLANTA -- Curriculum Advantage, Inc., which publishes Classworks -- a network-based system of K-12 reading and mathematics curriculum and learning tools -- announced today that the company headquarters have been moved to Atlanta Slang for a 404 error on the Web, which is a link to a missing page. The area code for Atlanta, Georgia is 404. See 404 error. , Ga. The move places them closer to the majority of the Classworks customers and affords space for a demonstration classroom and training center to showcase Classworks successes and best practices.

Curriculum Advantage (www.curriculumadvantage.com), which is currently experiencing its most successful sales quarter since its inception in 2003, will complete the move during the summer months. All departments including sales, technical support, customer support and operations will be housed in one Atlanta location, which is closer to the company's existing and projected customer base.

"Curriculum Advantage is the combination of several entities brought together through various mergers and acquisitions," said Mr. Lindsey Cook, president of Curriculum Advantage. "Many of our inherited inherited

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 offices were located far from our user base. Consolidating our offices is a logical step in our development and allows us to better serve our customers."

With a demonstration classroom and state-of-the-art training center, Curriculum Advantage can accommodate the growing number of requests from school districts seeking training on Classworks. "As the number of schools having great success with Classworks grows, so have the requests for professional development," added Mr. Cook. "This new facility gives us much needed space to accommodate those training requests, it is closer to our customers and we can arrange for visits to area schools to showcase best practices with Classworks."

The proximity of the new location will also increase efficiency in the areas of customer service, implementation and technical support. New staff will be hired to accommodate growing sales particularly on the implementation team, in the technical support department and in the customer service department. And, as Curriculum Advantage pursues its aggressive plan for growth, additional staff will be hired in marketing, business development and sales.

Many of the existing staff and management team will move to the new headquarters including COO Melissa Sinunu and the operations managers See datacenter manager.  in sales, IT, product development and marketing. Wendy Lowe, formerly senior vice president of sales for the eastern United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , has been promoted to senior vice president of sales administration.

About Curriculum Advantage

Curriculum Advantage, Inc. (www.curriculumadvantage.com) is based in Atlanta, Ga. Curriculum Advantage'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 4,000 hours of curriculum. Classworks activities are correlated to national and state learning standards Learning Standards is a term used to describe standards applied to education content, particularly in the US K-12 space.

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 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 2,000 schools in the United States and worldwide. INET INET Internet
INET Intranet
INET International Networking (conference)
INET Institutional Network (Hawaii Department of Education)
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iNET Integrated Network Enhanced Telemetry
 Classroom, also from Curriculum Advantage, is a comprehensive library of web-based curriculum linked to state and national standards. For more information call: 1-888-841-4790.
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