CurriculumAdvantage Launches New Classworks Import Edition for New York and Celebrates Development Successes.

LOS ANGELES -- Curriculum Advantage, Inc. announced today that it has released a new import edition for New York that imports state-mandated assessment data into Classworks and thus ties the New York State learning standards to classroom instruction. Classworks, which is a network-based system of K-12 language arts and mathematics curriculum and learning tools created from 180 different software products, then uses those assessment data to prescribe individualized learning paths for students.

Curriculum Advantage was incorporated in 2003 and quickly began revamping Classworks into a relevant teaching resource for schools where accountability and informed instruction -- key elements of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 -- drive many educational technology purchases. Classworks had been in use in classrooms since 1993 but lacked a learning management system and direct ties to assessment data which would allow high-stakes test data and other benchmarking assessments to guide instruction. With the purchase of Classworks in 2003, and after six months of redevelopment, an aggressive development plan promised new import editions for key states. To date, every development benchmark has been achieved and the final count for state import editions includes Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Georgia, New York and Illinois, as well as a Scantron Performance Series import edition.

In addition to updated Classworks alignments to state learning standards for language arts, reading and mathematics, Classworks developers aligned the instructional activities to 15 states and correlated its internal benchmarking assessment to the primary norm-referenced tests: SAT/10, CTBS, CAT, ITBS, and MAT. These internal assessments serve as a critical element of a teacher's work to determine which required skills students do not understand. Using that data, teachers can then rely on Classworks to assign activities, lessons and quizzes to help students catch up with the skills they do not currently understand -- also called remediation.

"With the launch of the New York Import Edition of Classworks, we will have achieved every development goal we established 14 months ago," said Melissa Watkins, chief operating officer. "Obviously we are proud of our development team and clearly, we have correctly envisioned what educators needed because they have whole-heartedly embraced the revamped Classworks."

Curriculum Advantage has received recognition from education leadership organizations which applaud the company's commitment to developing state-specific editions and import editions. In September 2003, the Florida School Boards Association selected Classworks as one of the premier curriculum library and remediation tools of choice for the Florida elementary and middle schools. Additionally, the Georgia Association of Educational Leaders, the Illinois Association of School Administrators, the Texas Association of School Administrators and the Nevada Association of School Administrators have recognized Classworks as an effective curriculum resource for their schools.

About CurriculumAdvantage(TM)

Curriculum Advantage, Inc. (www.curriculumadvantage.com) has offices in Los Angeles; Austin, Texas; and Wayne, Neb. Curriculum Advantage's flagship product is Classworks, a network-based system of K-12 reading and mathematics curriculum and learning tools that comprise over 3,000 hours of curriculum. Classworks activities are correlated to national and state learning standards and state tests. They include prescriptive and summative assessment, remediation and reporting tools. Classworks is installed in 2,000 schools in the United States and worldwide. INET Classroom, also from Curriculum Advantage, is a comprehensive library of web-based curriculum linked to state and national standards.