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Riverdeep Riverdeep Interactive Learning originally started as a publishing house for educational online and CDROM products based in San Francisco and Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1995, Riverdeep is principally the creation of 37-year-old ex-investment banker Barry O'Callaghan. , www.riverdeep.net, Software/Internet, $20,000 to $40,000 per year, depending on number of licenses per school

The new version 5.0 of Destination Math, a series built on a sequenced, comprehensive curriculum, features tutorials, hands-on activities, practice workouts and step-by-step problem-solving strategies for grades K-12. Lessons are correlated cor·re·late  
v. cor·re·lat·ed, cor·re·lat·ing, cor·re·lates

v.tr.
1. To put or bring into causal, complementary, parallel, or reciprocal relation.

2.
 to state and national standards, as well as to major textbooks.

Because the series has added courses for K-3 learners, it's now a complete math solution. These courses introduce early learners (grades K-1 and 2-3) to new concepts and provide opportunities for students to apply their understanding of those concepts within real-life contexts.

Destination Math 5.0 also marks the launch of Riverdeep's Learning Management System, which is part of the product. LMS (Learning Management System) An information system that administers instructor-led and e-learning courses and keeps track of student progress. Used internally by large enterprises for their employees, an LMS can be used to monitor the effectiveness of the  offers teachers and administrators a combination of student curriculum management, standards-based testing, instantaneous in·stan·ta·ne·ous  
adj.
1. Occurring or completed without perceptible delay: Relief was instantaneous.

2.
 reporting and prescriptive pre·scrip·tive  
adj.
1. Sanctioned or authorized by long-standing custom or usage.

2. Making or giving injunctions, directions, laws, or rules.

3. Law Acquired by or based on uninterrupted possession.
 assignments. Future comprehensive curriculum products from Riverdeep, will include LMS, as well.

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