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September 6, 2012
Vantage Learning Continues to Bolster Individual Remediation with SPMS Classroom
Powerful Personalized Adaptive Learning Plans™, previously only available from the formative assessment and Adaptive Learning Platform™ Student Progress Monitoring System®, are now available for individual purchase through Vantage Learning’s new SPMS Classroom. Vantage Learning, already a recognized leader in online assessment and instruction, is now offering its PALPs on a per-classroom basis in an effort […]
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October 27, 2011
Montana Striving Readers Project (MSRP)
Through the MT Literacy Plan, the Montana Striving Readers Project (MSRP) is committed to dramatically improving literacy achievement for all students and to providing support systems for all subgrantee LEAs and Head Start Programs. Vantage Learning’s MY Access!® instructional writing and assessment program is an approved program for the MT Literacy Grant. MY Access!® provides […]
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September 2, 2011
Cengage Learning Unveils Details of Write Experience
Cengage Learning Unveils Details of Write Experience; an Innovative Approach to Drafting and Assessing Written Assignments Using Artificial Intelligence Stamford, CT, August 30, 2011—Cengage Learning, a leading global provider of innovative teaching, learning and research solutions, introduces Write Experience, an innovative new digital technology created to automatically assess writing assignments using the IntelliMetric® artificial […]
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July 19, 2011
Crossing Boundaries: Postsecondary Readiness Assessment in Florida
Original article written by Judith Bilsky and published by Change Magazine No one, least of all educators, would dispute that scholarly collaboration by all players in the educational pipeline is key to the seamless, successful progression of students from pre-K to university study. In reality, mutually defining the learning expectations common to K-12 […]
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June 20, 2011
Higher Ed Partnership Aims to Improve Outcomes for Virginia Community College Students
Unique diagnostic and placement platform targets students’ deficiencies to help them succeed EWING, NJ (June 7, 2011) – McCann Associates and Virginia’s Community Colleges (VCCS) are collaborating to implement McCann’s College Success™ platform as the diagnostic and placement testing system for all of Virginia’s 23 community colleges.
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November 8, 2010
Florida Department of Education and McCann Associates Roll Out Nation’s First Common-Core-Based College Readiness Test
Florida’s PERT Test to Utilize McCann’s College Success™ Platform EWING, N.J., November 8, 2010 – McCann Associates and the Florida Department of Education announced today that they have successfully implemented the nation’s first and only state assessment to incorporate Common Core Standards. The assessment, the Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (PERT), has been successfully launched in […]
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August 23, 2010
McCann Associates and Boyer Management Group Partner to Offer Solutions to Current and Future Job Seekers
The Graduate Employment Preparedness Assessment measures an individual’s knowledge and awareness of the best practices of successfully conducting an employment search. EWING, N.J., August 23, 2010 – McCann Associates, the leading provider of online assessment tools, and Boyer Management Group, experts in workforce readiness skills development, are pleased to announce the availability of the Graduate […]
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July 8, 2010
McCann Associates and Boyer Management Group Partner to Measure Success of Employees Worldwide
McCann’s Measured Success™ platform will form the foundation of this new partnership, designed to help companies recruit, train, develop, and retain the best employees on the market. EWING, N.J., July 8, 2010 – McCann Associates, the leading provider of online assessment tools, and Boyer Management Group (BMG), experts in organizational development, are pleased to announce […]
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May 6, 2010
Florida Department of Education Selects McCann Associates to Develop and Deliver a New Florida College Placement Exam
McCann’s College Success™ Platform to be utilized to measure College Readiness Skills and Placement EWING, N.J., May 6, 2010 – The Florida Department of Education announced today that it has selected McCann Associates to develop, deliver and score the state’s new College Placement Test. The assessment, which is being customized to align with the Common […]
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January 11, 2010
McCann Associates Joins American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (ABCTE) to Recruit 900 Teachers across the U.S. in January
Prediction that nearly half of America’s teachers will retire during the next decade leads McCann to join forces with ABCTE to recruit nearly 900 this month. Ewing, NJ, January 11, 2010 – The National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future predicts that nearly half the nation’s teachers are currently age 50 or older, and set […]