PASeries Reading Wins 2007 Best Educational Software Award
Formative Assessment From Pearson Education Measures Student Progress, Forecasts Growth
IOWA CITY, Iowa – May 15, 2007 – Pearson Education announced today that PASeries® Reading is the winner of a 2007 Best Educational Software (BESSIE) Award. Part of the PASeries (Progress Assessment Series®) formative assessment product line, PASeries Reading is designed to measure reading progress throughout the school year and to forecast growth for students in grades 3-8. PASeries Reading was honored as best language arts product in the “Early Elementary” category.
This is the thirteenth year that ComputED Learning Center, San Diego’s leading computer education resource, has presented the BESSIE awards, recognizing innovative and content-rich programs and Web sites that provide parents and teachers with the technology to foster educational excellence. Winners are selected from titles submitted by software publishers from around the world.
“It is gratifying to have PASeries Reading recognized by the educators at ComputED Learning Center,” said Douglas Kubach, president and CEO, Pearson Educational Measurement, developer of PASeries. “School districts around the country use PASeries Reading and the other assessments in the PASeries family to link assessment to instruction.”
PASeries Reading uses the industry-standard scientific Lexile Framework® for Reading. Lexiles® provide a common scale for matching reader ability and text difficulty, allowing easy monitoring of student progress. The reading formative assessments include screener, progress and diagnostic tests, focusing on overall ability as well as specific skills in reading.
PASeries is one of Pearson Education’s complementary formative assessment products designed to offer schools, districts and states the flexibility and functionality to meet their unique assessment needs. Pearson’s formative assessment products range from engines for creating and delivering benchmark tests to research-based items and pre-built tests for screening, progress and diagnostic uses, available on paper or online.
In addition to PASeries Reading, the PASeries product line includes PASeries Algebra I, Mathematics and Writing.
For more information about ComputED and the 2007 BESSIE Awards, visit www.computedgazette.com.
PASeries is distributed to states and districts by Pearson Educational Measurement and Pearson Assessments. For more information about the PASeries product line, visit www.PASeries.com.
About Pearson Education
Educating 100 million people worldwide, Pearson Education (www.pearsoned.com) is the global leader in educational publishing, providing research-based print and digital programs to help students of all ages learn at their own pace, in their own way. Virtually all students in America learn from a Pearson program at some point in their educational careers. The company is home to such renowned publishing brands and businesses as Pearson Prentice Hall, Pearson Scott Foresman, Pearson Learning Group, Pearson Digital Learning, Pearson Educational Measurement, Pearson Achievement Solutions, Pearson School Systems, and others. Pearson Education is part of Pearson (NYSE: PSO), the international media company. In addition to Pearson Education, Pearson’s primary operations include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.
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