WriteToLearn Wins 2007 Distinguished Achievement Award From Association
of Educational Publishers
Web-Based Learning Tool Honored as Best Reading and Language
Instruction Web Site for Grades 6-8
BOULDER, Colo. - June 15, 2007
- WriteToLearn™ from Pearson Knowledge Technologies is the
winner of a 2007 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of
Educational Publishers (AEP). The Web-based learning tool was honored
as the best "Curriculum: Reading and Language Instruction Web Site
for Grades 6-8."
With WriteToLearn, students practice essay writing and summarization
skills, and their efforts are measured by the state-of-the-art Knowledge
Analysis Technologies™ (KAT) engine, which automatically evaluates
the meaning of text by examining whole passages, not just grammatical
correctness or spelling.
Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, the Distinguished
Achievement Awards recognize the best educational materials - such as
books, periodicals, educational toys and software - within subject
categories and by audience. As an AEP Award winner, WriteToLearn earns
the right to display the Lamp of Learning seal, nationally recognized
by educators and administrators as a mark of outstanding quality and
achievement.
"We are proud to have WriteToLearn recognized by the leaders of the
educational publishing industry," said Lynn Streeter, president,
Pearson Knowledge Technologies. "Teachers who use WriteToLearn
tell us that they are amazed at the literacy skills their students build
when they practice essay writing and summarizing and get immediate,
targeted feedback. We are committed to continually updating and
expanding WriteToLearn so that it remains the premier tool for
developing writing and reading comprehension skills."
Earlier this year, WriteToLearn 3.0 was launched. The newest update of
this innovative learning tool now gives student writing a score for each
of six traits of writing: ideas, organization, conventions, sentence
fluency, word choice and voice. In addition, the more than 100 reading
passages available for summarizing in WriteToLearn 3.0 have Lexile®
measures. As the most widely adopted reading measure, The Lexile
Framework for Reading measures both reader ability and text difficulty
on the same scale.
For more information about WriteToLearn, visit
www.WriteToLearn.net.
About AEP
The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP), founded in 1895, is a
national, nonprofit association devoted to serving and advancing the
supplemental educational publishing industry. Its membership represents
the many facets of the educational publishing community including
publishers, service providers, nonprofit associations, schools,
researchers and freelance contributors. With the rapid growth of new
educational technologies, AEP members are at the forefront of delivering
progressive, educational products and services that address individual
learning needs and differences. Please visit
www.AEPWeb.org for more information.
About Pearson Knowledge Technologies
Pearson Knowledge Technologies (www.PearsonKT.com) is the developer of
products and services
based on a unique automated text analysis technology that evaluates the
meaning of whole passages. The company's Knowledge Analysis Technologies
(KAT) engine immediately measures writing and content in a way that
simulates a skilled human grader and encourages better subject
knowledge. Pearson Knowledge Technologies' writing and reading skills
products, such as WriteToLearn, Intelligent Essay Assessor and Summary
Street, use the KAT engine to help improve writing, reading and
comprehension skills, as well as build content knowledge for education
and other markets.
Pearson Knowledge Technologies is a business of Pearson Education
(www.pearsoned.com),
the world's largest integrated education company, which in turn is part
of Pearson (NYSE: PSO), the international media company. Pearson's other
primary operations include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin
Group.
For more information, press only:
Lisa Wolfe, L. Wolfe Communications, 773-325-9935, lwolfe@lwolfe.com
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