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Vantage Learning Technology Wins District Administration's 2003 Districts' Choice Award; Learning Access! Chosen as One of 100 Top Products for School Administrators
Business Wire, June 18, 2003
Business Editors/Hi-Tech & Education Writers
NEWTOWN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 2003
Vantage Learning (www.vantagelearning.com), the world's leading provider of online assessment, today announced that its Learning Access! integrated suite of diagnostic and instructional assessment tools has been chosen by the editors of District Administration magazine as one of the Top 100 products of the year. Learning Access! is an integrated solution for the creation, administration, scoring and reporting of interactive diagnostic assessments in reading, writing, and math. It enables educators to create and deliver end-of-course exams, periodic benchmark assessments, teacher-created quizzes, and homework in a single, easy-to-use environment.
"We are honored to be recognized by such a well-respected name in education," says Scott Elliot, COO of Vantage Learning. "For 16 years, District Administration has awarded those companies meeting the challenge to provide quality solutions to educators throughout the country. And the current focus on meeting the No Child Left Behind Act challenges educators to find even greater innovation among the providers of products and services. Our Learning Access! suite helps teachers meet these challenges, providing a blueprint for instruction and remediation by accurately assessing student strengths and weaknesses in reading, writing, and math relative to state and national standards. We are honored to be among the best of the best!"
The District Administration Districts' Choice Top 100 Awards were launched in 1987 to identify the best new products for school administrators. Winners were chosen through a process that included input from the magazine's staff, editorial advisory board, and comments from a percentage of 75,000 readers. Products of all types are considered- from books, to Web-based offerings, to hardware and software products.
For more information regarding Vantage Learning or Learning Access!, please contact Harry Barfoot at (215) 579-8390.
About Vantage Learning
Vantage Learning, an affiliate of Vantage Laboratories and the leading provider of online assessment and automated essay scoring, developed IntelliMetric(TM) (http://www.vantagelearning.com) to meet the needs of business, education, and government agencies needing a comprehensive Internet-based test authoring, delivery, scoring and reporting platform. IntelliMetric administers and scores responses to open-ended questions over the Internet using advanced artificial intelligence technology. An individual can enter a response to a question posed, submit the response, and receive an immediate score with feedback within seconds.
Eduventures recently selected Vantage Learning as one of the eight most innovative educational technology companies. Vantage provides services in 49 states including Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Virginia, Oregon and Texas, and provides services to educational leaders such as The College Board, ACT, Harcourt Educational Measurement, CTB/McGraw Hill and Thomson Learning, and industry giants such as Microsoft, Apple Computer, AOL and Sun Microsystems.
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