Acquisition will combine professional learning resources with integrated instructional improvement system to increase district performanceSAN FRANCISCO, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Teachscape, the leader in the development and delivery of outcomes-based professional development programs for educators, has acquired Silicon Valley-based Edgenuity, Inc., a software and services company providing analytic solutions to school districts to improve achievement. This acquisition will combine Teachscape's professional learning products and services with Edgenuity's instructional improvement technologies to provide educators and districts with a web-based, integrated solution to reach new heights of instructional effectiveness.
Edgenuity's software, known as the Edgenuity Achievement Suite, integrates the three core competencies for effective teaching in K-12 districts: curriculum, instruction and assessment. Underlying the system is a set of applications and knowledgebases to help districts strategically define what educators should teach and when they should teach it. The Achievement Suite gathers and analyzes multiple measures--both formative and benchmark assessments--and evaluates the impact of teaching practices. By analyzing instructional practices relative to student performance, these tools inform teachers about specific adjustments that they can make to their instruction to help all students learn. Teachscape will continue the company's practice of building capacity for instructional leaders and developing research-based teaching practice, producing a coherent, evidence-based strategy for predictably increasing student achievement.
"Through the application of best practices and research-based initiatives, Edgenuity has been instrumental in enabling district turnarounds," said Mark Atkinson, Teachscape's Chief Executive Officer. "With federal and state education agencies clearly focused on the deployment of integrated data systems to improve teacher effectiveness, the addition of Edgenuity's software tools enables Teachscape to help teachers drive student achievement as never before."
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