Juneau School District Selected as National Reference Site
District is Recognized for Outstanding Implementation of Fast ForWord®
4/25/06
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OAKLAND, CA - 04/25/2006 - Scientific Learning Corporation (NASDAQ: SCIL) has announced that Alaska's Juneau School District has been designated a National Reference Site. Juneau joins a select group of districts nationwide that exemplify the outstanding use of the company's computer-based Fast ForWord® family of reading-intervention products.
As a National Reference Site, the Juneau district will serve as a real-life resource for other school districts seeking advice on how to best utilize the Fast ForWord products to provide effective literacy support for their students. Thanks to its broad, district-wide use of the Fast ForWord products, Juneau will also provide a research base for new Scientific Learning products and services.
According to Sherrelle Walker, Scientific Learning's Chief Education Officer, Juneau was selected due to its superior implementation of Fast ForWord, commitment to increasing student achievement, and focus on the use of technology to create and support academic success. The Fast ForWord products are in use in all schools to support the district's literacy efforts.
"The Juneau School District is committed to improving the lives and learning of each member of the school community through the effective use of technology," said Ms. Walker. "They are an outstanding example for other districts considering bringing in the Fast ForWord family of products, and we are excited to welcome them to our family of National Reference Sites."
"We are excited about being named a National Reference Site and are looking forward to collaborating with other districts to help them maximize their use of the Fast ForWord products," said Phil Loseby, Curriculum & Assessment Coordinator for the district. "Fast ForWord has been an integral part of both our literacy acquisition and our learning intervention programs. We are honored to have the opportunity to be included in the future development of these great products."
Juneau's Fast ForWord coordinators will answer questions from educators and officials nationwide to help them develop effective strategies for implementing the products in their own districts. In addition, Juneau's educators will conduct seminars, open houses, and informational sessions and make presentations at national conferences and symposia. The district will also participate in research studies, surveys, and focus groups to help Scientific Learning refine the Fast ForWord products.
About Scientific Learning Corporation
Scientific Learning produces the patented Fast ForWord® family of products, a series of computer-delivered reading intervention products that build learning capacity by developing the neurocognitive skills required to read and learn effectively. These foundational skills are built through a series of brain-based exercises that create fast, effective, and enduring results. Based on more than 30 years of neuroscience and cognitive research, the Fast ForWord products use patented technology and applications of accepted neuroscience principles to help children, adolescents, and adults build the language and reading skills widely recognized as the keys to all learning.
The exercises align with the scientifically based reading-research guidelines and the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. The efficacy of the products has been confirmed by independent researchers by evaluating the results of standardized achievement tests, and by Scientific Learning's scientists.
For more information about Scientific Learning and its products, visit our Web sites at www.scientificlearning.com and www.brainconnection.com, or call toll-free 888-452-7323.
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