eSchool News
APRIL 28, 2015
DRA2+ app guides teachers through reading assessment. Pearson has launched the Developmental Reading Assessment, Second Edition PLUS (DRA2+) iPad App for literacy assessment. The Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA2+) is intended to give educators tools to monitor changes in student reading performance.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 24, 2018
And Pearson is still around. But the company’s most compelling case for reclaiming pole position in the education market isn’t the tablet, argues EdSurge columnist Jin-Soo Huh. Is Assessment Ready to Move Beyond Standardized Tests? What’s Next for Pearson? These MIT Researchers Think So.
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Edsurge
APRIL 26, 2019
In Pearson’s preliminary 2018 results released in February, the publisher said it expects flat revenue or even a 5 percent decline for its U.S. For Pearson, non-digital revenues still dominate at 38 percent, down from 41 percent the year prior. Digital revenue grew to 34 percent from 32 percent the year prior. It’s a coexistence.
Edsurge
MARCH 4, 2019
He held in his hand a tablet and I watched as it recorded my brainwaves. As I repeated “up, up, up” in my mind, I watched the tablet map my thoughts, converting my brainwaves into an algorithm. “Relax your mind,” said a young man standing next to me. I chose, “up,” but “cheese” or “pajamas” would have worked equally well.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 30, 2019
In 2012, Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Macmillan Higher Education sued Boundless Learning, claiming that the open education textbook startup had “stolen the creative expression of their authors and editors, violating their intellectual-property rights.” Pearson PARCC "Spies" on Students. Textbook Publishers vs. Boundless.
Edsurge
JUNE 18, 2017
In 2002, our team at Microsoft Education created an LMS for a world where every teacher and student had a tablet computer. Tablet computers didn’t take off until a decade later. Our system was user friendly, allowing educators to see student grades, benchmark assessments and progress against standards on student dashboards.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 9, 2017
Pearson is Not a Platform. I’m not sure if we can still call Pearson “the world’s largest education company.” That restructuring has involved shedding some of the products and subsidiaries unrelated to education, Pearson executives have said. Pearson does not have a platform.
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