BRIGANCE® CIBS II' Offers Effective and Individualized Diagnosis for Special Education Students

December 7, 2009 The BRIGANCE Comprehensive Inventory of Basic Skills II (CIBS II) provides special education teachers and administrators with the means to easily assess and monitor the needs of special education students. Created by Curriculum Associates®, the new CIBS II Reading/ELA Inventory and CIBS II Math Inventory measure students' present level of performance, provide ongoing assessment of academic skills at Pre–K through grade 9 levels, guide instructional planning, and offer instructional objectives for writing IEPs. More

 

Curriculum Associates' ‘New York Ready’ Series Aligns to State Standards to Maximize Student Achievement

December 7, 2009 Nothing says “Hot off the Presses” like Curriculum Associates' latest New York Ready series. Preparing students for everything that is going to be assessed on New York's recently rescheduled May 2010 high-stakes test, the series aligns to New York's State Performance Indicators, including the new April-to-April mathematics schedule. More

 

Curriculum Associates' Celebrates 40 Years of Providing Quality Supplemental Materials to Educators Nationwide

November 4, 2009 Curriculum Associates, a leading publisher of research-based supplemental curriculum materials and tools for today's diverse classrooms, marks its 40th anniversary of creating and supplying leading reading, math, and assessment tools for schools. Long known for its BRIGANCE special education screens and its student reading and math workbooks, the company has expanded its line to include software and web-based diagnostic assessments that provide teachers with immediate results to help differentiate instruction for every student. More

 

Curriculum Associates' Launches New State-specific ‘Ready’ Line with ‘TAKS Ready Mathematics’ and ‘TAKS Ready Reading’

September 10, 2009 Curriculum Associates, a leading publisher of research-based supplemental curriculum materials and tools for today's diverse classrooms, is launching its Ready line of test practice and instruction books with the new TAKS Ready Mathematics and TAKS Ready Reading. These supplemental materials will replace the TAKS Practice and Mastery series and include test practice and focused instruction to help students raise their test scores on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS™). More

 

Curriculum Associates' Named Exclusive U.S. Distributor for Cavallo Books

October 8, 2009 Curriculum Associates, a leading publisher of research-based supplemental curriculum materials and tools for today's diverse classrooms, has been appointed the sole distributor of Cavallo Books in the United States. With more than 150 titles, Cavallo Books are specifically designed to build oral language skills and are authored by leading early literacy experts, including Dr. Adria Klein, Libby Larrabee, and Alan Trussell-Cullen. More

 

Curriculum Associates' ‘DORA Phonemic Awareness’ is Now Available to Help Schools Assess Reading Skills of K–1 Students

June 29, 2009 Curriculum Associates, the sole distributor of the DORA and DOMA systems created by Let's Go Learn, announces that DORA Phonemic Awareness is now available as part of the DORA—Diagnostic Online Reading Assessment System to provide K–1 educators with an easy-to-use online diagnostic reading assessment. More

 

Curriculum Associates to Unveil New ‘BRIGANCE®’ Program at National Head Start Conference

April 28, 2009 with the National Head Start Conference, Curriculum Associates is launching its new BRIGANCE Head Start System. Programs such as Head Start have trusted BRIGANCE products for more than 20 years. Now, there is a new system tailored specifically to meet the needs of Head Start programs. The system is designed to provide quick and easy More

 

Curriculum Associates' 'DORA/DOMA' Programs Win Scholastic Administr@tor Award

April 27, 2009 DORA and DOMA programs won the Scholastic Administr@tor's 2008-2009 Best in Tech for Assessment Tools: Reading and Math Intervention solutions. Products that were chosen by Scholastic Admininstr@tor's editors as “Best in Tech” were handpicked and evaluated by Scholastic Administr@tor's expert administrator-reviewers. DORA/DOMA was reviewed by Sewellyn Kaplan, a secondary More

 

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Microsite Takes Guesswork out of Title I Funding

April 9, 2009 scramble to understand the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), questions arise about its link to classroom learning. Curriculum Associates, a leading publisher of research-based supplemental curriculum materials and tools for today's diverse classrooms, has launched an ARRA microsite dedicated to answering. More

 

Curriculum Associates to Unveil New ‘BRIGANCE^®’ Program at National Head Start Conference

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., April 28, 2009—To coincide with the National Head Start Conference, Curriculum Associates is launching its new BRIGANCE Head Start System. Programs such as Head Start have trusted BRIGANCE products for more than 20 years. Now, there is a new system tailored specifically to meet the needs of Head Start programs. The system is designed to provide quick and easy screening and ongoing assessment of student skills to help determine each child's specific needs, target instruction, and monitor progress. More

 

‘DORA/DOMA’ Diagnostic Assessment Programs Win Scholastic Administr@tor Award

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., April 27, 2009—Adding to its success in the diagnostic assessments market, Curriculum Associates has received a Scholastic Administr@tor 2008–2009 Best in Tech for Assessment Tools: Reading and Math Intervention solutions award for the DORA and DOMA programs. Developed by educational experts at Let's Go Learn, DORA and DOMA are exclusively distributed in the U.S. by Curriculum Associates. More

 

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Microsite Takes Guesswork out of Title I Funding

Curriculum Associates helps educators find stimulus solutions

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., April 9, 2009—As educators scramble to understand the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), questions arise about its link to classroom learning. Curriculum Associates, a leading publisher of research-based supplemental curriculum materials and tools for today’s diverse classrooms, has launched an ARRA microsite dedicated to answering these questions by providing helpful, up-to-date guidance on the recently-signed ARRA and its effect on education and education reform. The site can be found at www.CurriculumAssociates.com/ARRA. More

 

Curriculum Associates' ‘Summer School Kits’ Provide Aid to Struggling Students

Assessment, instruction, practice, and test preparation combine to increase student achievement in summer- and after-school programs

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., February 25, 2009—Curriculum Associates, a leading publisher of research-based supplemental curriculum materials and tools for today's diverse classrooms, has created Summer School Kits specifically designed to raise achievement in struggling students enrolled in summer school programs or after-school "extended day" programs. Designed for students in grades 2–8, the kits feature multiple components that together provide a concentrated system for helping students advance in reading and mathematics. More

 

‘Unique Reader’ and ‘Unique Math’ Unite Assessment with Instructional Activities to Improve Student Achievement

Curriculum Associates combines interactive tutorials with DORA and DOMA to provide supplemental instruction in reading and math

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., January 22, 2009—Curriculum Associates, a leading publisher of research-based supplemental curriculum materials and tools for today's diverse classrooms, launches Unique Reader and Unique Math as extensions to DORA—Diagnostic Online Reading Assessment and DOMA—Diagnostic Online Math Assessment—providing interactive tutorials and activities to students. After students are assessed with DORA or DOMA and deficiencies in knowledge are defined, Unique Reader and Unique Math tailor activities in those key content areas to improve student performance in reading and math. More

 

Curriculum Associates' ‘DORA’ Reading Program Wins Award as the “Brightest Idea” at NCTI Tech Expo

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., December 11, 2008—On November 20, Curriculum Associates' Diagnostic Online Reading Assessment program, DORA, won the Bright Idea Peer Award at the 2008 Tech Expo held by the National Center for Technology Innovation (NCTI). The Tech Expo is an exclusive event funded by the U.S. Department of Education and is attended by personnel from state and federal education departments, district superintendents, board members, technology staff, as well as other education employees. DORA was developed by educational experts at Let's Go Learn and is sold exclusively through Curriculum Associates. More