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Basal Curriculum		"Thanks Academic Benchmarks! Your comprehensive standards coverage and flexible delivery system are helping us to publish even better educational products." —Mid Walsh, Solutions Director, Houghton Mifflin "Overall, I think the alignment system is great...we would not have been able to do what we have done without it." —Thomas Webber, Jr., Chairman/CEO, Super Duper, Inc.

McGraw-Hill McGraw-Hill Education addresses virtually every aspect of the education market from pre-K through professional learning. Using traditional materials, online learning and multimedia tools, we empower the growth of teachers, professionals and students of all ages

Pearson Education Educating 100 million people worldwide, Pearson Education is the global leader in educational publishing, providing scientifically research-based print and digital programs to help students learn at their own pace, in their own way.

Houghton Mifflin Company Houghton Mifflin is one of the leading educational publishers in the United States, publishing textbooks, instructional technology, assessments, and other educational materials for teachers and students of every age. The Company also publishes an extensive line of reference works and award-winning fiction and nonfiction for adults and young readers.

Harcourt Harcourt is a global education company serving students and teachers in PreK through grade 12, adult learners, and readers of all ages. Harcourt companies provide a variety of books, print, and electronic learning materials, assessments, and professional development programs.

Supplemental Curriculum

Annenberg Annenberg resources help teachers increase their expertise in their fields and assist them in improving their teaching methods.

AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. WeatherBug Achieve’s integration of real-life weather conditions with hands-on classroom curriculum is enhancing learning and interaction with students and teachers.

Center for Applied Technology in Education (CATE) CATE is dedicated to the development, integration and application of technologies to promote and enhance human development, learning and communication.

Coughlan Companies, Inc. Capstone Press, Children's Library Resources, Compass Point Books, Picture Window Books, Red Brick Learning, and Stone Arch Books

Discovery Education Discovery Education is the leading provider of digital-video-based broadband educational content. From its new Cosmeo homework-help tool to school services and products reaching 35 million students in 90,000 schools around the world, Discovery Education's mission is to provide effective digital resources to educators, students, and families.

Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Evan-Moor Educational Publishers specializes in supplemental educational materials that meet the needs of today's teachers and students in grades PreK-6.

ExploreLearning ExploreLearning offers a catalog of modular, interactive simulations in math and science for teachers and students in grades 6-12, called Gizmos. Gizmos are designed as supplemental curriculum materials that support state and national curriculum standards.

Gareth Stevens Publishing Gareth Stevens, Inc., is a leading publisher of educational books and high-quality fiction providing students at all grade levels with the information and concepts needed to succeed in school.

K12, Inc. We have become the leader in providing individualized, one-to-one learning solutions to students from kindergarten through high school across the country.

Library Video Company Library Video Company is the leading distributor of educational video, DVD and audiobook to schools and public libraries nationwide. The company stocks over 18,000 titles covering a diverse range of topics for all ages and grade levels.

netTrekker netTrekker d.i., the latest version of netTrekker, the award-winning search engine for schools, supports differentiated instruction with standards-based online resources, organized by readability level to help every child achieve.

Newsbank, Inc. NewsBank, inc. has been one of the world's premier information providers for more than 35 years. NewsBank's comprehensive, Web-based resources satisfy the diverse news and information requirements of public libraries, colleges and universities, schools, government and military libraries, genealogists, professionals and researchers.

Nortel LearniT Nortel LearniT is an educational non-profit organization whose mission is to prepare teachers, students and learners of all ages to develop 21st century communication skills.

PBS PBS is dedicated to providing teachers, students and their families with resources that transform teaching and learning.

Sagebrush Corporation Sagebrush offers a complete range of products and services to meet the diverse needs of today's educators and librarians.

SAM Learning Ltd SAM Learning, a UK based company, is a recognized leader in elearning. More than 60% of Secondary Schools and over 1000 Primary Schools in the UK subscribe to SAM Learning.

Scholastic, Inc. Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, has a corporate mission supported through all of its divisions of helping children around the world to read and learn.

School Specialty, Inc. School Specialty is an education company that provides innovative and proprietary products, programs, and services to help educators engage and inspire students of all ages and abilities.

Summit Interactive Summit Interactive is an established leader in mathematics multimedia production. The company's GraspMath Interactive Video Tutor series are now in use in more than 500 schools, serving more than 150,000 students.

Super Duper, Inc. Super Duper Publications makes creative, colorful educational materials that children and educators love.

Teacher's Pal, Inc. Teacher's Pal builds easy-to-use software that empowers educators to fulfill the promise of learning for every child. For ten years we have enhanced and refined our software under the guidance of the teachers and administrators who use and benefit from our technology every day.

The Math Forum The Math Forum is the comprehensive resource for math education on the Internet.

Thinkwell, Inc. Thinkwell has succeeded in creating a "next-generation" textbook, one that helps students learn and teachers teach.

Tom Snyder Publishing Tom Snyder Productions, a Scholastic company, is a leading developer and publisher of educational software for K-12 classrooms. Today they carry over 125 award-winning software titles covering each curriculum area and are used in over 400,000 classrooms.

Weekly Reader Weekly Reader is a publisher of materials for elementary and secondary schools, with over 90 percent of the school districts in the United States using their materials.

Online Curriculum

Achievement Technologies, Inc. SkillsTutor, a division of Houghton Mifflin, provides scientifically-based online content that is easily implemented to help learners master essential skills. SkillsTutor can be used as a teacher-aided instructional tool or as a one-on-one tutoring resource with minimal guidance.

ANGEL Learning, Inc. The ANGEL suite of enterprise learning management tools enables efficient and effective development, delivery and management of courses, course content and learning outcomes. Engaging communication and collaboration capabilities augment instruction to deliver leading edge teaching and learning.

Atomic Learning, Inc. Atomic Learning provides web-based software training and curriculum resources for more than 100 applications students and educators use every day. Our just-in-time approach focuses on answering the common questions people have when learning popular software packages.

BASCOM Global Internet Services, Inc. Internet resources are aligned to professional standards and local curriculum. With the Global Chalkboard, students use the Internet much as they would a workbook; only it is customized for their unique needs. This easy-to-use tool allows educators to use the Internet as a true instructional resource - one that eliminates the distractions while enabling educators with varying levels of technical proficiency to assemble dynamic, focused lessons using the best learning resources the Web has to offer.

Carnegie Learning, Inc. Carnegie Learning is a leading publisher of middle school and high school math curricula. The Cognitive Tutor® programs provide intelligent software tutoring for each student, combined with text and teacher-led classroom instruction.

Compass Learning, Inc. Compass Learning is the innovative education technology solutions company, delivering research-based, standards-based assessment, aligned PreK-12 curriculum, and comprehensive data reporting for improved student achievement.

E2020, Inc. Combining the best of traditional classroom instruction with the dynamic capabilities of online education, Education 2020's Virtual Classroom has created both a powerful and proven method of student instruction going beyond the traditional classroom.

Global SchoolNet Foundation Global SchoolNet combines smart teaching ideas with web publishing, video conferencing and other online tools that bridge geographic gaps, allowing young people around the world to learn together. Global SchoolNet is a growing international network of 90,000+ online educators, who engage in online project-based learning activities.

KC Distance Learning, Inc. KC Distance Learning (KCDL) is a leading provider of distance learning programs for high school students including core, Honors, and AP courses. Since our first programs were introduced in 1974, we have enriched the lives of over 200,000 students through high quality online and correspondence education programs. In 2005-06, over 23,000 students took courses from KCDL.

OdysseyWare, Inc. OdysseyWare, Inc. is a 3-12 curriculum and technology solutions provider serving public and charter schools nationwide. We exist to help teachers meet the complex academic needs of today's youth and to provide students with the tools they need to learn and achieve.

Renzulli Learning Systems, LLC. The Renzulli Learning System is an exciting new on-line program that matches students' interests and learning styles to many different opportunities designed to provide enriched, challenging learning.

Riverdeep Riverdeep is one of the fastest growing education software companies in the United States, with a wide range of respected products being used in more than 45,000 schools in over 20 countries worldwide.

SAS inSchool Our approach is innovative, but our goals are traditional. Teachers, developers, artists and other specialists clarify content in the core disciplines. We target content difficult to convey with conventional methods—topics where doing and seeing provide information and encourage insights in ways that textbooks cannot.

SchoolKit.com Inc edClass is a comprehensive package of classroom-ready technology integration activities that immediately impact the quality of curriculum-focused technology integration across their school or district.

The Learning Internet, Inc. Learning.com helps students and educators develop 21st Century skills through meaningful technology usage, integration into core curriculum, and assessment of technology proficiency.

The Learning Springs Laurel Springs School (LSS) is the nation's leading accredited personalized distance learning program. Together with the Learning Springs (TLS), it has developed a powerful content and learning management system enriched with Laurel Springs' award-winning curricula.

Yahoo! Teachers Yahoo! Teachers is the first free tool building a community of teachers to create, search for, share and exchange lesson plans, thoughts and best practices.

Reference Materials

Facts on File News Services Facts on File, a division of WRC Media, produces award-winning print and electronic reference products for the school and library market.

Grolier Online Grolier Online, a division of Scholastic, produces a definitive, fully integrated database collection and online research portal.

Scholastic Library Publishing Scholastic is the largest publisher and distributor of children's books in the world. They are the largest operator of school-based book clubs and school-based book fairs in the U.S., and are a leading publisher of children's books sold through the trade channel, as well as the leading distributor of children's books through direct-to-home continuity programs.

World Almanac Education World Almanac Education, a division of WRC Media, specializes in reference, fiction, and nonfiction titles for all grade levels and curriculum areas, plus programs to help teach key research and library skills.

Other

Adrylan Communications, Inc.

Core Thought, LLC.

Microsoft Corporation

Remediation and Training Institute

Wayne-Finger Lake BOCES

Whoola, Inc.

WRC Media, Inc.

Assessment		"I don't think there is a more comprehensive set of state standards data or robust alignment system available.... and I have seen them all." —Jackie Gianola-Quinn, Vice President, Content, Testing and Assessment Division, Scantron, Inc. "Your knowledge and understanding of what is going on in the World of Standards is a tremendous asset for us." —Mike Nolan, Content Operations Manager, Edusoft

Advanced Assessment Advanced Assessment's software is comprised of 3 essential pieces of educational software rolled into one convenient package. Its core components include: A) An assessment design & delivery system; B) an electronic “smart” gradebook that automatically grades tests; and C) A diagnostic report generator with links to instructional support.

ALEKS ALEKS is a web-based, artificially intelligent assessment and learning system. ALEKS uses adaptive questioning to quickly and accurately determine exactly what a student knows and doesn't know in a course

CTB McGraw-Hill CTB is the leading publisher of standardized achievement tests for children and adults. With a staff of doctoral-level researchers, scientists, mathematicians, writers, and editors, we assist thousands of school districts across the nation and score more than 20 million test documents each year.

Edusoft The Edusoft® Assessment Management System is a standards-based K-12 assessment solution that allows districts to collect, analyze and act on student performance data to improve classroom instruction and student performance.

ETS ETS is provides a range of products and services to advance learning worldwide for both K-12 and higher education. They design, develop and implement customized assessment systems and support services tailored to meet the needs of clients and test takers internationally.

FSCreations, Inc. FSCreations develops software with a comprehensive understanding of the needs of educators, students, and publishers.

GTCO Calcomp GTCO Calcomp/ Interwrite Learning is a premier global provider of interactive learning solutions for primary, secondary and higher education markets. Interactive solutions, including the Interwrite Board, Pad and Panel all come with Interwrite Workspace, a next generation educational software application for creating, teaching and assessing student performance using digital content

Intel-Assess, Inc. Intel-Assess was founded in 2006 to provide formative assessment solutions that enable educators to use data to drive student achievement. Intel-Assess helps students master key state-defined learning skills by identifying where they do not meet standards, which provides their teachers the benchmark for a targeted intervention program.

Kaplan, Inc. Kaplan K12 Learning Services partners with schools to provide high-quality instructional programs that improve results and help all students achieve.

LearningSoft, LLC LearningSoft’s flagship product, Indigo Learning System, is a network of handheld computers developed specifically for assessment and instruction. Indigo provides instant feedback for educators to guide classroom decisions and ensures that students achieve success on “high-stakes” standardized exams. The company‘s comprehensive curriculum is correlated to state and national educational standards and allows teachers to create standards-aligned assessments and teaching practices.

LearningStation, Inc. LearningStation strives to make teaching and learning personal, authentic and engaging for educators and students across the United States and around the world. Known as the leading provider of customized web desktops for schools, the company focuses on bringing together and delivering to schools proven, engaging applications that support effective learning relationships and improve student achievement.

LearnStar, Inc. LearnStar is a leading standards-based solutions provider for improving test scores, increasing knowledge retention and promoting critical-thinking skills.

Measured Progress Measured Progress works to improve teaching and learning by providing customized assessment products and educational services.

New Century Education Corporation New Century Education provides instructional software to help students of all ages and ability levels achieve proficiency in core curriculum subjects.

Northwest Evaluation Association The Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) is a national non-profit organization dedicated to helping all children learn.

Scantron, Inc. Scantron's K-12 Assessment and Testing systems enable educators to measure student progress on a continuous scale across a wide grade span, predict student performance on high-stakes summative state tests, administer benchmark tests either online or offline, collect and report results in real time, and analyze results according to state standards, NCLB categories or custom criteria.

School Software Group, Inc. School Software Group delivers a suite of products uniquely created to meet the needs of educators, parents, students and the community. From their thorough, user-friendly BuildYourOwnCurriculum program to their breakthrough BuildYourOwnAssessment tool, they have leveraged technology to address K-12's mission-critical challenges. www.schoolsoftwaregroup.com

The Riverside Publishing Company Riverside Publishing, a Houghton Mifflin Company, is dedicated to providing society with the finest professional testing products and services available.

Turning Technologies Easily conduct multiple assessments, track student learning, and engage your entire class with a TurningPoint student response system. With this cutting edge technology for schools, teachers can create interactive PowerPoint® presentations that collect real-time responses from students, and quickly assess students' achievement toward state standards.

Curriculum Mapping		"The state standards database provided by Academic Benchmarks has allowed our schools to integrate goals, standards, and benchmarks into their curriculum.... this database is essential to our schools." —Jim Westrick, CEO, WestJam Enterprises, Inc. "What magic button do you have to turn this out so fast?" —Eric Robertson, VP of Sales and Marketing, Broad Education

Collaborative Learning, Inc The Curriculum Mapper™ is the industry's oldest web-based tool to create and analyze curriculum maps. The Curriculum Mapper™ integrates an Academic Benchmarks Customized State Standards Feed into the system to provide schools the ability to align curriculum to their state's standards.

Performance Pathways The first and only suite of products to help manage and organize - on a schoolwide basis - vital and timely information about student achievement.

School Software Group, Inc. School Software Group delivers a suite of products uniquely created to meet the needs of educators, parents, students and the community. From their thorough, user-friendly BuildYourOwnCurriculum program to their breakthrough BuildYourOwnAssessment tool, they have leveraged technology to address K-12's mission-critical challenges. www.schoolsoftwaregroup.com

Other

AllofE Solutions, LLC The Academic Platform is AllofE's solution to information management for schools, school districts, universities, libraries, museums, and any other academia or research oriented organization.

Broad Education Broad Education delivers effective e-learning solutions to students, teachers, school administrators and parents.

ClassLink, Inc ClassLink provides K-12 school districts with educational technology management solutions that connect administrators, teachers, students and parents to the applications they need - and to each other - through a single desktop interface.

Common Goal Systems, Inc. Common Goal Systems provides web-based services to help schools improve the quality of education and increase student performance.

Curricuplan Curricuplan is an easy to use but powerful web based curriculum design solution where teachers collaborate online to design, align, share, review and reflect on standards based curriculum. www.curricuplan.com

eChalk, Inc eChalk develops and delivers affordable Web-based communication systems designed specifically for K-12 schools, districts, counties and states, with the goal of enhancing collaboration between students, teachers, parents, and administrators.

eMINTS National Center The eMINTS National Center offers professional development programs created by educators for educators. Leading experts have collaborated to produce programs that inspire educators to use instructional strategies powered by technology.

HOSTS Learning HOSTS Learning offers three learning systems that empower teachers and accelerate learning for students.

OnCourse Systems for Education(tm) OnCourse Systems for Education is a full-service provider of web-based tools that automate and streamline educational processes for public and private schools.

Progress Education Corporation Progress Education Corporation provides analytical tools, professional development, and educational interventions and solutions to teachers, school administrators, school districts, and other educational entities.

Promethean, Inc. Promethean is a global leader and innovator in interactive learning technology that empowers teachers to engage, educate, assess and motivate learners.

SchoolNet, Inc SchoolNet provides data-driven decision-making solutions that enable school districts to integrate, access and analyze student demographic and performance data across their district, school, classroom, as well as individual student.

Software America, M.A.

Reporting		"OnCourse Systems for Education cannot thank Academic Benchmarks enough for the service and value they provide our company. I am sure the 30,000 plus teachers using OnCourse across the country would thank you too!" —Christian Contini, Chief Operating Officer, OnCourse Systems for Education(tm) "Thanks to the team at Academic Benchmarks, we can assure our customers that they are getting the up-to-date standards information that they need while reducing the workload on our team!" —Brian Sprinkman, President, Progressive Business Solutions, LLC.

Aptium, LLC schoolBrains™ gives teachers the freedom to spend more time with their students and less time with administrative tasks. schoolBrains™ helps Administrators to improve their students – and their schools – overall performance. With Aptium schoolBrains™, parents get their own portal to see what their student is up to at school

Jasmine Technologies Jasmine Technologies, Inc. revolutionizes the K-12 education environment for students, teachers and administrators with wireless turnkey technology solutions

Qwizdom, Inc. Qwizdom's technology is designed to engage everyone in the audience, whether it be in the school classroom, the boardroom or the conference hall. Watch as your class or audience become inspired, engaged and motivated while using Qwizdom's handheld remote system.

Roundbox Global Roundbox Global is a strategic business and technology consulting firm. They design and build enterprise-strength architecture, software, and Web applications with deep knowledge of technology and informed perspective of the people who use it.

Tek Data Systems Tek Data Systems Company is a leading producer of Resource Management Systems

Grading

Campusware Campusware now offers a fully web-based grading system; a stand-alone web-based gradebook for individual teachers, a fully web-based district gradebook, scheduling software, parental access features, online reports, and more.

Edline, LLC Edline makes it easy to host the classroom, team, school, and district web pages that contain the daily, mission-critical information families need.

eSembler, Gradebook Software by Premio eSembler is a web-based gradebook, attendance, and assessment platform designed for use in K-12 school districts.

Excelsior Software, Inc Excelsior Software's innovative software is empowering educators, students and parents with real-time, daily student assessment and behavior information in more than 1,000 school districts nation-wide.

OnCourse Systems for Education(tm) OnCourse Systems for Education is a full-service provider of web-based tools that automate and streamline educational processes for public and private schools.

WebGrader WebGrader is a web-based grade book that simplifies traditional or standards-based grading, assessment, and report cards.

Other

Mizuni, Inc. Mizuni Motiv is the only Total Information Management Solution based on the Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF).

Performance Matters, LLC Performance Matters is a customized, web-based suite of tools designed specifically for public school districts.

ProTraxx, Inc EzTraxx Online is a complete web-based professional development management solution bringing numerous benefits to staff members and administrators at the school, district, and State level.

Thinkgate, LLC Thinkgate provides a suite of products that solve real-world problems facing today's educators.