222SCHOLASTIC READING COUNTS!®, THE HIGHLY REGARDED CHILDREN'S READING MOTIVATION AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, BOLSTERS TEACHERS' LITERACY EFFORTS WITH NEW TEXTBOOK SUPPORT
SCHOLASTIC READING COUNTS!®, THE HIGHLY REGARDED CHILDREN'S READING MOTIVATION AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, BOLSTERS TEACHERS' LITERACY EFFORTS WITH NEW TEXTBOOK SUPPORT
New York5,
NY (May
15,
2002) --
Scholastic, the global children's publishing and media company, today announces the expansion of Scholastic Reading Counts!®, the company's highly regarded motivation and management program, extending literacy assessment support to the five major reading textbook series' used by teachers of grades K-12. Scholastic Reading Counts! is a computer-based reading motivation and assessment program that boosts reading ability, raises test scores, and helps kids develop a lifelong love of reading. Available to educators in August 2002 (certain series available now), Scholastic Reading Counts! will offer custom-generated, computerized quizzes for commonly used textbook series' including McGraw Hill Reading, Open Court Reading, Scott Foresman Reading, Harcourt Trophies, and Houghton Mifflin Reading. Quizzes will be available for the Student Anthologies, Leveled Readers, and Trade Books series.
"As teachers start preparing for the next school year, they want to get a head start on new and creative ways to encourage their students to read, and to track their students' progress and success," said Harry Barfoot, Vice President and General Manager of Scholastic Reading Counts! "Educators can look to Scholastic Reading Counts!, not only as a powerful tool to motivate reading practice, but also as a supplemental teaching tool that can be used in conjunction with the textbooks they plan on using in the fall." He continued, "Teachers can take Scholastic Reading Counts!, a program they know kids love, and apply it to standard textbooks their students are required to read. This latest offer dramatically enhances Scholastic Reading Counts! basal textbook support."
Scholastic Reading Counts! lets teachers customize requirements for passing quizzes, length of quizzes, and other key parameters to meet the needs of all students. A variety of clear, easy-to-understand reports provide teachers and parents with valuable information about student achievement, and help match students to the right level of reading challenge. To purchase and find out more about Scholastic Reading Counts!, call 1-877-268-6871 or go to www.scholastic.com/readingcounts.
About Scholastic Corporation:
Scholastic is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books. As a global children's publishing and media company serving the needs of parents, teachers, and children, Scholastic provides proprietary book and software distribution through school book clubs, school book fairs and to classrooms, as well as through the retail trade. Since 1920, Scholastic has created quality educational materials for schools and has expanded its reach to include the distribution of books, software, toys, online learning services and television programming directly to the home. Scholastic's Grolier division is the leading print and online publisher of children's reference materials and the leader in children's direct-to-home book clubs. Internationally, Scholastic operates wholly owned companies in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, The Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Kingdom. The U.S. Scholastic web site is a leading provider of educational services online for parents, teachers and children.
Contacts:
Aimee Spengler Dolan
212-343-6570
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