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 Edison Schools Signs Achievement Management Contract with Fairfax County Public Schools. Virginia Agreement to serve approximately 1,400 student Wednesday, October 22, 2003 The partnership began earlier this month and will provide the Benc hmark Assessment and reporting tool system - an online, diagnostic assessment program - for approximately 1,400 students in grades 3, 5, and 8 in Cluster V of the district. In 2004-2005, the partnership may expand to serve additional schools and students in the district. Fairfax County Public Schools, located just outside of Washington D.C., is the nation's 12th largest school district and enrolls approximately 165,000 students. Formerly known as Edison Affiliates, Tungsten Learning specializes in help ing school districts raise student achievement through cost-effective "behind-the-scenes" achievement solutions that are customized to each school district's needs. Tungsten Learning's suite of full-service achievement management products and services include Edison's highly effective and innovative "Benchmark Assessment System". "Through Tungsten Learning, we are delighted to offer school districts achievement management solutions that provide teachers and administrators with the data and support they need to improve instruction and drive student achievement," said Jim Howland, CEO for Edison's Educational Services. "Edison's practical know-how in running schools and improving student performance will certainly be a tremendous value to districts searc hing for proven, cost-effective achievement management solutions." In Fairfax, Tungsten Learning will implement the Benchmark Assessment System, a revolutionary electronic student assessment system aligned with Virginia's Standards of Learning, with comp rehensive, real-time reporting capability. With its split-ASP technology platform, the Benchmark system provides instantaneous feedback to both students and instructors, thereby helping teachers to gauge and improve student learning in real time, meet accountability goals, and ultimately help make adequate yearly progress (AYP). Tungsten Learning will also provide achievement support to Fairfax to assist in the interpretation of the data and the implementation of professional development for teachers. Dr. Daniel Domenech, Superintendent, and Dr. Nancy Sprague, Chief Academic Officer enthusiastically support the partnership. "We appreciate the fact that Tungsten Learning's products and services have a proven track record that can provide us with assess ments to help improve student achievement, which is congruent with our mission 'to educate all students to meet high academic standards'". Tungsten Learning was one of two vendors selected through a competitive RFP process conducted by Fairfax County Public Schools over the summer months. At least one dozen vendors sought to partner with Fairfax. Last month, Edison Schools announced a partnership between Tungsten Learning and Metropolitan School District (MSD) of Perry Township of Indiana. That three-year contract will serve approximately 5,000 students in nine schools. A
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