NEW YORK, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill (Grow)
announced today that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the United
States Patent and Trademark Office for a series of patent claims that include
Grow's proprietary system for analyzing student assessment data. This
analytical system provides educators, parents, and students with
understandable and comparable topic-level scores, thus illuminating each
student's academic strengths and needs and transforming assessments into
effective tools for teaching and learning.
Grow has implemented this analytical system in many large educational
programs, including statewide implementations in Texas, Arizona, and
Pennsylvania, and district-wide implementations in New York City and Chicago.
Educators have used the resulting information, along with Grow's personalized
instructional resources, to understand students' specific strengths and needs,
prioritize and differentiate instruction, and create individual learning paths
for each student. Over the past seven years, millions of students, along with
their teachers and parents, have benefited from this analytical system, which
Grow has successfully applied in multiple assessment programs.
Earlier this year, Grow launched the MyGuide(TM) Personal Learning
Program, which leverages this analytical system along with proprietary content
management technology and dynamic publishing tools to create individualized,
standards-based content that is targeted to provide the precise instructional
support each student needs in reading and math.
"Our resources help teachers focus on individual student's strengths and
learning needs in the classroom, and provide vital information that enables
each student to thrive and succeed in this 21st Century learning environment,"
said Mark Malaspina, president of The Grow Network. "Our program continues
McGraw-Hill Education's strong tradition of educational innovation, focused on
helping teachers teach, students learn, and parents engage."
About The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill
Established in March 2000, The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill has become a
nationally recognized leader in individualized instruction and educational
assessment reporting. The Grow Network's innovative, patent-pending system
offers dynamic reports and differentiated learning tools, online and in print,
for families, teachers, and educational leaders. The Grow Network is part of
the Assessment and Reporting group of McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP). McGraw-Hill Education is a leading global
provider of print and digital instructional, assessment and reference
solutions that empower professionals and students of all ages. McGraw-Hill
Education has offices in 33 countries and publishes in more than 60 languages.
Additional information is available at http://info.grow.net/.
Media Inquiries:
Kelley Carpenter
Director, Communications
McGraw-Hill Assessment and Reporting
831.393.7196
kelley_carpenter@mcgraw-hill.com
