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NewProducts Voyager Expanded Learning Passpor t Reading Journeys: Beginning www.voyagerlearning.com Program, $7,500 1 teacher/ 30 students This intervention program was designed to meet the varied needs Vant age Learning Central Xchange of secondary students reading MY Access 7.0 Sub-IT three to four years below grade www.vantagelearning.com www.centralxchange.com level. Instruction is incorporated Web-based software, $36 per year/ System, starts at $1.75 per absence unlimited use in a 45- to 60-minute routine T h is automated substitute New enhancements make this placement system now includes of whole-group, small group instructional writing tool easier to additional capabilities for substitute instruction, independent and navigate in, helping students prepare selection as well as new placement, partnered reading. Students travel for the SAT, ACT and other college contact and reporting functions. through 15 reading expeditions admissions testing. Features include It enables schools to fi nd the most covering topics like medical new readability levels so educators qualified substitute teachers and emergencies, people in sports and can select the appropriate reading and decrease absentee rates without unusual animals. Each includes feedback levels per student, graphic the fi nancial burden of upfront displays of student's progress and costs, licensing fees or equipment action-packed video segments an unlimited prompt library to give purchases. Substitutes can indicate on DVDs, hosted by teens. educators infi nite access to add and use their preferences for grade levels Teachers monitor student progress writing prompts to customize writing taught. Teachers can leave lesson through four built-in benchmark instruction to district curricula. An plans, supplementary directions assessments and can access online account management system also and messages. Districts can also instant reports illustrating each helps districts better manage students' customize searching criteria student's learning growth. licenses and lets them place and track to match substitutes based on orders over the Web. certification and subject expertise. Peerless Industries PRS-UNV, www.peerlessindustries.com, Projector mount, $209 Target X eXpressPlan A safe, secure and functional method to maximize the use of a projector is offered by this mount. It supports up to 25 pounds, comes preassembled www.targetx.com/plan /index.html and ensures proper alignment on a screen by enabling 15 degrees forward Software, $4,000 to $5,000 and five degrees backward tilt, 10 degrees left or Depar tments can plan out activi- right roll and a full 360 degrees swivel. Another ties and events up to a year in new mount is the PLAV70-UNL $749 , a advance with this software. The universal dual-arm, articulating wall mount Web-based system allows users that supports almost any 42-inch to 71- to list tasks, assign tasks to team i nch flat panel screen. It can articulate members, and see project status a large flat panel out over 2 1/2 feet combined with 15 degrees of tilt and 10 at a glance. The system sends degrees of roll adjustment. staff members e-mail reminders about overdue tasks, and year-end reports are also available. 86 November 2006 District Administration DA_1106_NewProducts.indd 86 10/13/06 2:16:57 PM http://www.voyagerlearning.com http://www.vantagelearning.com http://www.centralxchange.com http://www.peerlessindustries.com http://www.targetx.com/plan/index.html

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of District Administration - November 2006

Contents
Editor's Letter
Update
Inside the Law
Curriculum Update
Administrator Profile
District Profile
SAT Trends
Broad awards top urban prize
Boston's Perseverance
NCLB's Purity
Why No Child Left Behind is here to stay
COVER STORY: Is Bill Gates a Good School Leader?
Does K-12 Make Sense?
Arthur Levine on teacher education
An IEP for every student?
Teacher Education: Time to Tame the Wild West
The Individual Academic Plan
Speaking Out
David Thornburg on
Professional Opinion
Problem/Solution
Research Corner
Computer Literature
New Products
By the Numbers

District Administration - November 2006