SUNBURST TECHNOLOGY ANNOUNCES A NEW PROGRAM
DEDICATED TO PROVIDING SCHOOLS WITH SOLUTIONS
FOR DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION

Sunburst Learning Solutions focuses on student improvement in grades K-12
using technology developed for targeted intervention

ELGIN, IL, Jan. 23, 2006 - Sunburst Technology announced that it has created a new program, "Sunburst Learning Solutions," dedicated to providing schools with student achievement solutions for differentiated instruction. Available now, Sunburst Learning Solutions focuses on student improvement in grades K-12 using sound, leading-edge technology platforms developed for targeted intervention. Building upon Sunburst's 30-year history of supporting teachers and delivering educational products that promote student achievement, Sunburst Learning Solutions provides schools with solutions that meet "No Child Left Behind" Legislation requirements and that can be customized to each school's individual challenges. It offers customizable, research-based achievement solutions for schools, leveraging the best online and standards-based products.

Sunburst Learning Solutions assists schools in assessing their students' specific needs through diagnostic or prescriptive assessments and then customizes an appropriate instructional solution. Solutions focus on differentiated instruction to improve achievement for all children at the individual student level. They range from basic intervention, when some students need additional practice and supplemental instruction based on diagnostic assessment, to intensive intervention or remediation for students who require extensive progress monitoring. Solutions include easy-to-use reporting and assessment options, which allow teachers to assess their students as frequently as needed and support data-driven decisions.

Sunburst Learning Solutions provides teacher-centric implementation and fosters ongoing and nurturing relationships with teachers. Since all products developed by Sunburst over the years have been developed by former teachers and include extensive interaction with current teachers, the company understands how to effectively communicate with teachers. The company's solutions include interactive implementation, training, one-to-one coaching for teachers, high-quality teacher technical support, and professional development opportunities.

"The challenges facing educators today require their education technology partners to implement a complete program and not simply deliver a product," said Vince Park, Director of Sunburst Learning Solutions. "Sunburst Learning Solutions includes an in-depth customized assessment of a school's needs before we recommend a solution. Our solution also can be customized to a school's local standards."

Sunburst Learning Solutions builds custom solutions drawn from over 30,000 tools and resources on four platforms - Sunburst Technology's award-winning QuickMind.net online learning environment and Key Skills Learning System of language arts and mathematics software; the Prescriptive Instruction intensive intervention system powered by Learning Today; and Let's Go Learn's revolutionary reading and math diagnostic assessment programs.

QuickMind.net provides educators and students in grades K-12 and their parents with an easy-to-use, integrated collection of supplemental curriculum content that enhances and enriches their core instruction. QuickMind.net includes extensive lesson-planning, homework, assessment, and Parent Center resources that can be accessed at school, home or anywhere there is an Internet connection. It provides 24-hour access to a wealth of standards-based bilingual curriculum, interactive homework assignments, project templates, tools, lesson plans, reference materials and online professional development via a password-protected Web site.

Whether they are new to technology or experienced veterans, QuickMind.net inspires teachers at all skill levels by making it easy for them to be creative in their classroom lessons and keep learning fun and interesting for their students. QuickMind.net helps teachers target their school's standards and instruction goals while providing students with practice in skills from core academic subjects - language arts, math, science and social studies.

Prescriptive Instruction is a Web-based, intensive intervention and instructional tool. It is an integrated learning system that covers reading and math for grades K-5. The system enables educators to comprehensively assess students, and then automatically provide differentiated instruction to students of varying ability and aptitude levels. It improves reading and mathematics skills by using a proven pedagogy of tutorials, practice exercises, and graded activities that allow students to learn at their own paces and paths. It is especially valuable for at-risk students, who will benefit from the software's ability to carefully assess and deliver instruction targeted at their exact mastery level.

Let's Go Learn provides K-12 reading and math diagnostic assessment programs that go beyond questions and answers. Let's Go Learn doesn't simply quantify students' correct and incorrect responses; it adapts questions as it progresses to identify why students are incorrectly answering the questions. Teaching experts within leading universities developed Let's Go Learn's proprietary OAASIS technology that enables the assessment solution to adapt to each learner's individual ability in real time, as a human specialist would. This innovative K-12 solution offers immediate, detailed, and comprehensive reporting to measure ongoing student achievement.

The Key Skills Learning System is a line of language arts and mathematics products known for appealing standards-based core curriculum exercises, differentiated instruction, and an easy-to-use management process. The Key Skills Learning System facilitates the identification of at-risk students and provides data needed for Title 1 funding. Teachers are able to assign activities, capture student performance, create diagnostic reports, demonstrate accountability and meet No Child Left Behind requirements using this award-winning integrated series of programs.

Contact
For sales and ordering information, customers can call Sunburst Learning Solutions at 1-888-665-8307. Information is also available online at www.Sunburst.com. Company Background Sunburst Technology publishes award-winning instructional software and the QuickMind.net online learning environment for the K-12 school market. Proprietary series in the Sunburst lineup include HyperStudio®, Key Skills, Tenth Planet, and Little Planet. Top selling titles include HyperStudio, Type to Learn, Key Skills Series, Hot Dog Stand: The Works, Easy Book Deluxe and A to Zap! The publisher, a company of Thayer Capital Partners, is headquartered in Elgin, IL, with its development center in Valhalla, NY.

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