SUNBURST TECHNOLOGY LAUNCHES NEW VERSION OF LET'S GO LEARN'S DIAGNOSTIC ONLINE MATH AND READING ASSESSMENTS

The online K-12 programs feature new levels and content and provide an important part of the assessment solution component of the Sunburst Learning Solutions program for targeted intervention

ORLANDO, March 22, 2006 - Leading educational publisher Sunburst Technology announced today at the Florida Educational Technology Conference a new version of the "Let's Go Learn" K-12 math and reading diagnostic assessment programs. Through a partnership with publisher Let's Go Learn, Sunburst will launch a new version of Let's Go Learn as an essential assessment tool that it will debut through its new "Sunburst Learning Solutions" program. Through this program, educational specialists work with schools and districts to customize and create targeted intervention solutions to improve students' achievement.

With its state-of-the-art adaptive technology, Let's Go Learn is an assessment solution that adapts to each student's individual ability to identify why the student answered questions incorrectly and then provides a comprehensive sub-skill evaluation for that student. The math portion of the assessment features a brand new level for Pre-Algebra with all new content, in addition to its original two levels for K-5 and Algebra 1 that have been updated. The assessment was restructured to be more efficient and the reports were improved to be more diagnostic. The reading portion has been expanded to eight sub-skill levels. Its adaptive logic and reports were also improved. The new report is very significant because the reports now help analyze each student's unique reading profile and provide extremely detailed prescriptions for each student. The new versions of the Let's Go Math Assessment and Reading Assessment are available now.

"The Let's Go Learn Reading Assessment is exciting because no other product exists like it in the world!" said Richard Capone, Chief Executive Officer, Let's Go Learn. "The test is very efficient in how it assesses students. It jumps up, down, turns some subtests off, others on, etc. It basically moves through a battery of measures like a human would if he or she were assessing a student. The reports, which appear instantly, are unmatched by anyone and appear as if a reading specialist wrote a very elaborate report for EACH student.

"The Let's Go Learn Math Assessment is the only one that adaptively assesses basic math skills using audio, text, and pictures. Thus its diagnostic range is incredible. In one lab session schools can have an analysis on an entire class complete with a detailed mapping of each student's abilities."

Teaching experts within leading universities developed Let's Go Learn's proprietary technology platform, OAASIS, that enables this powerful assessment solution to adapt to each learner's individual ability in real time, as a human specialist would. It adapts to students as they answer each question. This innovative K-12 solution offers immediate, detailed and comprehensive reporting to measure ongoing student achievement. It includes a unique mix of audio, text and multimedia to engage students and make the diagnostic process more enjoyable for them.

Sunburst Technology's "Sunburst Learning Solutions" educational consulting program is dedicated to providing schools with student achievement solutions for differentiated instruction. 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 standards-based products.

"Let's Go Learn provides a state-of-the-art assessment platform and is built upon prestigious credentials of U.C. Berkeley educators," said David Wolff, Sunburst Technology Senior Vice President of Development. "As a valid and reliable diagnostic tool that can work at the district level to provide teachers with the information they need to effectively differentiate instruction for students, it is the first step of any targeted intervention program. Its ability to connect diagnostic data to prescriptive and curriculum technology products makes it a perfect fit into the Sunburst Learning Solutions' elite collection of targeted intervention solutions."

Let's Go Learn New Features
With the addition of its all-new level and content for Pre-Algebra Let's Go Learn's Math Assessment is now available in three different levels: "Math Skills" for K-5, "Pre-Algebra," and "Algebra I." Math Skills performs an analysis of each student's K-5 numeric computation and measurement skills. The new version of Math Skills includes advanced adaptive features that reduce the total assessment time, increase the diagnostic nature of the program, and maximize the useful information teachers receive. Improved adaptive logic terminates the assessment early in sets if non-mastery is detected prior to the end of a set. The improved adaptive logic jumps to zero-in on the student's skills. Also, a dedicated strand was created for "Fractions."

Pre-Algebra provides a detailed assessment of students' preparedness for entering Algebra I by evaluating 14 different areas of math knowledge that educators consider essential for success at the Algebra I level. Algebra I, Let's Go Learn's first course-specific assessment, evaluates skills taught during the crucial Algebra I year.

Aligned with state and national standards and benchmarks, Let's Go Learn's Math Assessment provides meaningful feedback to teachers and parents alike. It is diagnostic in nature, making it ideal for use as an annual classroom screening tool and detailed enough for regular progress checks. Summary and Standards reports simplify the evaluation and sharing of information and a comprehensive student management system tracks students' subsequent assessment scores and measures improvement. The comprehensive teacher and parent reports provide quality information to administrators making parent teacher conferences more consistent in structure. In addition, these recommendations help parents improve their student's areas of need.

Let's Go Learn's Reading Assessment now measures eight strands of reading to reveal each student's unique reading profile and determine the most effective instructional approach. The strands are: High-frequency words, word recognition, phonics, phonemic awareness, oral vocabulary, spelling, reading comprehension and fluency. Phonemic Awareness is a new module and Fluency is a new optional module that teachers can administer if they like. Its unparalleled reports, now featuring even more diagnostic and prescriptive information, deliver accurate measures of student progress and standards achievement to teachers, schools and districts. The assessment features new, improved individual student diagnostic reports and new adaptive logic to make the assessment more efficient.

Sunburst Learning Solutions
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 detailed, near real-time data-driven decisions.

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

Price, Availability, Contact
Let's Go Learn is available now as an annual subscription for schools or districts. Prices start at $15 per student. Special pricing is also available. For sales and ordering information about the Let's Go Learn diagnostic assessment programs, customers can call Sunburst Learning Solutions at 1-888-665-8307. Information is also available online at www.Sunburst.com/learningsolutions

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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