CompassLearning Announces New Odyssey High School Program



CompassLearning, a leading provider of personalized education technology solutions, today announced a new program to support secondary mainstream, credit-recovery, and intervention students. The new CompassLearning High School product will leverage the strength of the management, reporting, and assessment features of the company's award-winning Odyssey solution. Eight core subjects will be available beginning in Summer 2008: English I, English II, Geometry, Algebra I, Biology, Physical Science, U.S. History (1850-present), and U.S. Government.

"We recognized a need for a research-based secondary solution that combined absorbing curriculum with sophisticated assessment and reporting features," said Eric Loeffel, president of CompassLearning. "Our Odyssey solution has proven to be a valuable tool for increasing student performance and we are excited to extend this advantage to the high school market."

Administrators, teachers, and students will benefit from the engaging, informative, and easy-to-use materials. All activities are scaffolded to support students as they work through the instructional content. The system is designed to review and repeat critical concepts as necessary while introducing students to new material.

Each language arts, mathematics, and science course features a custom-created Critical Mistakes Matrix, which identifies the most common mistakes students make on standardized assessments. The Critical Mistakes Matrix is the foundation for instructional activities that teach students strategies to avoid these mistakes in each subject.

Designed to captivate and motivate high school students, courses are comprised of activities designed specifically to support secondary learners:

* Direct instruction by master teachers via high-quality video lectures

* Flash-based, interactive instruction that teaches and reviews concepts in a variety of instructional formats

* A teen-friendly, conversational style to capture and hold students' attention

* Activities that are broken into small sections to maintain students' attention and to reinforce unfamiliar concepts

* Glossaries of terms that are pronounced, defined, and in some cases illustrated to support students with academic language

* Writing activities and worksheets that encourage critical-thinking and study skills

* A customized "toolkit" for each subject

* Quizzes, tests, and scored activities that provide ongoing feedback to the student and teacher

About CompassLearning

CompassLearning, a leading provider of customized education technology solutions, has been helping students excel for more than 35 years. To help students achieve success, CompassLearning products support differentiated instruction, formative assessment, and response to intervention. The company's flagship product, Odyssey, is based on current and confirmed educational research and is developed in a learning studio of highly qualified curriculum experts working alongside talented animators, script writers, and engineers. From the struggling learner to the student needing a challenge, Odyssey is designed to engage, educate, and inspire. For more information about CompassLearning, visit CompassLearning (http://www.compasslearning.com).





CompassLearning Announces New Odyssey High School Program