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Learning.com joins the Partnership for 21st Century Skills

Membership in the Partnership will advance Learning.com’s mission to integrate 21st century skills into its solutions

Portland, Ore. – February 3, 2009
Learning.com has joined the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, the nation’s leading advocacy organization focused on infusing 21st century skills into education. The Partnership brings together the business community, education leaders, and policymakers to define a powerful vision for 21st century education to ensure every child's success as citizens and workers.

"Learning.com has long been at the forefront of infusing 21st century skills into all we do, from our first product, EasyTech, a technology literacy curriculum, that integrates technology into core subjects, to our most recent 21st Century Skills Assessment that provides valid data on students' 21st century skills," says William J. Kelly, Learning.com CEO. "Our membership in P21 augments those efforts."

Candace Petersen, Learning.com's President and Chief Operating Officer, serves on the Partnership's board of directors.

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has developed a unified, collective vision for 21st century learning that can be used to strengthen American education. The Partnership’s Framework for 21st Century Learning describes the skills, knowledge and expertise students must master to succeed in work and life. These include six key elements of a 21st century education that are reflected in Learning.com's solutions: core subjects, 21st century content, learning and thinking skills, information and communications technology, life skills, and 21st century assessments.

"The Partnership and our member organizations encourage schools, districts and states to infuse 21st century skills (such as creativity and innovation, critical thinking and problem solving, global awareness, and financial literacy, among others) into education and provide tools and resources that help facilitate and drive this change,” said Ken Kay, president of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills “We are delighted to have Learning.com and Candace Petersen on our board. They are a wonderful addition and have already contributed to moving this mission forward."

Learning.com, founded in 1999, helps educators improve student performance in core curriculum and 21st century skills through Web-delivered curriculum and assessment, in use by more than two million students. These solutions include:

• 21st Century Skills Assessment - A valid assessment for elementary and middle school students aligned to the ISTE NETS-S 2007 standards.
• TechLiteracy Assessment - Performance- and knowledge-based assessment that provides valid data on how well students grasp critical technology skills.
• EasyTech - K-8 technology literacy curriculum that makes it easy for teachers to effectively integrate technology into math, science, language arts and social studies.
• Aha!Math - K-5 online supplemental math curriculum that helps students build fluency and contextual understanding of critical math skills.

About Learning.com
Founded in 1999, Learning.com helps educators improve student performance in core curriculum and 21st century skills through Web-delivered curriculum and assessment, in use by more than two million students. Our unique integration of technology literacy with core curriculum instruction enables states, districts and schools to simultaneously improve student proficiency in technology skills and core disciplines. Using our Digital Learning Environment, teachers can easily customize curriculum, individualize instruction, and obtain professional development. Learning.com’s solutions include EasyTech, a proven, K-8 technology literacy curriculum that helps students develop and apply technology skills in math, science, language arts, and social studies; TechLiteracy Assessment, providing valid measurement and reports for critical technology skills and knowledge in K-8; 21st Century Skills Assessment, providing valid data aligned to ISTE NETS 2007 standards; and Aha!Math, an interactive K-5 supplemental math curriculum.