| 12/16/10 |
CTB/McGraw-Hill Presents Webinar Series for Development of Next Generation State Assessments
(120KB | PDF)
Webinars, Available on the Web, Feature Critical Insights and Timely Information to Support State and Local Assessments |
| 12/13/10 |
CTB/McGraw-Hill's Acuity Assessment Wins District Administration Magazine's Readers' Choice Top 100 Products of 2010
(107KB | PDF)
Acuity® InFormative Assessment™ solution was awarded District Administration Magazine's Readers' Choice Top 100 Products of 2010, which recognizes outstanding products that help educators teach more effectively.
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| 11/16/2010 |
CTB/McGraw-Hill and Battelle for Kids Collaborate to Promote Professional Development Related to the Acuity InFormative Assessment Solution (138KB | PDF)
Battelle for Kids Enhances Educator Ability to Deliver High-Quality Formative Assessment |
| 11/12/2010 |
Missouri Schools Using CTB's Acuity Assessment Show Significant Improvements on MAP Test Scores (128KB | PDF)
Schools have shown a 5–10% jump in scores year-over-year |
| 10/4/2010 |
New Acuity Auto-Assign Feature Delivers Personalized Student Instruction Automatically (121KB | PDF)
CTB/McGraw-Hill’s flagship assessment solution provides supplemental instruction based on assessment results |
| 6/28/2010 |
CTB/McGraw-Hill and Promethean Alliance Enables Educators to Provide Targeted Instruction in Real-time (140KB | PDF)
Promethean ActivExpression Learner Response Devices now available with CTB’s Acuity UnWired InFormative Assessment solution |
| 6/23/2010 |
CTB/McGraw-Hill Releases Online Professional Development Library for Acuity Assessment (133KB | PDF)
Acuity PhD—Assessment Tools and Techniques, by Educators, for Educators |
| 5/27/2010 |
CTB/McGraw-Hill's Acuity Wins Second Consecutive CODiE Award (215KB | PDF)
Acuity Chosen for CODiE 2010 Best Student Assessment Solution |
| 4/19/2010 |
Online Community Launched for CTB/McGraw-Hill's Acuity Assessment (117KB | PDF)
New forum enables educators to share formative assessment ideas and
experiences. |
| 3/02/2010 |
ASCD Welcomes CTB/McGraw-Hill as Premier Sponsor (40KB | PDF)
As a Premier Sponsor, CTB will be a year-round partner with ASCD, providing support to ASCD’s Whole Child Initiative and participating as a top sponsor of the association's annual, summer, and fall conferences. |
| 3/01/2010 |
McGraw-Hill Education Solutions Nominated for Two 2010 CODiE Awards (34KB | PDF)
Acuity InFormative Assessment Nominated for Best Student Assessment Solution |
| 10/27/2009 |
Study Documents Effectiveness of CTB/McGraw-Hill's Acuity Assessment for Improving Student Performance (104KB | PDF)
Student Pass Rates on State Assessment Increase 10 Percent Following Acuity Implementation |
| 7/14/2009 |
CTB/McGraw-Hill Awarded Philadelphia Benchmark Assessment System Contract
(104KB | PDF)
Acuity InFormative Assessment Selected for 280 Philadelphia Schools. |
| 6/29/2009 |
CTB/McGraw-Hill Releases Acuity UnWired™—Clicker Integration Software for Acuity Informative Assessment Solution (93KB | PDF)
Integration of formative assessment with student response devices marks an education technology first. |
| 5/11/2009 |
CTB/McGraw-Hill's Acuity Wins 2009 CODiE Award (65KB | PDF)
Integrated assessment system chosen as Best Student Assessment Solution. |
| 4/28/2009 |
CTB/McGraw-Hill Chosen as Scholastic Administr@tor's 2009 "Best In Tech" for Reading/Response to Intervention Assessment Solutions (75KB | PDF)
Award recognizes best intervention solutions for struggling students. |
| 3/18/2009 |
CTB/McGraw-Hill's Acuity Assessment Named District Administration Top 100 Product of 2008 (86KB | PDF)
Acuity selected as outstanding Resource for advancing learning and assessment. |
| 3/16/2009 |
Acuity Assessment System from CTB/McGraw-Hill Selected as 2009 Codie Award Finalist (89KB | PDF)
System chosen in category for best student assessment solution. |
| 2/03/2009 |
CTB/McGraw-Hill's Acuity Assessment System Gains California Learning Resource Network Approval (19KB | PDF)
Approval Demonstrates Acuity Meets California Academic Standards To Support Teaching and Learning. |
| 10/29/2008 |
Acuity Launches in Massachusetts Middle School (32KB | PDF)
Formative assessment program to assist school in differentiating instruction in Mathematics. |
| 6/30/2008 |
CTB/McGraw-Hill Announces Enhancements For Acuity Formative Assessment Solution (20KB | PDF)
Item authoring enhancement enables educators to develop their own assessment items aligned to state standards. |
| 5/27/2008 |
CTB/McGraw-Hill Announces Acuity Assessments Approved for Use in Pennsylvania Educational Assistance Programs (326KB | PDF)
Benchmark Assessment System aligned to state standards. |
| 4/28/2008 |
CTB/McGraw-Hill Releases Texas-Aligned Acuity Assessments (33KB | PDF)
System will help students excel on Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills. |
| 3/27/2008 |
CTB/McGraw-Hill's Acuity Science Features Innovative Questions To Measure Scientific Reasoning Skills (24KB | PDF)
Leading formative science assessment product enables educators to craft custom assessments. |
| 12/20/2007 |
CTB/McGraw-Hill launches Acuity Science, today's most complete formative science assessment for grades 3-8 (22KB | PDF)
Formative Assessments Align to Science Standards to Measure Student Proficiency and Forecast Performance on State Exams |
| 12/07/2007 |
CTB/McGraw-Hill chosen to support Indiana's statewide formative and benchmark assessment program (26KB | PDF)
Acuity Suite of Assessments Selected to Enhance Students' Learning and Success |
| 8/22/2007 |
CTB/McGraw-Hill chosen by Arizona's largest school district to provide formative assessment and reporting program (32KB | PDF)
Acuity and TurnLeaf AMS™ Systems Selected by Mesa, AZ, to Enhance Learning and Gain Detailed Reporting on Student Performance |
| 7/17/2007 |
CTB/McGraw-Hill awarded New York City public schools contract for periodic assessment program (33KB | PDF)
Acuity System Chosen to Support Student Learning |
| 5/30/2007 |
CTB/McGraw-Hill's Acuity Algebra selected for Rand Corporation education research study (40KB | PDF)
Algebra Assessment Will Help Evaluate School Math Programs Nationwide |
| 3/26/2007 |
CTB/McGraw-Hill releases Acuity Algebra assessment
Algebra Module for Acuity Family of Assessments Designed for Algebra I Students and Classrooms |
| 3/29/2006 |
McGraw-Hill Digital and CTB/McGraw-Hill launch Acuity diagnostic assessment system (33KB | PDF)
Breakthrough Achievement Tool Is Tailored to District Curriculum, Seamless Alignment with Classroom Workflow |
