St. Louis, MO—Siboney Learning Group, a subsidiary of Siboney Corporation (OTCBB:SBON), announced today that its new Orchard for Your State educational software products will align to the major accountability initiative announced in the new federal education bill signed by President Bush yesterday.
This sweeping educational reform bill will require annual state tests in reading and math for every student in grades three through eight. These state tests will be based upon accountability standards set by each state as part of the "No Child Left Behind Act".
Bodie Marx, President of Siboney Learning Group, commented, "We have been working for over a year on Orchard for Your State which correlates our flagship Orchard Teacher’s Choice Software product to state standards. As we roll out different state-specific versions of Orchard in the months ahead, we will be helping schools get their students ready for these high stakes tests".
Orchard is Siboney Learning Group’s major educational software product. Used in thousands of schools today, this product provides comprehensive, targeted and motivating instruction in key concepts and skills stressed in textbooks and on standardized tests. Orchard includes pre-and post-test assessment modules that identify areas of weakness for each student and then assign personalized remediation for each student as they interact with Orchard’s content.
In Orchard for Your State, the assessment modules are correlated to standards or educational objectives required by each state. For example, Orchard for Texas will provide teachers and students in Texas with assessment based specifically upon the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills standards. Using Orchard for Texas, each student in Texas would take a pre-test to determine which Texas-specific skills (s)he does not understand. The student would then be assigned remedial instruction designed to help students master those skills that will be assessed on the state test in Texas.
Siboney Learning Group is a fast growing publisher of educational software for schools. Its product lines include Orchard Teacher’s Choice Software, GAMCO, Teacher Support Software, Educational Activities Software and Journey.
Contact:
Siboney Corporation, St. Louis
Bodie Marx, 314/909-1670 x110
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