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SEAS Education Announces Integration of CLASS
[February 25, 2015]

SEAS Education Announces Integration of CLASS


MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark., Feb. 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SEAS Education, the nation's leading education plan management company, today announced the acquisition and integration of CLASS, an educational assessment and curriculum company founded by educational visionary Jean Walling.

The new relationship combines the strengths and capabilities of both companies to create a unified, test data-driven IEP solution.  This new effort provides much needed cohesion between all educational plan types including RTI and IEP via common assessments, common objectives, and common progress reporting tools – a first in the Education industry.

For more detail, visit SEAS Education at: http://www.SeasEducation.com

"SEAS Achieve 2.0 makes it easier for teachers to navigate through and comply with the ever changing, complex set of legal requirements involved in a child's education," said Harvey Hughes, SEAS Education founder. "By integrating CLASS into our educational planning offering, we now provide educators with a streamlined solution to pinpoint the learning skills a child needs to master in order to make predictable progress on their educational journey."

"We're excited to join forces with SEAS to provide school districts with a unified system to assess a child's strengths and weaknesses and thn build a compliant, personalized, educational plan," said Hilary Myers, director of assessments for SEAS Education. "Both SEAS and CLASS users will benefit from SEAS Achieve 2.0 by having access to a single educational system that ensures consistency across schools, districts, and educational plans – and total alignment to state and federal standards."



Existing CLASS users will enjoy continued and seamless application support through SEAS Education. In addition, CLASS assessments will be digitized and offered on devices including PCs, tablets and iPads. Current SEAS customers will benefit from integrated access to CLASS assessments within SEAS Achieve to help identify specific learning targets for RTI and IEPs, providing a single system of instruction for both General Education (RTI) and Special Education.

CLASS with Achieve 2.0 Features:


  • Helps educators by combining strengths of one-on-one personal instruction with intelligent computer analysis and automation
  • "Smart Query" functionality – helps avoid 'test fatigue'
  • Allows teachers to watch progress of student test performance in real-time
  • Analyzes test data to automatically create a legally defensible education plan that adheres to state and federal guidelines
  • Open API: Use CLASS with Achieve 2.0 or an existing educational plan management solution
  • Aligns with state educational standards to create a task analysis, providing clear steps for a student to master a learning objective

Availability:

SEAS Achieve 2.0 with integrated CLASS will be available for the Fall 2015 school year. For more information or to schedule a demo, contact your SEAS representative or visit http://www.SeasEducation.com.

About SEAS Education
SEAS Education provides K-12 special education solutions that reduce paperwork and increase efficiency, enabling teachers to spend more time teaching their students.  Since 1996, SEAS products have helped more than 1,600 school districts in 36 states spend less time processing documents and more time in the classroom improving student performance.  SEAS is the nation's leading education plan management platform with a focus on making the lives of teachers easier so that they can focus on what is really important – the students. Find them on the Web at SEAS Education.

For further information, contact: [email protected]

 

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SOURCE SEAS Education


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