EDC currently manages 335 projects in 50 countries. The firm has earned a distinguished national reputation as a
leading expert in distance education research and consulting.

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A preview of VITAL will be presented on March 24th at
Thirteen's inaugural Celebration of Teaching and Learning, a major new two-
day professional development conference for teachers, administrators,
parents, policy makers, business leaders and other friends of education in
the tri-state area. VITAL resources will be delivered
through The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill's online New York Teacher Report, a
report that informs teachers about student assessment results in the context
of state standards, as well as through the New York State Education
Department's Virtual Learning System. This federal funding in the amount of $1.D.

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VITAL is a comprehensive endeavor to develop customized video-based
classroom activities, aligned with New York State academic standards and
linked to student test scores, for grades three through eight in Mathematics
and English/Language Arts.
The New York State Education Department creates a strong learning
framework for students , teachers and parents and provides dynamic reporting
tools through its partnership with The Grow Network/McGraw Hill.org.

About Education Development Center
Education Development Center, Inc.

About Hezel Associates
Hezel Associates provides research, evaluation , and strategic services
to national and international clients in education, technology, publishing ,
and business. Dr.com) includes 8,600 learning
activities from dozens of favorite educational software programs, all
of which are correlated with National Education Standards in math and
language arts.

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Education Development Center's Center for Children and Technology, a leading
research organization in the field of educational technology, will provide
formative research on VITAL's content to ensure that it stimulates and
reinforces academic growth, while Hezel Associates will conduct
scientifically -based experiments to document VITAL's link to improved
student results."
"VITAL is a wonderful example of utilizing the resources of public
television -- a true community organization -- to make a positive, tangible
impact in our communities' schools," said Ron Thorpe, vice president and
director of education for Thirteen.

About Thirteen/WNET New York
Thirteen/WNET New York is one of the key program providers for public
television, bringing such acclaimed series as Nature , Great Performances,
American Masters, Charlie Rose, Religion + Ethics NewsWeekly, Wide Angle,
Secrets of the Dead, and Cyberchase -- as well as the work of Bill Moyers --
to audiences nationwide.

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"Aligning these resources to the New York State
learning standards and making them available to teachers through the
Education Department's Virtual Learning System is another powerful example
of how USNY, the University of the State of New York , continues to support
New York State teachers and students through quality online resources. Thirteen extends the
impact of its television productions with educational and community outreach
projects -- including the Celebration of Teaching and Learning in Spring
2006.thirteen.com) has
offices in Los Angeles; Austin, Texas; and Wayne, Neb.

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We look forward to testing VITAL
under experimental conditions and measuring VITAL's effectiveness in serving
New York State's children and teachers ," said Dr. The Corporation has more than 300 offices in 40 countries. Sales
in 2005 were $6 billion .

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More
information about Thirteen can be found at: http://www.
The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill's innovative patent-pending system offers
dynamic reports and differentiated learning tools in print and online for
families, teachers, and educational leaders.
Study participants from Meridian Elementary School in Texas were
given a pre and posttest of the Stanford Achievement Test, Ninth
Edition (SAT 9) at week 1 and week 14.

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This dynamic approach, combining video-based
instruction with test results, is designed to enhance teaching
effectiveness, support individual student needs and promote student
achievement.06
difference between the increases of the experimental group over the
control group suggesting a statistically significant gain in student
achievement.

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found that third-grade
students using Classworks to supplement mathematics instruction had
significantly greater gains in a posttest when compared against a
control group of students. Curriculum
Advantage's flagship product is Classworks, a network-based system of
K-12 reading and mathematics curriculum and learning tools that
currently comprise over 3,000 hours of curriculum.

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VITAL leverages the collaborative expertise of Thirteen's video and new
media production experience, as well as its National Teacher Training
Initiative professional development program, with The Grow Network/McGraw
Hill's innovative educational assessment reporting. Richard Hezel, president
of Hezel Associates, LLC.
New content for English as a second language (ESL) and English
Language Learners (ELL) is being added to help students who are new to
the English language. INET Classroom, also from
Curriculum Advantage, is a comprehensive library of web-based
curriculum linked to state and national standards.

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Partnership To Bring Vital New Resource To New York State Teachers

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"VITAL brings Thirteen's rich collection of educational videos to the
classroom level," according to Anne Schiano, assistant director, Office of
Curriculum, Instruction, and Instructional Technology, New York State
Education Department . "And I'm thrilled that such esteemed
partners as The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill, the Educational Development Center
and Hezel Associates have come together with us to administer this rich and
vibrant resource and help teachers help their students."
"We are proud to lend to the VITAL project our proven experience serving
the educators, students and parents of New York City over the last five
years," said David Coleman, chief executive officer of The Grow
Network/McGraw-Hill.
"The evaluation of VITAL will give Thirteen and The Grow Network/McGraw-
Hill a first chance to observe the impact of its two potentially powerful
sets of resources-now united in VITAL.

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And as accountability
is important in order to examine the effectiveness of any education
initiative, VITAL contains two components to measure the project's impact
and provide feedback which will inform the project 's ongoing development. (EDC) is an international, nonprofit
organization that conducts and applies research to advance learning and
promote health. CCT's work centers on three areas:
research , including basic, formative, and program evaluation; design and
development of technology prototypes , such as multimedia educational tools
and materials; and the implementation and operation of large -scale
technology integration efforts.
Damon Patterson, principal at Meridian Elementary School and the
researcher who performed the study during a New Century Education
Leadership Program at Tarleton State University in Texas, praised
Classworks for its ability to target instruction to individual needs. Classworks State Editions are further aligned to the
learning standards of 15 states so that teachers can more closely tie
their teaching to the core concepts and competencies prescribed by
their state. Classworks is installed in 2,000
schools in the United States and worldwide.

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VITAL
builds on that innovative framework by providing students and teachers with
learning tools to enhance learning and achievement.
VITAL is a cooperative effort between The Grow Network/McGraw -Hill,
Thirteen/WNET New York, Educational Development Center's Center for Children
and Technology , and Hezel Associates to deliver optimum educational
resources that help teachers meet their commitment to the goals of No Child
Left Behind. Based in New York City, CCT has a staff of
more than forty researchers comprised of developmental psychologists,
anthropologists, sociologists, statisticians , producers and programmers,
technology curriculum designers, former and current classroom teachers , and
media specialists. Clients such
as the U. For further information about Hezel Associates , visit http://www.hezel.

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And as broadcast and digital media converge, Thirteen is blazing
trails in the creation of Web sites, enhanced television, CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs,
educational software, and other cutting-edge media products. Richard T.

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This program will be used during the evaluation phase by
selected teacher focus groups through 2007, and will become available to all
New York public school teachers in 2008. Funding for VITAL was secured through grant submission to and
approval by the United States Department of Education under the Ready to
Teach Program.com

An additional sixty hours of algebra and pre-algebra
resources have also been added to a new Algebra Series for Classworks . Classworks
activities are correlated to national and state learning standards and
state tests .

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For
more than twenty-five years, EDC's Center for Children and Technology (CCT)
has investigated how technology can make a difference in children's
classrooms, schools, and communities. Hezel, a leading research-oriented
consultant in the field of education technology, founded the company in
1987.
A survey of teachers in the study reported that Classworks was an
effective supplement and that "every minute using Classworks was
valuable." Teachers also reported that Classworks gave each student
individualized instruction and thus the teachers had additional time
to work one -on-one, conference or observe the classroom.

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Thirteen/WNET New York Joins With The Grow Network/McGraw -Hill, Education
Development Center and Hezel Associates For 'Video In Teaching And
Learning ,' To Be Previewed At Major Education Conference In New York In
March

Initiative Targets Individual Student Needs With Customized Video
Instruction

NEW YORK, New York State students will have an
unprecedented classroom experience through Video In Teaching And Learning
(VITAL), a unique marriage of instructional media content and educational
assessment. A partnership of Thirteen/WNET New York with The Grow
Network/McGraw-Hill, Education Development Center and Hezel Associates,
VITAL will provide New York State public school teachers with free access to
video-based instructional tools designed to improve individual student
achievement. Additional information is available at
http://www.
"We knew that Classworks was helping our students but this research
validated our intuition," said Patterson. They include prescriptive and summative assessment,
remediation and reporting tools.

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7 million dollars
provides 50 percent of VITAL's total costs, with the remaining 50 percent
provided by non-governmental sources.

Research Finds that Students Using Curriculum Advantage's Classworks Show Significant Gains in Math Compared to Control Group

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Power and
Associates. Department of Education , Arizona Board of Regents, Habitat for
Humanity International, the Public Broadcasting Service, Regis University,
and the South Carolina Department of Education have relied on Hezel
Associates' recommendations to make strategic decisions and create and
implement policies. "Classworks gives each
individual child a chance to succeed and gives us the power to monitor
his progress."
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"VITAL represents a significant opportunity to leverage public
television's high quality content in ways that help teachers meet the
learning needs of individual students through engagement with rich media,"
according to Margaret Honey, vice president of Education Development Center
and director of EDC's Center for Children and Technology.

About The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill
Established in March 2000, The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill has quickly
become a nationally recognized leader in educational assessment reporting. As part of McGraw-Hill
Education's Assessment and Reporting Group , The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill is
owned by The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), a leading global information
services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services,
education and business information markets through leading brands such as
Standard + Poor's, McGraw-Hill Education , BusinessWeek and J. At week 14, there was a 9. As an educator, that is a powerful tool that allows us
to put our instructional time to the best, most efficient use.

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curriculumadvantage. (www.curriculumadvantage .

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"VITAL unites the vision of the New York State
Education Department's leadership with Thirteen 's exceptional educational
video resources and The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill's unique assessment
reporting .

About Curriculum Advantage

Curriculum Advantage, Inc.

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As the flagship public broadcaster in the New
York, New Jersey and Connecticut metro area, Thirteen reaches millions of
viewers each week, airing the best of American public television along with
its own local productions such as The Ethnic Heritage Specials, The Thirteen
Walking Tours, New York Voices, and Reel New York.com .

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