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Renaissance Learning Announces AssessmentMaster Progress Monitoring System for Less Than Half the Cost of Competitive Products

, Renaissance
Learning(TM) (Nasdaq: RLRN), the world's leading provider of daily and
periodic progress monitoring systems and school improvement programs for
pre-K-12 schools, today announced AssessmentMaster(TM) progress monitoring
system, a major advance in systems for periodic formative assessment of
district objectives and state standards.
(Logo: http://www.com . Renaissance Learning has four U.S. Any such forward-looking statements may involve risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from any future results
encompassed within the forward -looking statements.

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It will let them take the
data and make faster decisions on how to improve student achievement.

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Renaissance Place and Renaissance's instant feedback Classroom Response
System integrates with AssessmentMaster so assessment results from all sources
are stored in a single district-wide Web accessible database.renlearn. "It reinforces that
learning and testing are comprised of equal parts standards,
curriculum and instruction.

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The deadline for applications is Jan. Additional
information is available at www. The system also offers a full-featured test and item
authoring tool, grade book, and a standards alignment tool, which makes it
easy for districts to align assessment items to state standards and district
objectives, and link test items to prescriptions from textbooks or other
available curricular material.ets.

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They also receive round-trip airfare and ground
transportation , accommodations in a hotel suite and other arrangements.newscom. The database
would therefore contain results from AssessmentMaster district assessments of
objectives and state standards, teacher administered classroom quizzes,
results from all other Renaissance products including Accelerated Reader(TM),
Accelerated Math(TM), English in a Flash(TM) and STAR(TM) testing products,
plus from any other source such as state test results or even non-Renaissance
related products.

Renaissance Learning, Inc. The Company expressly
disclaims a duty to provide updates to forward-looking statements , whether as
a result of new information, future events or other occurrences.

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Participants in the ETS Visiting Scholars Program receive a $3,500
honorarium paid over the four-week term of service, plus compensation for
further work as agreed.J. NJ ASK is the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge,
which tests student achievement in the knowledge and critical thinking
skills defined by the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards in
language arts literacy, mathematics, and science . "With this system, administrators and teachers will be able to
make much better use of their testing data.

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3, 2006. Now
with the line up of products we offer, schools and districts can for the first
time have what they have always wanted, a comprehensive school and district-
wide progress monitoring and reporting system that can satisfy their needs for
years to come. ETS is providing
IDMS as a value-added service as part of the existing contract at no
charge to the state.
This is great news for New Jersey. It's an excellent tool for use on the local
level.

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"School
personnel can quickly and easily view, compare, and report relative
performance among groups. In serving
individuals , educational institutions and government agencies around
the world, ETS customizes solutions to meet the need for teacher
professional development products and services, classroom and
end-of-course assessments, and research-based teaching and learning
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Applicants should be experienced university or community college teachers
of English, ESL, foreign languages, mathematics , statistics, science, or
social science.
"Best of all, after scholars return to their institutions , they can choose
to continue to serve as links between ETS and the academic world by
activities such as contributing test questions, reviewing test content, and
serving on committees. In serving individuals,
educational institutions and government agencies around the world, ETS
customizes solutions to meet the need for teacher professional development
products and services, classroom and end-of-course assessments, and
research-based teaching and learning tools. AssessmentMaster tests can be administered on-line, with
Renaissance Responder(TM) -- a remote wireless handheld device -- or on paper
with results scanned in.

Additional information is available at
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"The Instructional Data Management System allows school personnel
to view any combination of available performance measures for any
group of variables, including gender, ethnicity, District Factor
Group, and Abbott district status," Commissioner Librera said.

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AssessmentMaster includes thousands of quality assessment items in
reading, math, and language arts that are aligned to state standards and many
advanced features that are not available in other progress monitoring
products , and is less than half the cost of competing products.

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ETS Visiting Scholars work at ETS for a month each summer studying fairness
and other issues related to test design and development while learning to
write and review test questions for a variety of testing programs. AssessmentMaster is an open system, which means
item banks can be imported from any source. Districts can
change their curriculum and instructional programs without needing to change
their internal assessment and progress monitoring systems as AssessmentMaster
and Renaissance Place are open systems."
"IDMS is based on the principle of allowing school administrators,
district directors, and teachers to look at data that is specific to
their needs," explains John Oswald, Senior Vice President of
Elementary and Secondary Education at ETS.

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"AssessmentMaster provides easy to read reports showing educators exactly
what their students know and don't know, which will help them personalize
instruction to increase mastery of state standards," said John Hickey, chief
executive officer and president of Renaissance Learning, Inc.

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PRINCETON, N. Founded in 1947, ETS today develops, administers and scores
more than 24 million tests annually in more than 180 countries, at
over 9,000 locations worldwide.

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AssessmentMaster includes many advanced features that are not offered with
competitive products .

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Factors that could cause
or contribute to such differences include risks affecting the Company 's
business as described in the Company's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including the Company's 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K
and later filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-
K, which factors are incorporated herein by reference.

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ETS, the world's largest educational
measurement and research organization, is seeking applicants from
underrepresented groups to study test fairness and equity issues as
Visiting Scholars, company officials announced today.

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subsidiaries in Australia, Canada, India and the United Kingdom.
"This data tool is a major breakthrough and an enormous help for
educators in this state," Commissioner of Education William L.

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PRESS RELEASE ETS Taking Applications for Visiting Scholars Program

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Adopted by more than 67,000 schools, Renaissance Learning information
technology products give students and teachers continuous constructive
feedback that helps motivate students , dramatically accelerate learning,
improve test scores, and help students master all standards, while reducing
teacher paperwork.

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For more information, visit http://www."

ABOUT ETS

ETS is a nonprofit institution with the mission to advance quality
and equity in education by providing fair and valid assessments,
research and related services for all people worldwide.

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"The Visiting Scholars program opens a dialogue where both the scholars and
ETS staff learn to think about fairness and testing from different
perspectives," explains Lew Shumaker, ETS Senior Diversity Consultant."

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ABOUT ETS

ETS is a nonprofit institution with the mission to advance quality and
equity in education by providing fair and valid assessments, research and
related services for all people worldwide. Founded in 1947, ETS today
develops, administers and scores more than 24 million tests annually in
more than 180 countries, at over 9,000 locations worldwide.
Comprising all assessment results in a single Web accessible database
enables instant availability from any Web connected computer for teachers,
principals, district personnel, and parents, which greatly facilitates
statistical analysis and identification of best practices.

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ETS and N.J. Dept. of Education Launch New Student Data Management Tool for New Jersey School Districts

----To help school
districts track student achievement , understand performance trends,
improve teaching effectiveness, and analyze results for NCLB
requirements , ETS and the New Jersey Department of Education are
launching a new student data management system throughout the state.
The process uses ETS's Instructional Data Management System
(IDMS), and offers districts powerful, easy-to-use tools to create
tables of data for analyzing and reporting NJ ASK results for 2003 and
2004.

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Librera
said.
It not only allows educators to create accountable instructional
calendars, but also helps them plan instruction guided by data on
student strengths and areas of concern.

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"We've been
building toward AssessmentMaster and Renaissance Place for some time.

This press release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to
the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995.

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For more information about the ETS Visiting Scholars Program, visit
scarlton@ets. WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. AssessmentMaster provides greatly
improved accountability and helps districts meet their AYP goals. It defines the core knowledge and skills
from state standards that are essential for the grade level or course.