NutshellMath is available at http://www . These
mathematics items, from Pearson Education's textbook publishers, are the first
in a series of formative assessment item banks to be released in 2005 - 2006. All test items are available in both English and
Spanish.

Item Banks Formatted to Support Pearson NCS Scoring and Analysis Tools
The Pearson test item banks are available in ExamView(R) format to allow
teachers and administrators to automatically populate popular scoring and
analysis solutions from Pearson NCS .

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- Aligned Page-By-Page With Leading Math Textbooks -

- Explains Nearly 40,000 Math Problems -

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About Academy123
Academy123 is a leading provider of homework help and self-study guides
for quantitative subjects throughout middle and high school.

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With the company's Listen + View(TM) technology, students actually
hear the teacher's voice and see the teacher's handwriting as they illustrate
math concepts and solve problems. Students first locate their textbook on the
NutshellMath site, then search by page number for help with specific homework
problems or to see lesson overviews.

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nutshellmath. Once they've selected a specific problem
from their textbook, they then view an interactive explanation of how to solve
a very similar problem to the one found in their textbook.com. Alignments can also be easily modified by the
user to meet the needs of their schools and districts.

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Innovative New Math Homework Service NutshellMath(TM) Launched

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The Pearson test item banks can be used by both district testing personnel
and classroom teachers for daily formative assessments or interim benchmark
assessments. Not only do the test item banks save teachers and administrators
time, they are affordable. For clients currently using scoring solutions from
Pearson NCS, the Preferred Customer Program provides them with additional
discounts .

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The online service provides users with nearly
40,000 interactive math explanations and multimedia demonstrations of math
concepts., Pearson NCS today introduced
seven mathematics test item banks developed by content specialists from
Pearson Education, the largest educational publisher in the world. Pearson NCS is a business of Pearson
Education, the world's largest integrated education company, which in turn is
part of Pearson, the international media company.

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Pearson's other primary
operations include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.

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NutshellMath is easy to use.

Helps Teachers Focus Instruction and Promote Student Growth
"There has long been acceptance of the concept that frequent monitoring of
student performance allows teachers to identify student's learning needs and
develop instructional approaches to address their needs," said John Harnett,
president of Pearson NCS.

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In addition to content aligned to leading textbooks, NutshellMath also
offers browsable and searchable lessons, explanations, problems , solutions and
quizzes for all conceivable math subjects.

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It is aligned, page-for-page, with leading Pre-Algebra, Algebra I,
Algebra II, and Geometry textbooks used by middle and high school math
students .academy123. "Many educators have found, however, that classroom
teachers lack the time and resources to develop quality test items to assess a
student's grasp of the classroom material.

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"By providing this affordable online tool to
their children, parents provide real homework help for their kids struggling
with math.

Pearson Test Item Banks Offer Educators Quick and Easy Questions for Classroom Assessments

Phi is the Greek letter representing the golden ratio, also called the golden mean or the golden proportion.

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, Academy123(TM), an
innovative provider of multimedia homework help and self -study guides, today
announced the launch of NutshellMath(TM), a groundbreaking math homework
instructional service.

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These item banks can be used in their
native format with any of the following scoring solutions:

-- OpScan(R) SelfScore Scanners
-- Remark Classic OMR(R) scoring software
-- Prosper(TM) assessment system
-- Classroom Performance System handheld remote clickers
-- ExamView Test Center online testing system

ExamView's innovative algorithmic functions allow a single question to be
duplicated automatically to generate multiple variations of the same question.

About Pearson NCS
Pearson NCS offers a wide variety of data collection hardware, software,
scannable forms and outsourcing services for student records management ,
surveys, enrollments, patient encounter, test scoring and more for education,
business, healthcare , and government.

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The lessons offered by NutshellMath's teachers deliver customized
and timely homework help into the home. Academy123 products are used for homework help,
classroom support, test preparation and educational enrichment.
Thus, the size of the item banks with algorithmic properties is virtually
limitless.

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Real teachers provide supplemental instruction, lesson overviews, and help
for every homework problem found in 32 of the most commonly used math
textbooks.

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Combining
instruction by certified teachers with its proprietary Listen and View(TM)
technology, Academy123 delivers rich and expressive multimedia content in a
wide variety of subjects. Watch a
demonstration at http: //www.

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NutshellMath also offers interactive
quizzes to check for mastery of subjects. They
include more than 7,000 formative test items for grades 6 through 12.

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The mathematics series of test item banks contain both selected-response
and constructed-response items addressing General Math Concepts, Pre-Algebra,
Algebra, and Geometry.

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com, and is currently
offering a two-week free trial .
"This is a significant leap forward in the way students, parents and
teachers work together to help improve math skills," said Johannes Larcher,
president and CEO of Academy123. The formative assessments are used in a variety of ways:

-- Evaluate student skills for placement early in the year
-- Measure student progress toward state standards - many of the test
items are pre-aligned to state standards
-- Provide targeted testing to identify students having difficulty with
specific concepts
-- Assess student readiness for end-of-course or state tests

Aligned to Many State and National Standards
These item banks have been aligned to many state frameworks, national
standards, and norm-referenced tests including: California Achievement Tests,
5th Edition, Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills, Iowa Test of Basic Skills,
NAEP 2005, SAT-9 and SAT-10.