Renaissance Learning, Inc.

Renaissance Learning, Inc., is a leading provider of comprehensive school improvement programs to K-12 schools and school districts, including research-based software products, teacher training and consulting.

Renaissance Learning’s research-based software products are among the most popular in schools nationwide, including Accelerated Reader, Accelerated Math, STAR Reading, STAR Math, PerfectCopy, and others. The Company’s software products, called learning information systems, give students and teachers continuous constructive feedback that helps motivate students, dramatically accelerate learning, improve test scores, achieve mastery of all state standards, while reducing teacher paperwork. The Company also provides electronic assessment products and services to educational publishers, and sells enterprise software for training and knowledge management. The Renaissance process combines products with professional development training to form a scalable, replicable, and sustainable model for school improvement.

Students, for instance, track their own progress, giving a greater sense of ownership to their learning, thereby increasing their motivation to learn. Teachers use timely academic information to improve and personalize instruction and to diagnose learning difficulties. Administrators monitor progress toward school-wide goals and provide instructional leadership based on data. Finally, parents and teachers communicate more effectively because both parties have a readily available objective, accurate academic information. In short, information from the computerized learning information systems becomes a common language for data-driven difficulties and intervene appropriately, and ensure success for every child. Research has proven that students of teachers who follow these practices achieve accelerated growth in reading and math.

Founded in 1986 by Judi and Terry Paul in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, the Company now has more than 1,000 employees worldwide and has trained over 300,000 Pre-K-12 educators in the Renaissance process. Today, Renaissance Learning has six U.S. locations and subsidiaries in Australia, Canada, India and the United Kingdom.

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