Leading Online Tutoring Service Launches New Service to Increase Number of Teachers Serving Minority Communities.

Carrollton, TX, July 16, 2008 - GRADE RESULTS, Inc.(www.graderesults.com) a market leader in providing online tutoring and academic support to students, has announced the launch of its new “Praxis® Prep” program to assist aspiring teachers, particularly from minority communities, to succeed on this key preparatory exam to become certified teachers.  Currently, 44 states require prospective teachers to pass the Praxis® exam to become certified to teach in their state.  Grade Results provides students with a complete evaluation on the test areas, then designs a unique plan for each student.  The goal is to enable the student to pass the exam and become an accredited teacher.

“Many prospective education students, particularly from minority populations, have trouble passing standardized tests,” said Suzanne McElyea, President of Grade Results, Inc.  “They may lack math skills if they’re primarily interested in language arts, or vice versa.  And many of these students actually have the content knowledge, but have never been taught the test-taking skills other students know.   Our program combines both content knowledge and test-taking strategies to help these students succeed in a richly interactive, cost-effective way.”

Grade Results offers its online Praxis® Prep program 24/7.  The program is supported by the company’s tutors, all of whom have graduate degrees in their subject area and years of experience teaching. 

For more information, visit www.graderesults.com, or call 800-928-5570.

About GRADE RESULTS:
GRADE RESULTS, based in Carrollton, Texas, is a leader in providing online tutoring, academic support, and test preparation to students around the country. School districts, colleges, universities, and textbook publishers and companies partner with GRADE RESULTS to improve learning outcomes, one student at a time. GRADE RESULTS connects students and tutors for assistance in math, science, language arts, reading, and English language learning anytime, anywhere they have a computer and an internet connection. GRADE RESULTS currently works with students throughout the country.  For more information, visit www.graderesults.com.

A recent article in the New York Times discussed the problem of student churn and grades. Poor families are moving so often, their children shift from school to school, and quickly get lost in the shuffle. These kids are prone to dropping out, or simply staying and acting out. The stability that students need to thrive is lost because of economic pressure on the family.

No technology is going to solve major economic problems and injustices. But by creating electronic accounts for students, and enabling them to access their data, their curriculum, and even tutors who know them and have worked with them in the past, we can at least begin to give them some semblance of stability in their educations, if not their lives.

Baltimore City Public School System’s Student Support Services Expo

Samuel L. Banks Professional Development Center

2500 E. Northern Parkway

Baltimore, MD 21214
April 24th and 25th, from 1 PM to 7 PM.

The AASA is holding its Legislative Advocacy Conference in Washington April 16 - 18.

“Come and join your colleagues and make your voice heard on critical issues affecting your district and the students you serve. Meet with your members of the House and Senate and influence the debate on Capitol Hill!”

Grade Results will be there to help advance the agenda for education.  Please join us! 

The Tenth Annual Education Policy Institute will be held in Washington D.C. April 13-15th.  The discussion will focus on the proposition that “Education is a Civil Right”.  Come join us and the other participants in what promises to be an important discussion.

There have been a lot of news stories lately about the “epidemic” of dropout rates, and the new national formula the Secretary of Education is asking states to adopt so the rates aren’t so heavily fudged as they are now.

However, news of high dropout rates  seems completely disconnected to reasons why the rate is so high just now.  Although no one seems to be saying it, one real cause of the high drop out rate, ironically, is No Child Left Behind.  School districts are greatly incentivized to have failing students leave rather than stay and lower the performance of the school.  It’s one of the many unintended consequences of a law that, however well meaning, has wrought some real damage.

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HACU’s 22^nd Annual Conference
“Championing Hispanic Higher Education Success:

Strengthening the Nation’s Prosperity and Opportunity”

October 11-13, 2008
Hyatt Regency Denver and Colorado Convention Center
Denver, Colorado

33rd Annual NAFEO Convening

“A National Dialogue on America ’s Black Colleges: Strengthening the Foundation, Shaping the Future ”

March 12–14, 2008
Washington Court Hotel
Washington , D.C.

Grade Results will be presenting the benefits of  online tutoring to NAFEO members during the conference.  Join us!

ASA Annual Conference

April 23-25, 2008
Hilton and President Abraham Lincoln Hotels
Springfield, IL

Becoming Certain About Uncertainty
April 9-12, 2008
Salt Lake City, Utah

http://www.nctm.org/meetings/