Educational Software Companies: Renaissance Learning, Leapfrog Enterprises, Mecc, Score! Educational Centers, Video Professor, Teachaids

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Renaissance Learning, LeapFrog Enterprises, MECC, SCORE! Educational Centers, Video Professor, TeachAIDS, Ignite!, American Book Company, JourneyEd, ANGEL Learning, Inspiration Software, The Learning Company, Desire2Learn, Vernier Software & Technology, VTech, Kutoka Interactive, Knowledge Adventure, Yenka, ExploreLearning, EvaluNet, CERTPOINT Systems Inc., Grockit, Sherston Software, QuestionMark, Davidson & Associates, FableVision, ECollege, Wauton Samuel, ParentInterview, Adventus Interactive, Quia, Sherston America, Topologika, EducationCity, Transparent Language, Net Educational Systems, EdWare, Open Window Software, Eurotalk, TeachArabia. Excerpt: Renaissance Learning Inc. (RLI) is an educational software and hardware company, publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange under the ticker symbol RLRN. It is headquartered in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, USA, with offices in Canada, and the United Kingdom. The company creates educational software (see list) and hardware for K-12 schools (primary and secondary), and over 67,000 schools in the USA use their software. The company's software includes applications for reading, math, language acquisition, and early literacy. Most of the company's software products are daily task management and/or progress-monitoring tools for various academic skills (e.g., math practice). With the 2005 acquisition of AlphaSmart and the release of the 2Know! Classroom Response System, the company now provides, in addition to its software products, hardware to assist with writing, scoring tests, and other educational purposes. Corporate logo of Renaissance Learning, Inc., used until 2005.Accelerated Reader, the company's flagship product, was created in 1985 by Judith and Terrance Terry Paul founded the company in 1986 under the name Advantage Learning Systems (ALS). The company's name cha...