Hattiesburg (MS) School District Selects Fast ForWord® Products for All Elementary Schools
District Implements Neuroscience-Based Reading Intervention as Basis of Early-Intervention Literacy Program
2/22/07
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OAKLAND, CA - 2/22/2007 - The Hattiesburg Public School District in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, has purchased site licenses for Scientific Learning Corporation's (NASDAQ:SCIL) Fast ForWord® neuroscience-based reading intervention. The products have been implemented for the 2006-2007 school year in all six of the district's elementary schools.
The decision to select the Fast ForWord Elementary product bundle, which includes Fast ForWord to Reading, Fast ForWord Language to Reading, and Fast ForWord Language Basics as well as other key products, came after district educators identified a need to improve test scores to meet state standards. After evaluating the success of the Fast ForWord intervention in other school districts, Hattiesburg administrators decided to purchase site licenses in the summer of 2006. The products were implemented for the 2006-2007 school year.
"After seeing how well students in other districts did using the Fast ForWord products, we decided to make them the foundation of an early-intervention literacy program in Hattiesburg," said Dr. Annie Wimbish, superintendent of the Hattiesburg Public School District. "We are eagerly developing solid long-term plans for the future of this district, and our vision for the upcoming years continues to include enhanced student achievement. We hope to see great benefits and improvements in student performance thanks to the use of the Fast ForWord products."
"We are very happy that the Hattiesburg Public School District has selected our Fast ForWord products to anchor its literacy program," said Robert C. Bowen, Chairman and CEO of Scientific Learning. "The Fast ForWord intervention is based on 30 years of neuroscience research and has been proven to create fast, effective, and enduring results in helping struggling learners improve the learning capacity essential to academic success. We are confident that the district will find the products to be a valuable and unique element of its literacy efforts."
About Hattiesburg Public School District
The Hattiesburg Public School District is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the fourth-largest city in the state. The district serves approximately 4,800 students in 10 schools.
About Scientific Learning Corporation
Scientific Learning produces the patented Fast ForWord¨ family of products, a series of computer-delivered intervention products that build learning capacity by developing the neurocognitive skills required to read and learn effectively. These foundational skills are built through a series of brain-based exercises that create fast, effective, and enduring results. Based on more than 30 years of neuroscience and cognitive research, the Fast ForWord products use patented technology and applications of validated neuroscience principles to help children, adolescents, and adults build the language and reading skills widely recognized as the keys to all learning.
The exercises align with the scientifically based reading-research guidelines and the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. The efficacy of the products has been confirmed by more than 200 independent research studies.
For more information about Scientific Learning and its products, visit our Web sites at www.scientificlearning.comand www.brainconnection.com, or call toll-free 888-452-7323.
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