Duval County Public Schools Expands Fast ForWord® Use District-Wide
Over $7 Million Contract Expands Fast ForWord Family of Products District-Wide
5/16/07
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OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Duval County Public Schools is expanding its use of Scientific Learning Corporation's (NASDAQ:SCIL - News) research-based Fast ForWord learning intervention software district-wide. The contract is valued at over $7 million.
"Fast ForWord was the missing link in our district instructional strategy. There is nothing available that does what Fast ForWord does - developing the underlying pre-requisite cognitive skills required to learn: memory, attention, processing, and sequencing," said Dr. Joseph Wise, Superintendent of Duval County Public Schools. "We have been extremely impressed with the Fast ForWord products following implementation; the results to date are significant, and in addition to academic gains, we are seeing notable improvements in classroom performance and students' engagement and self-confidence. We are thrilled to inspire more students to succeed and achieve their dreams through expanding our students' access to the Fast ForWord products."
The Fast ForWord family of products will help students across multiple grade levels develop the essential cognitive skills required to become successful learners. In particular, the district will use these proven interventions to accelerate learning for struggling students, English-language learners, and students preparing for college entrance exams.
"We are delighted to expand our work with Duval to help eliminate the student achievement gap," said Robert Bowen, Chairman and CEO of Scientific Learning. "Extending the Fast ForWord family of products district-wide affords many more students the opportunity to build learning capacity with the development of the cognitive skills required for successful reading and learning."
About Duval County Public Schools
Duval County Public Schools, located in Jacksonville, Fla., serves approximately 130,000 students in 165 schools and alternative learning centers. It is the 19th-largest school district in the United States.
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 of brain plasticity 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 and the science behind them has been confirmed by more than 500 studies and foundational research publications.
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.
This press release contains forward-looking statements
that are subject to the safe harbor created by the federal securities laws.
Such statements include, among others, statements relating to expected activities
on the part of the school district and results that can be expected from use
of the products. Such statements are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties.
Actual events or results may differ materially as a result of many factors,
including but not limited to: scheduling concerns, availability of school district
resources, how the district administers the products, the demography of the
students using the products, and other risks detailed in the Company's SEC reports.
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