Anson County Schools Selects Fast ForWord® To Reading Series District Wide
District to Implement Scientifically-Proven Fast ForWord Educational Software as a Basis for Early-Intervention Literacy Program
11/5/07
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OAKLAND, Calif.—Scientific Learning (NASDAQ: SCIL - News) today announced that Anson County School District has selected the Fast ForWord® To Reading Series, reading intervention software that accelerates learning by developing the student brain to process more efficiently, as a key element in their strategy to enhance and improve literacy among its at-risk readers. Beginning in October, the Fast ForWord products will be implemented in three schools across Anson County to grade levels three and higher, with a plan to launch the products in all eleven schools district wide in November.
"We want to assist all children to read in Anson County; we chose the Fast ForWord to Reading Series because of its proven success in attaining high performance reading results," said Dr. Greg Firn, Superintendent of Schools, Anson County. "We need to leverage an effective tool, be time efficient, encourage a team approach to learning and implement excellent training to succeed in our efforts to get children to read in Anson County. The Fast ForWord products hit all of our key criteria."
The Fast ForWord family of products is scientifically proven interventions that apply neuroscience principles to build the fundamental cognitive skills required to read and learn. The products work by improving the brain's processing efficiency—how the brain functions to support learning and intellectual activity, including memory, attention, processing rate, and sequencing—with intensive exercises that adapt to each student's level. Students across the globe have used more than one million Fast ForWord products. Dr. Firn, having implemented Fast ForWord products before at Milford School District in Connecticut, felt strongly about bringing the products with him to support Anson County School District in its mission of learning for all.
"We're happy to welcome the Anson County School District to the Fast ForWord family, and we are confident that our computer-delivered intervention products and intensive exercises will help them meet their goals of improving literacy in all eleven schools," said Robert C. Bowen, Chairman and CEO of Scientific Learning Corporation.
About Anson County School District
The Anson County School District is located in Wadesboro, NC. The district serves approximately 4,400 K-12 students in 9 schools.
About Scientific Learning Corporation
Scientific Learning creates educational software that accelerates learning by improving the processing efficiency of the brain. The patented Fast ForWord® family of products provides struggling readers with computer-delivered interventions and intensive exercises that build the cognitive skills required to read and learn effectively. Based on more than 30 years of neuroscience and cognitive research, the Fast ForWord products apply patented technology and validated neuroscience principles of brain plasticity to help children, adolescents, and adults improve processing efficiency and achieve enduring gains. The efficacy of the products and the science behind them has been established by more than 550 research studies and publications. For more information, visit www.scientificlearning.com and wwwbrainconnection.com, or call toll-free 888-452-7323.
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