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ABCya.com was founded in 1996 by Alan Tortolani. [2] A public school teacher, Tortolani created his own activities for his students. Later, he decided to register a domain under ABCya.com. Tortolani chose this particular domain name "ABCya" to make it accessible to children and easy to type into a web browser.
In 2006, DreamBox Learning was founded in Bellevue, Washington by the CEO and serial entrepreneur Lou Gray, and former Microsoft employee Ben Slivka. [13] [14] [15] In 2010, DreamBox Learning was acquired by the Charter School Growth Fund. [3] [15] The acquisition was sponsored by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings through a program-related investment.
STAR Reading, STAR Early Literacy and STAR Math are standardized, computer-adaptive assessments created by Renaissance Learning, Inc., for use in K–12 education.Each is a "Tier 2" assessment of a skill (reading practice, math practice, and early literacy, respectively that can be used any number of times due to item-bank technology.
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The Noetic Learning math contest was founded in 2007 by Li Kelty. The company is based in Overland Park, Kansas. [6] The contest has grown over the years, with participants from various schools across the United States. [18] In Spring 2023, more than 35,000 students nationwide participated in the Noetic Learning Math Contest. [19]
The event was powered by 3P Learning's flagship online learning resource, Mathletics. In 2011, the event expanded to include a second subject (World Spelling Day, renamed World Literacy Day in 2013), followed a year later by a third subject (World Science Day) and at which point the event took on the fully encompassing World Education Games ...
It is the developer of the 2011 and 2022 Prodigy Math, a roleplaying game where players solve math problems to participate in battles and cast spells, and Prodigy English, a sandbox game where players answer English questions to earn currency to gain items. Although each game is standalone, both are accessible through a single Prodigy account.
In 2014, Big Ideas Learning debuted the Big Ideas Math Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2 Common Core high school mathematics curriculum. The company also announced that it will be releasing the Big Ideas Math Course 1, Course 2, and Course 3 Common Core integrated high school mathematics curriculum in the spring of 2015.