In 1998, IBM and the New York City Public Schools forged a Reinventing Education partnership designed to enable teachers to assess student work in a consistent manner that informs and strengthens their instruction.
To reach this goal, the project is implementing Riverdeep Learning Village with middle school teachers in all of the city's community school districts. Using the tool, teachers are able to practice scoring pieces of student work; teachers are able to see the "true" scores that the work received and the reasons behind them. This practice enables them to effectively assess their own students' progress toward reaching specific academic standards and tailor their instruction to help the students master necessary skills.
As part of IBM's commitment to supporting New York City's schools, IBM donated more than 150 Young Explorer computer learning centers to every pre-K and Kindergarten classroom in lower Manhattan where education was disrupted in the aftermath of September 11.
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