CTB/McGraw-Hill's Leading TerraNova Assessment Now Enhanced with Streamlined Reports

CTB/McGraw-Hill today announced the release of TerraNova™ Third Edition Premier Reports, a series of streamlined assessment reports developed in partnership with The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill that will give parents, teachers, principals and school administrators a clear picture of student achievement as well as targeted instructional activities to help students succeed.

TerraNova 3 is an up-to-date, research-based norm referenced assessment that helps educators accurately measure K-12 students' skills relative to standards. With the Premier Reports enhancement, the depth of TerraNova's assessments will be communicated in easy-to-understand reports in five categories: Home Reports, Class Reports, Grade Reports, School Summary Reports and District Summary Reports.

"CTB's proven, rigorously researched TerraNova assessment now offers companion reports that provide a comprehensive picture of student proficiency for both educators and parents," said Ellen Haley, president of CTB/McGraw-Hill. "These tools provide detailed information in an easy-to-use format that makes data easy to understand, and helps students continue learning and achieve academic success."

Among the new assessment reports is the Premier Home Report which will enable parents to clearly see how students performed on key objectives by each content area tested: Reading, Language, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. The Home Report also provides detailed instructional activities that are directly tied to a student's assessment performance to engage families and students in ways they can improve on key objectives. A Translation Guide for understanding the Home Reports is available online in 10 languages for non-English speaking families.

The Premier Class Report gives a clear snapshot of classroom performance by subject objectives and also provides a student-by-student overall profile that teachers can use to support differentiated instruction. The Grade-, School-, and District-level reports provide teachers, principals, and administrators with an executive level overview of assessment results.

TerraNova 3 is available in numerous options to suit district and diocese needs including: Multiple Assessments, which combine multiple choice and constructed response items; Complete Battery with multiple choice items only; and Survey, a more streamlined version for use with limited testing times.

  For more information, call 800.538.9547 or visit www.CTB.com/TerraNova3

  About CTB/McGraw-Hill

As the nation's leading publisher of standardized and standards-based achievement tests for pre-school, elementary, middle, high school, and adult education, CTB/McGraw-Hill LLC offers a broad range of assessments, software and services. CTB/McGraw-Hill LLC is part of the Assessment and Reporting group of McGraw-Hill Education (MHE), a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP). MHE is a leading global provider of instructional, assessment and reference solutions that empower professionals and students of all ages. McGraw-Hill Education has offices in 33 countries and publishes in more than 40 languages. Additional information is available at www.CTB.com.

About The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill

Established in March 2000, The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill has become a nationally recognized leader in educational assessment reporting and individualized instruction. The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill's innovative patent-pending system offers dynamic reports and differentiated learning tools online and in print for families, teachers, and educational leaders. The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill is part of the Assessment and Reporting group of McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP). McGraw-Hill Education is a leading global provider of instructional, assessment, and reference solutions that empower professionals and students of all ages. Additional information is available at http://info.grow.net/.

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