Acuity | News & Events

4/19/2010	Online Community Launched for CTB/McGraw-Hill's Acuity Assessment (117KB \| PDF) New forum enables educators to share formative assessment ideas and experiences.
3/02/2010	ASCD Welcomes CTB/McGraw-Hill as Premier Sponsor (40KB \| PDF) As a Premier Sponsor, CTB will be a year-round partner with ASCD, providing support to ASCD's Whole Child Initiative and participating as a top sponsor of the association's annual, summer, and fall conferences.
3/01/2010	McGraw-Hill Education Solutions Nominated for Two 2010 CODiE Awards (34KB \| PDF) Acuity InFormative Assessment Nominated for Best Student Assessment Solution
10/27/2009	Study Documents Effectiveness of CTB/McGraw-Hill's Acuity Assessment for Improving Student Performance (104KB \| PDF) Student Pass Rates on State Assessment Increase 10 Percent Following Acuity Implementation
7/14/2009	CTB/McGraw-Hill Awarded Philadelphia Benchmark Assessment System Contract (104KB \| PDF) Acuity InFormative Assessment Selected for 280 Philadelphia Schools.
6/29/2009	CTB/McGraw-Hill Releases Acuity UnWired™—Clicker Integration Software for Acuity Informative Assessment Solution (93KB \| PDF) Integration of formative assessment with student response devices marks an education technology first.
5/11/2009	CTB/McGraw-Hill's Acuity Wins 2009 CODiE Award (65KB \| PDF) Integrated assessment system chosen as Best Student Assessment Solution.
4/28/2009	CTB/McGraw-Hill Chosen as Scholastic Administr@tor's 2009 "Best In Tech" for Reading/Response to Intervention Assessment Solutions (75KB \| PDF) Award recognizes best intervention solutions for struggling students.
3/18/2009	CTB/McGraw-Hill's Acuity Assessment Named District Administration Top 100 Product of 2008 (86KB \| PDF) Acuity selected as outstanding Resource for advancing learning and assessment.
3/16/2009	Acuity Assessment System from CTB/McGraw-Hill Selected as 2009 Codie Award Finalist (89KB \| PDF) System chosen in category for best student assessment solution.
2/03/2009	CTB/McGraw-Hill's Acuity Assessment System Gains California Learning Resource Network Approval (19KB \| PDF) Approval Demonstrates Acuity Meets California Academic Standards To Support Teaching and Learning.
10/29/2008	Acuity Launches in Massachusetts Middle School (32KB \| PDF) Formative assessment program to assist school in differentiating instruction in Mathematics.
6/30/2008	CTB/McGraw-Hill Announces Enhancements For Acuity Formative Assessment Solution (20KB \| PDF) Item authoring enhancement enables educators to develop their own assessment items aligned to state standards.
5/27/2008	CTB/McGraw-Hill Announces Acuity Assessments Approved for Use in Pennsylvania Educational Assistance Programs (326KB \| PDF) Benchmark Assessment System aligned to state standards.
4/28/2008	CTB/McGraw-Hill Releases Texas-Aligned Acuity Assessments (33KB \| PDF) System will help students excel on Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills.
3/27/2008	CTB/McGraw-Hill's Acuity Science Features Innovative Questions To Measure Scientific Reasoning Skills (24KB \| PDF) Leading formative science assessment product enables educators to craft custom assessments.
12/20/2007	CTB/McGraw-Hill launches Acuity Science, today's most complete formative science assessment for grades 3-8 (22KB \| PDF) Formative Assessments Align to Science Standards to Measure Student Proficiency and Forecast Performance on State Exams
12/07/2007	CTB/McGraw-Hill chosen to support Indiana's statewide formative and benchmark assessment program (26KB \| PDF) Acuity Suite of Assessments Selected to Enhance Students' Learning and Success
8/22/2007	CTB/McGraw-Hill chosen by Arizona's largest school district to provide formative assessment and reporting program (32KB \| PDF) Acuity and TurnLeaf AMS™ Systems Selected by Mesa, AZ, to Enhance Learning and Gain Detailed Reporting on Student Performance
7/17/2007	CTB/McGraw-Hill awarded New York City public schools contract for periodic assessment program (33KB \| PDF) Acuity System Chosen to Support Student Learning
5/30/2007	CTB/McGraw-Hill's Acuity Algebra selected for Rand Corporation education research study (40KB \| PDF) Algebra Assessment Will Help Evaluate School Math Programs Nationwide
3/26/2007	CTB/McGraw-Hill releases Acuity Algebra assessment Algebra Module for Acuity Family of Assessments Designed for Algebra I Students and Classrooms
3/29/2006	McGraw-Hill Digital and CTB/McGraw-Hill launch Acuity diagnostic assessment system (33KB \| PDF) Breakthrough Achievement Tool Is Tailored to District Curriculum, Seamless Alignment with Classroom Workflow