The following is from the folks who have put the TIMSS test online for teachers and parents to use, fyi. -ML THANK YOU for passing along this along to friends, family and colleagues. ____________________________________________________________________________ _______ Friends, the www.getsmarter.org web site of the Internet Learning Network continues to grow - both in content and in the number of students, parents and educators we are reaching! Your feedback and support have made our growth an even greater success. ILN EXPANDS THIS SUMMER OVer the next three months, we will be adding even more great content to the web site, including: * High school REAL Challenges in math literacy, advanced math, science literacy and physics --- LIVE THIS FRIDAY!! * Career, college and "real world" resources for high-schoolers in an all-new, interactive and informative site * Enhanced parent and educator resources * Over 100 new TIMSS-R benchmarked math and science questions for the 8th-grade level * More than 200 URLs selected by NASA and our review committee to enhance the learning experience for our REAL Challenge test-takers GETSMARTER.ORG PARTNERS WITH RIVERDEEP.NET We are pleased to announce that the ILN has partnered with Riverdeep Interactive Learning, a provider of K-12 eLearning solutions offering comprehensive courseware and supplemental curricula over the Internet and CD-ROM, assessment and management tools and professional development. WE NEED YOUR HELP As always, we are looking for volunteer content reviewers for the 3rd, 4th, 7th, 8th and 12th grade levels in both math and science. Our helpers are featured on the www.getsmarter.org web site as a show of our gratitude. If you have any ideas or suggestions for improvement, contact us at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] any time ILN FEATURED IN SILICON VALLEY BUSINESS INK And finally, for now, check out this link to a feature on the ILN that appeared in Silicon Valley Business Ink... http://www.svbizinc.com/closeup/closeupdetails.asp?iid=182&aid=1736 Thank you for your continued interest, Marshall Berman & Kimberly West -- This is the ISTA-talk mailing list. To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For more information: <http://www.ista-il.org/ista-talk.asp> To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>
