ANAHEIM, Calif., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- This year, Fairmont Private Schools P4, JK, Kindergarten and first grade students will participate in the Children's Progress Academic Assessment, one of the nation's leading online formative assessment tools for early learners. This ground-breaking learning tool enables teachers to proactively identify individual learning needs and focus classroom instruction through its adaptive assessment testing.

"By implementing this powerful tool, Fairmont reinforces its promise of providing premier education to inspire minds, and empower dreams," says Director of Education Sandy Cosgrove. "Our young learners are in a pivotal stage of their development and by using tools like Children's Progress, our teachers are able to provide them with unprecedented opportunities to learn and grow."

Children's Progress is part of Educational Records Bureau (ERB), the same company that Fairmont uses for the annual standardized CTP4 Test. Developed by researchers at Columbia University and MIT, the program is designed to assess the whole child, including his or her analytic skills as well as creative and practical abilities.

The program combines expertise in child psychology, technology, and validated scientific research to provide insightful reports that will allow teachers to target the specific learning needs of their students, as well as give parents valuable information on how to reinforce important skills at home. The test is administered on the computer and measures each student's understanding of key language arts and mathematical concepts through a developmentally appropriate and engaging format. This not only takes away test anxiety, but provides invaluable learning opportunities.

Fairmont conducted Children's Progress pilot testing in spring of 2008 at its Citron campus. Feedback from teachers and staff was overwhelmingly positive. "The kids were having fun. It was more like a game to them than a test," said Citron Director Rae Douglas. "Children's progress was easy to administer and gave us almost instantaneous results on the performance of students individually and as a group. Now teachers can pinpoint areas where they need to focus. They can identify individual students who are either exceptionally advanced in a certain skill set or may need more reinforcement at school and at home."

About Fairmont

With six campuses in the Orange County area, Fairmont Private Schools is the oldest and largest family of private schools in Southern California. Starting in preschool and continuing through high school graduation, Fairmont prepares students to succeed in colleges of quality and challenges them to become exemplary citizens of a global society. For more information, please visit www.fairmontschools.com.

SOURCE Fairmont Private Schools

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