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Dr. Tim Rasinski Joins
Reading Plus Team

Timothy Rasinski is a professor of literacy education at Kent State University. He has written over 150 articles and has authored, co-authored or edited over 15 books or curriculum programs on reading education. His research on reading has been cited by the National Reading Panel and has been published in journals such as Reading Research Quarterly, The Reading Teacher, Reading Psychology, and the Journal of Educational Research.

Professor Rasinski recently served a three year term on the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association and from 1992 to 1999 he was co-editor of The Reading Teacher, the world's most widely read journal of literacy education. He currently serves as co-editor of the Journal of Literacy Research. He is also a past-president of the College Reading Association and he has won the A. B. Herr Award from the College Reading Association for his scholarly contributions to literacy education.

Prior to coming to Kent State Tim taught literacy education at the University of Georgia. He taught for several years as an elementary and middle school classroom and Title I teacher in rural Nebraska.

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iRespond System
For Real-Time Testing

Southwest Education is proud to annouce that we now provide schools with the iRespond Student Respond System used for real-time grading and assessments. Teachers and schools can develop their own tests, use existing state tests or use the iRespond Content Material for tests. The content material includes Math Language Arts, Reading, Sciende and Social Students ranging from elementary through high school.

The Teacher's Dashboard is the heart of the iRespond Program. It is designed to be used all day if needed. Teachers can collect homework, give lectures, tests and even conduct course critiques with real-time results and immediate feedback.

For more information, a demonstration, and pricing, contact us at Info@SouthwestLearning.com. We look forward to hearing from you.




Visagraph: Measures Fluency Efficiency


* Fixations: the number of eye stops made while reading a 100 word passage.

* Regressions: Backward eye movements.

* Span of Recognition: The amount of text that is recognized during each eye stop.

* WPM: Words read per minute.

* Cross correlation: How well your eyes work together.

* Anomalies: Irregular eye movements.






For Information, pricing, demos and training, contact:
Southwest
Education, Inc.
(866)-472-6949
 Info@SouthwestLearning.com