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Plymouth State Engages New Hampshire Educators with Universal Screening Tool PLYMOUTH - For decades, elementary school children have been tested on their math and language knowledge; the results indicate their academic strengths and weaknesses so [...]
Apperson Partners with Open Circle to Align SEL Assessment with Open Circle’s Curriculum
Alignment empowers educators to foster and assess students’ social and emotional development Charlotte, N.C. – June 17, 2015 – As part of its commitment to educating the whole child through academic and social & emotional [...]
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Experts Help Educators Enhance Student Learning in Four-Part Apperson Webinar
Hosted on the SimpleK12 platform, the “Day-of-Learning” includes four half-hour webinars detailing the essential role of SEL in education Charlotte, N.C. – May 15, 2015 – Research shows that helping students learn social and emotional [...]
Apperson’s Online K-12 Assessment Programs Win the 21st Annual BESSIES Awards
Charlotte, N.C. – April 24, 2015 – Apperson’s Evo modules, Evo Academics and Evo Social & Emotional Learning (SEL), were named winners of ComputED Gazette’s 21st Annual Best Educational Software Awards (BESSIE Awards). The programs [...]
Apperson’s Online Assessment Platforms Finalists for 2015 SIIA CODiE Awards
Charlotte, N.C. – April 14, 2015 – Evo Academic and Evo Social & Emotional Learning (SEL), both Apperson Evo modules, were named finalists in the 2015 Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Awards, the [...]
Unlocking the Benefits of Technology Driven Assessment
I read an article the other day about a Bluetooth toothbrush. I initially could not think of a reason to have Bluetooth in a toothbrush, but as the article went on, it made perfect sense. [...]
YMCA Continues Social-Emotional Learning Expansion
In yet another sign that social-emotional learning is gaining national momentum, the YMCA of the USA is planning to expand its after-school efforts that focus on building student social-emotional skills, which can lead to increased [...]
Why Common Core vs “Whole Child” is a Matter of the Heart
Common Core Standards are the latest concern for teachers, administrators, parents and students. As educators wrestle with implications arising from new expectations, there is an opportunity to refocus efforts on creating the right conditions for [...]
Welcome to the New Apperson
As Chairman of Apperson, I welcome you to our newly re-designed web site! As you visit our site, I am sure you’ll find your experience informative and rewarding. We hope it becomes a favorite destination [...]
Social & Emotional Learning Comes to Ebinport Elementary
Apperson’s pioneering, online-based platform for measuring student social-emotional strengths, Evo Social-Emotional, makes an impact at Ebinport Elementary School in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Several classrooms have been participating in the Devereux Student Strengths Assessment (DESSA) [...]