[K12OSN] Educational Assessment Softwares

[Justin Paulsen]

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Hello,

I know that this is not the first time that this subject has been
brought up but I would like to see if there is any fresh news on the
subject.

We run a number of assessment softwares that are win only and really
need to get them running under Linux or find good alternatives that do
run under Linux.

If anyone has any info on getting these running under wine, getting them
ported to Linux, or on good alternatives that work under Linux I would
very much like to hear about it.

Also I talked to Jeremy White at Codeweavers and he said that if a good
size group of schools got together and pooled there resources that the
cost of getting to work in wine (crossover office version) might be low
enough per school to be considered more affordable.

I would like to take that to the next level and say if enough of us got
together that maybe we could even look at having certain popular apps
ported or a comparable app programed from scratch.  The issue there is
not the app its self but the content.

Anyway, here is the software we use:

STAR Math - http://www.renlearn.com/starmath/default.htm
STAR Reading - http://www.renlearn.com/starreading/default.htm
Read Naturally - http://www.readnaturally.com/default.htm
Reading Counts - http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/readingcounts/

These aren't assessment softwares but we they are needed
MicroType Pro - http://www.newtexts.com/newtexts/book.cfm?book_id=3327
Music Ace 2 - http://www.harmonicvision.com/ma2fact.htm

Thanks,

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Justin Paulsen
IT Coordinator
Frederic School District
1-715-327-4223
paulsenj at frederic.k12.wi.us

"The world is open.  Are you?"
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