[K12OSN] Educational Assessment Softwares

[Keith Olson]

Justin Paulsen wrote:

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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
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Here's /one/ thought:  post a bounty.  Maybe you /can/ solve the problem 
by throwing money at it. <G>

You can post it at sites like http://www.linuxbounties.com/ - 
https://launchpad.net/bounties - http://tinyurl.com/coujc - 
http://tinyurl.com/b5yc4 - http://www.gnome.org/bounties/

-- 
Keith Olson
K-Soft Consulting