Business Challenges

Results

"CTE, Inc.' talented project management and technical teams worked very closely with us to conceptualize, architect, develop and deploy a leading edge eLearning platform. CTE's quick ramp-up to our industry combined with a strong technical expertise were critical to our successfully launching the learning application."

"The team excelled in their professionalism and ability to interact with our engineering group as well as external partners and vendors. I would strongly recommend CTE's capabilities to companies seeking the right consulting partner to meet their IT challenges."

As the client was a Boston, Massachusetts, based learning group endeavoring to improve student learning in grades pre-K-12. The company’s online learning service combines tools and curriculum content to enable teachers help students. The company integrates instruction, assessment and teacher training and localizes content to state and district standards. The company also allows for customization and personalization of its content to individual student and teacher needs. The company draws from diverse and trusted brands for content and services including Kinko's, Houghton Mifflin Company and Sylvan Ventures.

CTE was hired to deploy the online resource and facilitate a standards-based learning.

As a leading publisher of educational materials, the company was well aware of the ongoing challenges to school districts and state departments to develop standardized student assessments that support and demonstrate a commitment to high academic achievement. With the recent shift to standards-based education, many teachers did not have the tools and training needed to succeed in the classroom.

Solution

CTE proposed a Learning Community Platform that would combine content and technology to equip educators with new tools so that they could quickly identify and address student needs within a standards-focused educational environment. The company would create a new web resource for educational policy, professional development, classroom-based activity building, and assessment/data-analysis functions.

CTE built a complex system that allows teachers, students, parents and school administrators to manipulate, customize, and share educational content in a seamless and intuitive way. The solution was designed to be highly flexible and extensible, delivering new teacher-centered tools that make the increasingly complex job of teaching in a standards-focused environment more manageable.

Benefits