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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$17.5M
- Private
- US
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In late 2000, Wireless Generation co-founders Larry Berger and Greg Gunn-two Rhodes Scholars with years of experience in education and technology-set out to create a company that would give educators technology tools that made a significant difference in their teaching. They chose to focus on handheld computers, or personal digital assistants (PDAs). Teachers, they reasoned, are highly mobile professionals, and it made sense that teachers' technology tools should meet the demands of their work environment. The Wireless Generation team studied teachers in the classroom, paying special attention to the tasks they regularly perform. It became clear that an easy-to-use technology solution for conducting observational assessments, collecting and analyzing data, and helping teachers to link results to appropriate instructional support and interventions could yield great benefits for educators - saving them enormous amounts of time and providing them with crucial information about student learning needs in a timely way. Wireless Generation has developed mCLASS (for Mobile Classroom Assessment) software and created handheld computer versions of commonly used, paper-based early reading assessments, including TPRI , DIBELS , PALS and reading records. The company's product development cycle was described in an IAETE journal article entitled "Formative Vision: Using Handheld Computers to Support Diagnostic Instruction." This fall, approximately 100,000 teachers in 48 states will use...
Number of Employees 2
Contact Information
55 Washington St Ste 900
Brooklyn, New York 11201-1071
1 212 213 8177
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NAICS Code Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications: 517212
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Wireless Generation Acquires The Writers' Express WEX, Developer and Provider of Grades 3-12...
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Houston Independent School District Selects Wireless Generation's mCLASS® Platform for Administering Formative Assessments in Grades K-3 District-wide
- 2008-10-15
Houston Teachers Will Use mCLASS Software to Give TPRI[R] and Tejas LEE[R] Assessments, Analyze Data, and Deliver Instruction Targeted to Students' Needs ADDISON, Texas -- The Houston Independent School District HISD, Texas' largest school system, has selected Wireless Generation to provide all of the district's K-3 classrooms with its...
Fla. schools approve free, online reading program
- 2008-01-24
Elementary school teachers in Florida this fall will be the first in the nation to have access to a free, state-approved online reading program. State Education Commissioner Eric Smith last week officially adopted the program, called Free-Reading, state Education Department spokesman Tom Butler said Wednesday. The...
Florida Officially Adopts FreeReading.net, Free, Open Source Elementary Reading Program
- 2008-01-23
First Open Source Instructional Program Approved Through a State Adoption Process An Option to Traditional, Highly Priced Textbooks BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Wireless Generation today announced that www.FreeReading.net, a free, open source reading program, has been officially adopted by the state of Florida. The adoption places FreeReading.net on a...
Indiana Selects Wireless Generation to Provide K-2 Formative Assessment System in Reading and Math
- 2007-12-31
Wireless News 12-31-2007 Indiana Selects Wireless Generation to Provide K-2 Formative Assessment System in Reading and Math WIRELESS NEWS-December 31, 2007-Indiana Selects Wireless Generation to Provide K-2 Formative Assessment System in Reading and Math C2008 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com ...
Indiana Taps Wireless Generation to Provide K-2 Formative Assessment System in Reading and Math
- 2007-12-14
Wireless News 12-14-2007 Indiana Taps Wireless Generation to Provide K-2 Formative Assessment System in Reading and Math WIRELESS NEWS-December 14, 2007-Indiana Taps Wireless Generation to Provide K-2 Formative Assessment System in Reading and Math C2007 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com ...
Indiana Selects Wireless Generation to Provide K-2 Formative Assessment System in Reading and Math
- 2007-12-13
Frequent Formative Assessment and Early Intervention Shown to Improve Learning Outcomes BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Indiana has selected Wireless Generation to serve the state's kindergarten through 2nd grade classrooms with formative assessments in reading and math. Wireless Generation's handheld computer-based mCLASS[R]:Reading 3D[TM] and mCLASS[R]:Math assessments will enable Indiana teachers to...
Wireless Generation Provides Free, Open Source Elementary Reading Program Online at www.Free-Reading.net
- 2007-11-07
Leading Reading Researchers Serve on Free-Reading.net Advisory Board Florida Instructional Materials Adoption Committee for K-3 Supplemental Reading Programs Recommends Free-Reading.net Intervention Program for Adoption BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Wireless Generation, the leading education company combining mobile technology, the Web, and in-person professional services to improve teaching and learning in...
Wireless Generation and Harcourt School Publishers Team
- 2007-10-24
Wireless News 10-24-2007 Wireless Generation and Harcourt School Publishers Team WIRELESS NEWS-October 24, 2007-Wireless Generation and Harcourt School Publishers Team C2007 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com Wireless Generation, a company offering mobile- and Web-based technology for managing and...
Wireless Generation and Harcourt School Publishers Announce Partnership to Create mCLASS®:DIBELS® StoryTown Edition and mCLASS:DIBELS Trophies Edition
- 2007-10-22
Products Make Sought After Link Between Broadly Used Early Reading Assessment and Core Curricula BROOKLYN, N.Y. & ORLANDO, Fla. -- Wireless Generation, the leading company offering mobile- and Web-based technology for managing and improving teaching and learning in grades PreK-12, and Harcourt School Publishers HSP today announced a partnership...
Wireless Generation Partners with Miami-Dade County Public Schools to Improve Elementary Reading Instruction and Learning Districtwide
- 2007-09-19
Over 200 Schools to Use mCLASS[R] Assessment, Reporting, and Professional Services in K-5 Classrooms BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Wireless Generation and Miami-Dade County Public Schools today announced plans to work closely together to improve elementary reading instruction and learning across the district. Starting this fall, over 200 Miami-Dade elementary schools...
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