PreK-12 Market Headlines
Data-driven Solutions from Naviance Designed To Improve Academic and Post-secondary Success
Naviance —Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Naviance Succeed Inspires Students To Aim High;
Washington, DC (June 30, 2009) – Naviance, the leading provider of K-12 solutions that inspire students to achieve post-secondary success, today announced the release of Naviance Succeed™. Naviance Succeed is a suite of products and services for schools and districts that promotes college and workplace readiness. Designed to empower students and educators to create multi-year success plans, the solutions also enable proactive data-driven decision making.
With Naviance Succeed, students create their own path toward academic and personal success through the use of market-leading course, college and career planning systems. The solutions also offer robust analytics designed to help administrators’ measure meaningful long-term outcomes about their students, including enrollment and retention rates, as well as college admittance numbers.
“With 40 percent of entering college freshman taking at least one remediation course, it’s clear that our students need to be better prepared for the rigors of post-secondary coursework,” said Stephen Smith, CEO of Naviance. “By encouraging purposeful learning throughout middle and high school, and increasing collaboration among teachers, students, families and counselors, we ensure that all students have the opportunity to reach their full potential in college as well as in the workplace.”
Naviance Succeed applications can be used individually or in combination, allowing schools or districts to design the system that best meets their needs. These applications currently include:
Course Planner, which enables students to build multi-year course plans that support their post-secondary goals. The application encourages rigorous course selection that is aligned with the student’s capabilities and goals.
College Planner manages all aspects of the college admissions process with leading-edge tools for electronic transcripts and recommendation forms.
Career Planner helps middle and high school students explore hundreds of careers using validated assessments for personality type and interests.
District Connection simplifies data exchange with student information systems, allows for district-level surveys, establishes shared accountability metrics, consolidates reporting, and centrally monitors usage to maximize adoption.
Naviance Succeed also brings together multiple data sources, allowing students to easily link their course selections to their career plans. This helps ensure that all students understand the benefits and the true value of their academic choices.
About Naviance
Naviance, a Hobsons company, is the leading provider of K-12 solutions that inspire students to achieve post-secondary success. More than 40,000 educators and counselors serving nearly five million students in schools across the U.S. and in 71 other countries use Naviance products to manage academic and post-secondary advising, communicate with students and families, and analyze data. For more information please visit www.naviance.com or call 866.337.0080.
Contact: Linda Trude, Naviance, 202-683-2771, linda.trude@naviance.com
