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New SASIxp™ 6.0 Student Information System Is Mac® OS X Compatible

Mesa, AZ - January 5, 2004 - High quality. Robust. Flexible. These words typify the latest release of Pearson Digital Learning’s flagship student information system, SASIxp™ version 6.0. Compatible with the Mac OS X operating system, the new SASIxp v6.0 is available for immediate distribution. .

"Pearson Digital Learning is committed to maintaining its position as the number one provider of comprehensive, high quality student information systems to the K-12 education community, said Phil Schlesinger, product manager at Pearson Digital Learning. "Now our customers can run SASIxp using their OS X operating systems. In addition, all customers will benefit from the improved quality of v6.0 and two new utilities that reduce administrative effort."

In order to reach Mac compliance and to ensure the highest levels of functionality and usability requirements, Pearson Digital Learning rewrote affected portions of the SASIxp product to run natively on the Mac OS X platform. Version 6.0 likewise provides backward compatibility to Mac v.8.6 and 9.x.

Featuring the most robust reporting, scheduling, attendance, and grading capabilities available today, SASIxp v6.0 is a keystone of Pearson Digital Learning's next generation of products, the Concert family of instructional management tools. Through this powerful system, Pearson Digital Learning will offer the most comprehensive student performance management solution suite in the preK-12 education market, with student information, instructional management, curriculum and instruction, assessment, and data analysis and decision support.

About SASIxp

Used in more than 16,000 schools nationwide, the cross-platform SASIxp is a comprehensive student information system that helps administrators and teachers monitor, track, and report on student data and progress. SASIxp manages extensive information at both the school and district levels, giving educators instant access to student demographics, attendance, discipline, grades, schedules, health data, immunization history, emergency contacts, parent/guardian information, and more. SASIxp is part of Pearson Digital Learning's xp series™ solution suite, a series of integrated offerings that work together to help schools and districts streamline administrative tasks.

About Pearson Digital Learning

With more than 40 years of experience in developing, delivering, and supporting curriculum, assessment, and enterprise data management products, Pearson Digital Learning is the leader in offering comprehensive solutions for preK-12 education. Reaching more than 20 million students annually, our products include the SASIxp™ student information system, SuccessMaker® Enterprise and NovaNET® comprehensive courseware systems, KnowledgeBox™ digital learning system, and Concert™ Instruction & Assessment. Pearson Digital Learning is also the exclusive distributor for the Waterford Early Reading Program™ and Waterford Early Math & Science™, both created by the Waterford Institute.

Pearson Digital Learning is part of Pearson Education (NYSE: PSO), the world’s leading integrated education company. More information can be found at: http://www.PearsonDigital.com/.

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