Pearson to Offer Additional Academic Reporting Tools for Pearson LearningStudio to Improve Student Retention and Performance

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These new reporting capabilities powered by IBM Cognos 8 BI will give Pearson eCollege’s customers BI content and capabilities right out of the box, delivering immediate time to value

Denver (PRWEB) November 23, 2009

Pearson eCollege today announced plans to strengthen its existing relationship with IBM by enhancing Pearson LearningStudio’s Academic Assessment and Analytics Suite with enhanced core reporting, a tool that provides academic administrators with a collection of customized reports they can use to inform decision-making to increase student retention and performance. For over twelve years, Pearson eCollege has been a pioneer in providing academic leadership with reports and academic program support for online learning management.

Pearson LearningStudio’s Academic Assessment and Analytics Suite, powered by IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence under an OEM agreement with IBM, gives educators, academic leadership and teaching and learning administrators insight to institution-wide student activity in online courses, course enrollment data, and student grades for individual student and faculty users. A learning administrator or dean simply logs into the system and selects the desired report, and with a simple click can either execute the report immediately or customize the criteria to suit the institution’s particular needs.

Pearson eCollege offers the Academic Assessment and Analytics Suite as part of the new Pearson LearningStudio Online Edition. Pearson LearningStudio, the recently-announced new generation personalized learning environment and platform, combines the power of the Pearson eCollege and Fronter platforms to allow institutions to create a flexible learning environment that best aligns with their academic mission and goals. Offering Online, Campus and Blended editions, Pearson LearningStudio embraces the latest technologies, including Software-as-a-Service and cloud computing, to give educators and administrators a choice of scalable, cost-effective, dependable solutions to power their online programs and provide a student-centric collaborative learning experience.

“Our current relationship with IBM has yielded new capabilities that will give more of our customers access to the best academic reporting platform available for an enterprise-wide approach to online learning management. With enhanced core reporting for our Academic Assessment and Analytics Suite, our education partners can quickly obtain a wide range of data types to gauge key performance indicators and make informed decisions that will advance student retention and program performance,” said Matt Leavy, CEO of Pearson eCollege.

“These new reporting capabilities powered by IBM Cognos 8 BI will give Pearson eCollege’s customers BI content and capabilities right out of the box, delivering immediate time to value,” said Ted Jandl, Information Management Business Unit Executive, OEM Sales, IBM Software Group. “Educators will get the tools they need to make informed decisions that will improve learning throughout the institution, increasing student success and retention.”

About Pearson eCollege
Pearson eCollege, a part of Pearson (NYSE: PSO), is the leader in powering online learning and programs that enable educators globally to achieve measurable success for online and blended academic programs through on-demand education solutions that advance and improve the teaching and learning experience for learners in multiple types of educational institutions and programs. Pearson eCollege provides a composable (SaaS) learning platform, academic analytics and assessment, rich content solutions and renowned multi-level user support that allow students and teachers to achieve their academic goals. Pearson eCollege is the choice provider of online learning technology and services to the top online schools and programs globally. For more information, go to http://www.pearsonecollege.com.

About Pearson
Pearson (NYSE:PSO), the global leader in education and education technology, reaches and engages today's digital natives with effective and personalized learning, as well as dedicated professional development for their teachers. This commitment is demonstrated in the company's investment in innovative print and digital education materials for preK through college, student information systems and learning management systems, teacher professional development, career certification programs, and testing and assessment products that set the standard for the industry. The company's respected brands include eCollege, Prentice Hall, Addison Wesley, Benjamin Cummings, Allyn & Bacon/Merrill, Longman and many others. Pearson's comprehensive offerings help inform targeted instruction and intervention so that success is within reach of every student at every level of education. Pearson's commitment to education for all is supported by the global philanthropic initiatives of the Pearson Foundation. Pearson's other primary businesses include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group. For more information, go to http://www.pearson.com.

Media Contact: Susan Aspey, Susan.aspey at pearson dot com or (800) 745-8489

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