New York, NY (PRWEB) November 21, 2011

Pearson?s Teacher Compass, a customizable online teacher evaluation and professional development technique developed in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, took best honors in ?Tech &amp Understanding? magazine’s 29th annual Award of Excellence program. For the second consecutive year, Pearson leads the prestigious competition, with honors for seven of its on-line and mobile understanding tools and programs.

Teacher Compass is designed as each a diagnostic and prescriptive specialist development tool. The computer software simplifies the process of teacher observation and evaluation, permitting users to input data online very easily via a laptop or mobile device and to create simple-to-read reports and graphs rapidly. As soon as trends or target places for improvement have been identified, Teacher Compass automatically suggests on-line professional development opportunities from a library of thousands of videos, tutorials and documents. Administrators can prescribe this specialist development to teachers and track usage. The digital tool is very customizable, supporting whatever evaluation framework and performance indicators have been chosen at the state, district or local levels.

Created more than a nine-year period with input from numerous district partners, Teacher Compass supplies on-demand access to current and past observations, helping administrators swiftly identify trends in instructional efficiency and specialist growth. The information can then be correlated to student reports to give a broader view of teacher performance.

?As school districts about the country strive to ensure that all students are taught by an efficient teacher, they are increasingly turning to Teacher Compass to support their initiatives,? said Stefan Kohler, who heads Teaching Effectiveness at Pearson. ?It is especially gratifying to have the Tech &amp Studying Awards of Excellence judges recognize Teacher Compass for supplying powerful information and tools for enhancing teacher effectiveness by honoring it with this prestigious award.?

Teacher Compass is amongst the winning merchandise featured in the December 2011 issue of ?Tech &amp Learning? magazine, as nicely as on the website. For more information, visit http://programs.pearsonpd.com/teachercompass/.

About Pearson

Pearson, http://www.pearsoned.com, has as its mission to perform side by side with states, districts, teachers, students and parents to guarantee that every child is prepared for college and career (NYSE: PSO).

For more details:

Kate Miller, kate.miller(at)pearson(dot)com ? 800.745.8489

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