World record shattered with 182,455,169 math questions answered correctly
DALLAS, March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- More than three quarters of a million
students from around the world logged on to http://www.worldmathday.com on
March 5, 2008, to celebrate World Math Day. By participating in the
competition to answer the most math questions correctly, students from more
than 100 countries answered a total of 182,455,169 questions, quickly
exceeding this year's 50 million question goal and shattering last year's
record of 38,904,275. The World Math Day competition was held in
partnership by Voyager Expanded Learning, 3P Learning and Cartoon Network.
The event began on March 5 west of the International Dateline and
continued through the last minute of March 5 east of the International
Dateline. Students of all ages and ability levels competed against each
other in real-time battles of speed and skill.
A total of 171,573 students in the United States logged on and
correctly answered 42,087,104 math questions, more than any other country
competing in the online competition.
To view the overall World Math Day results, visit
http://www.worldmathday.com.
Voyager Expanded Learning
Voyager Expanded Learning provides core, intervention and supplemental
reading programs, as well as math intervention and ongoing professional
development programs, for school districts throughout the United States.
Founded in 1994, Voyager has delivered extended-time reading and basic
skills intervention programs, as well as large-scale reading programs, to
more than 1000 school districts in cities such as Miami, Richmond, New York
and Los Angeles, resulting in dramatically improved student performance.
Voyager Expanded Learning, Inc. is a business unit of Voyager Learning
Company (Pink Sheets: VLCY) and is based in Dallas, Texas. For more
information, please visit http://www.voyagerlearning.com or call
1-888-399-1995.
About 3P Learning:
Founded in 2003, 3P Learning develops e-learning resources for students
and teachers. Key to the success of 3P Learning's resources is the idea
that play plus practice equals progress. The company's e-Learning resources
are written by teachers who hold this philosophy at their core, and are
proven to engage and motivate students to achieve excellent results. 3P
Learning develops curriculum-based resources for the Internet that are
currently used by over 1000 Australian schools and that have been used by
close to 1 million students. For teachers, 3P Learning uses technology to
provide up to the minute information on students' progress and the ability
to fully differentiate within a class to target individual student needs.
For more information about 3P Learning, please visit
http://www.3PLearning.com.au.
SOURCE Voyager Learning
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CONTACT:
Media and Investor Contacts, Shannan Overbeck
of Voyager Expanded Learning, +1-888-399-1995, Ext. 9476,
soverbeck@voyagerlearning.com
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