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Online learning company Plato Learning is buying Educational Options (EdOptions) to expand its offerings to struggling students.
Plato Learning, which offers standards-based online curricula and assessments, provides a variety of online courses, including test preparation, transition readiness to high school, adult basic education, credit recovery, and diagnostic assessment.
Educational Options, headquartered in Falls Church, VA, offers Stars Suite, a lineup of Web-based online courses for students. It includes Novel, a library of middle and high school courses; High School Prep, which assesses middle school students and recommends courses in preparation for high school; Test Prep, which readies students for state tests; and GED Prep, which gears up students for taking the exam. All modules offer the option of full course or adaptive assessment mode.
The company also runs EdOptions Online Academy, an accredited web-based high school that partners with schools and districts facing overcrowding and increasing dropout rates.
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