There's an amusing story about British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith during a visit with the Rothschild family at their home in Waddesdon. A butler came in and offered him several beverages.
"Tea, please." the Prime Minister responded.
"China, Indian, or Ceylon, sir?" asked the butler.
"China, Please."
"Lemon, milk or cream, sir?"
"Milk, please."
"Jersey, Hereford, or Shorthorn?"
Selecting a home school curriculum can be a lot like trying to get a cup of tea. There are an overwhelming number of choices.
While GPA SmartStore® is glad to offer you a wide and comprehensive selection of education materials and learning products, we have also developed an exclusive system that enables you to choose the resources that are right for your child with ease and confidence.
Our system is called PassPORT®, which is short for Parental Administration Schooling System of Profiles, Outreach, Reporting, and Tracking...and we believe it pretty much covers all the bases. PassPORT® is a powerful patent-pending eEducation tool that manages student profiles and placements, course and class schedules, progress and performance reports, and transcript records.
PassPORT® Profiles matches individual student needs to educational product characteristics and benefits. Your responses to a simple profile questionnaire provide a picture of your child's skills and preferences, which are then matched to the most appropriate educational products.
PassPORT® Outreach is an online community where you and your students are able to interactively connect, communicate, and collaborate with peer groups throughout the nation and the world.
PassPORT® Reporting enables educators to track and document their student's progress. Our sophisticated reporting engine provides a host of lesson plans, progress records, and report cards that are available anytime at the click of a mouse.
PassPORT® Tracking builds a customized placement test for your child which directs you to the correct curriculum choice and your child to the appropriate starting point within that curriculum. As your child progresses, Tracking's performance and scoring modules monitor test results to ensure that he or she is prepared to move on to the next level.
You will soon be able to see for yourself by viewing an online introductory demonstration of PassPORT®. Components of PassPORT® will be online in the fall semester of the 2007-2008 school year.