About Renaissance Learning

Renaissance Learning UK Limited is a subsidiary of Renaissance Learning Inc., a company founded in Wisconsin (USA) in 1986. Renaissance Learning UK Ltd. is a provider of educational solutions to primary and secondary schools across the United Kingdom. Our primary purpose is to accelerate learning for all children and adults of all ability levels and ethnic and social backgrounds, worldwide. Our solutions are designed with this mission in mind.

Renaissance Learning produces software and hardware that provides teachers, principals and pupils with immediate access to information on academic performance. This information technology provides timely and reliable feedback which enhances individualised instruction, creating a better learning environment and more motivated pupils.

Renaissance Learning supports educators by providing services to ensure a successful implementation of Renaissance products. These services include professional development, consulting, training and suggestions for best practice in your classroom.

Renaissance products and services are backed by scientific research that shows that our learning solutions improve the academic achievement of all pupils, in all year levels, and in all types of schools.

Renaissance Learning acquired AlphaSmart in June 2005. AlphaSmart delivers affordable technology solutions designed to reduce the cost and complexity of computing for customers worldwide. Within the education market, our solutions help pupils improve fundamental academic skills, teachers increase classroom productivity and administrators provide greater access to technology at a low total cost of ownership. AlphaSmart deliver affordable, lightweight, rugged portable computing devices that are expandable, easy to use and manage, and provide exceptional battery life.

Over the last decade, AlphaSmart has sold more than 1.2 million computer companions to customers around the world. These portable devices can be found in approximately one-half of the fifteen thousand U.S. school districts, and in the hands of a growing number of professional users who understand — and value — the benefits of anytime, anywhere computing.

AlphaSmart opened European offices in 1998 and localised their keyboards for the UK, Holland, Sweden, France and Germany. AlphaSmart keyboards are now recognised in the UK as an essential tool in aiding pupils with special writing needs and as a means of capturing class notes and ideas quickly and simply without the distractions of a conventional laptop.