Learning.com VP Mark Tullis Named to SIIA Education Division Board of Directors

Portland, Ore. – Nov. 20, 2009
Mark Tullis, Vice President of Strategic Relations for Learning.com, has been named to the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Education Division Board of Directors. He will serve a two-year term supporting SIIA to provide the education technology industry with leadership, advocacy and critical market information.

Tullis, who has been with Learning.com since its founding in 1999, has been instrumental in building relationships with school districts and state and national education leaders to promote effective use of Web-delivered curriculum and assessment.

“As states and school districts seek new ways to educate our children under new federal directives and guidelines, it is important for education publishers within the SIIA family to get out in front and offer them innovative and engaging instructional materials, assessments and professional development,” Tullis says. “The prudent use of the best technologies will clearly play an important role in this process. I hope to apply my experience with Learning.com, particularly in state instructional material procurement policy, to make it easier for teachers and students to benefit from quality digital instructional and training materials, and innovative, performance-based digital assessments.”

The board represents the more than 150 SIIA Education Division member firms that provide software, digital content and other technologies for educational needs. It will develop and prioritize the division’s initiatives and determine the projects, activities and events it will undertake.

Tullis received his master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and his undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University. He and his family live in Portland, Oregon.

About Learning.com
Founded in 1999, Learning.com helps educators improve student performance in core curriculum and 21st century skills through Web-delivered curriculum and assessment, in use by more than two million students. Our unique integration of technology literacy with core curriculum instruction enables states, districts and schools to simultaneously improve student proficiency in technology skills and core disciplines. Using our Digital Learning Environment, teachers can easily customize curriculum, individualize instruction, and obtain professional development. Learning.com’s solutions include EasyTech, a proven, K-8 technology literacy curriculum that helps students develop and apply technology skills in math, science, language arts, and social studies; TechLiteracy Assessment, providing valid measurement and reports for critical technology skills for both elementary and middle schools; 21st Century Skills Assessment, providing valid data aligned to ISTE NETS 2007 standards; and Aha!Science and Aha!Math, interactive digital resources for elementary and middle school. For more information, please visit www.learning.com or call 800-580-4640.