| A big relief for K-12 students, parents and | | | | statistics, and word problems. On completion |
| their teachers | | | | of the test, the student can compare answers |
| | | | and analyze his or her score. |
| In a bid to better prepare the K-12 students | | | | |
| for the forthcoming exams, has made | | | | Any student who wishes to avail of this |
| available, free of cost, practice worksheets | | | | opportunity can either register with a user |
| in is an online education company delivering | | | | ID and a password on can call a toll-free |
| after-school programs through its school | | | | number (888) 75 STEPS or (888) 757-8377. |
| division, | | | | |
| | | | In addition to its budgeted after-school |
| 'STEPS'. The integration of worksheets into | | | | programs, also partners with business |
| its offering broadens company's scope to | | | | affiliates, educators and publishers to |
| reach out to more students, schools and | | | | deliver curriculum support and homework help. |
| communities. | | | | While a majority of the companies is |
| | | | providing these services at highly |
| "With the launch of our online tutoring | | | | prohibitive prices, the same job is being |
| program two years ago, our team made a | | | | done by tcyonline.com, at a much lesser cost, |
| commitment to make our services par | | | | thereby putting lesser burden on the parents. |
| excellence and give all students a top | | | | They have an edge over others because they |
| quality education that they deserve. By | | | | provide a great value for money. |
| making these worksheets available free of | | | | |
| cost for all to use, we will positively | | | | The addition of free worksheets to its |
| impact the lives of thousands of students and | | | | offerings would strengthen tcyonline's |
| support their long-term educational needs," | | | | existing services. Moreover, the students |
| said Kamal Wadhera, CEO, | | | | would get the best possible content at the |
| | | | click of a mouse. "If an organization is able |
| The worksheets have been designed and | | | | to give a 'blended learning' of practice |
| integrated with the tutoring offer, keeping | | | | sessions and individual tutoring to the |
| in mind the needs of various sections of the | | | | students, that makes the best sense today," |
| students, to deliver qualitative, proven and | | | | according to the CEO. |
| effective supplemental education. | | | | |
| | | | Founded in 1998, has grown to be one of the |
| Some notable features: | | | | most successful online tutoring companies. |
| | | | "Today, with over 250,000 hours of total |
| * Conform to the National Council of Teachers | | | | tutoring experience and over 1000 US students |
| of Mathematics (NCTM) Standards | | | | already tutored in the last two years, we are |
| | | | at a much stronger position. Our old students |
| * Three difficulty levels - easy, medium and | | | | testify for us because we have made |
| hard -- can easily cater to all levels of | | | | considerable difference in their lives", |
| students | | | | Wadhera added. |
| | | | |
| * Multiple-choice questions | | | | About An online initiative of Top Careers & |
| | | | You (TCY), the company specializes in school |
| * Free-of-cost | | | | programs and standardized test preparation; |
| | | | provides LIVE online homework help through |
| * An access to a 60-minute LIVE tutoring | | | | one-on-one tutoring. One of the leading |
| session on the topic of your choice | | | | educational organizations, is gaining a |
| | | | foothold in North America with its unique |
| Methodology: | | | | online tutoring budgeted plans and free |
| | | | content. The company is mapping out top US |
| A Grade-6 student going through a medium | | | | cities through its prospective affiliates |
| difficulty level will come across | | | | with the recently launched attractive |
| multiple-choice questions on fractions, | | | | 'zero-investment' model plan. |
| geometry, measurement, number systems, | | | | |