Lots of big things going on at Knewton right now. Thought a quick update was in order.

VentureBeat wrote about the launch of our SAT course. Read the great article here.

To celebrate the launch, we’re giving away 5 FREE SAT courses to deserving students.

Knewton is now also on Tumblr. Bookmark it and come back for updates [...]

The Edupunks are back. And we’re punkier than Punky Brewster (or does that reference disqualify us?).
Expanding on her piece on How Web-Savvy Edupunks Are Transforming American Higher Education, which also gives Knewton a shout out, Fast Company writer and author Anya Kamenetz has written an entire book on Do-It-Yourself Education.
Jose will be quoted and we’ll [...]

Some exciting press from Wired’s Epicenter blog today. The upshot? Better teachers, lower overhead, and smarter technology come together in the Knewton course for a more effective, more efficient test prep experience. The best part is that students reap the benefits:
The test-preparation industry makes $4 billion a year convincing students to come to their classes, [...]

We’re all really excited about a few features that came out this week.  We knew our customers were happy, but it’s also rewarding to see that our hard work is generating some buzz.

BusinessWeek. In the magazine’s bi-annual review of the best GMAT prep courses on the market, the former CEO of Kaplan says “I hate [...]

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David Kuntz, Vice President of Research at Knewton, sent a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal in response to this article. The article intimated that many prep companies purposely lower student scores on diagnostic exams in order to produce the appearance of greater subsequent improvement. His letter was published in the June [...]