ThinkLink's P.A.S.S. program reported in The Tennesseean on January 4, 2003
April 21, 2003

"Several schools . are tracking student performance with new software developed during the law's final days in Congress (No Child Left Behind). 'The software, created by ThinkLink Learning of Nashville, has gained interest from schools throughout the Southeast,' Chief Executive Officer Jackie Shrago said. The company now is at work on a variety of other products, including a puzzle that teaches grammar.

Paul Beavers, an eighth-grade American history teacher at Moore Middle School, thinks these products could be especially beneficial to new teachers who need guidance with their lesson plans and districts struggling to meet the law's demands.

'The testing materials tend to deal with basics, and that's usually where there's a huge deficit in those schools,' he said. '(The students) can't read, and if they can't read they can't do anything else.'"