Science Research Associates
- Science Research Associates
Founded in 1938, SRA or Science Research Associates Inc. was a Chicago-based publisher of educational materials and schoolroom reading comprehension products.[ [https://www.sraonline.com/about_history.html SRA ] ] Early on, it had more of a trade and occupational focus. In 1957, it moved into individualized classroom instruction with the iconic SRA Reading Laboratory Kit, a format that later translated to mathematics, science, and social studies.]SRA was purchased by IBM in 1964, [http://ed-thelen.org/1401Project/Highlights-of-IBM-History.html] and by that time its products geared to primary and secondary schools had increased, especially at a time when math education was seen as critical during the Cold War and Space Race.
Since the 1960s, SRA has been the publisher of Direct Instruction programs, also known as DISTAR (Direct Instruction System for Teaching Arithmatic and Reading). These include "Language for Learning, Reading Mastery, Reasoning and Writing, Connecting Math Concepts" and "Corrective Reading". SRA purchased Open Court Reading in the 1990s.
In the early 2000s, the company was purchased by McGraw-Hill and is now known as SRA/McGraw-Hill. The "Imagine It!" reading program was launched in 2007. SRA/McGraw-Hill also competes as a publisher of mathematics and science materials with programs such as "Real Math, Number Worlds," and "Snapshots Video Science".
References
External links
* [http://www.sraonline.com SRA/McGraw-Hill]
* [http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/history/year_1964.html IBM Timeline]
* [https://www.sraonline.com/about_history.html History of SRA]
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