eTAP Announces New Online Courses To Help Students Pass Their GED, SAT or HSEE exams

eTAP, the non-profit on-line education service, announces the addition of 3 new courses specifically designed to prepare students for the HSEE (High School Exit Exam), SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) and GED (General Educational Diploma)Exam.

These courses are available online at www.etap.org. The cost is just $75 a year or $8.95 per month and includes unlimited use of eTAP's regular K-12 curriculum. Each course provides a list of test topics directly connected to the appropriate eTAP Instruction. Included are about 50,000 pages of instruction and practice exercises for Mathematics, English, Science and History. Pre-test and post-test questions and answers are provided so that students can practice to increase their test scores. Students can also access a free demo by going to the www.etap.org web site and clicking on the eTAP Smart Button.

eTAP has provided online instruction since June of 2000. It has completed about 200,000 pages of curriculum. The program emphasizes individual learning so that each student can proceed at his or her own pace and work in his or her own learning style. All content is aligned with state standards and satisfies the No Child Left Behind requirements.

eTAP users are divided among teachers, students and parents and the program has found enthusiastic users in Public, Charter and Home Schools.

Here are some comments from eTAP subscribers:

Homeschoolers

Lisa Jackson, Arbor Academy.com says “eTAP is a great resource for the independent study student. Children are given the power to progress incrementally through core subject grade appropriate material, or move ahead at their readiness. Success with eTAP increases the students’ belief in their own abilities.”

Connie McGowan of Barstow, CA, Homeschools three children, who are in grades 2, 4 and 7. She writes, " We have been Homeschooling for 20+ years and this is a great site…one of the best sites for Homeschoolers I have ever seen. I have tried K12 and several others, but for my money this is far superior."

"I will be updating our web site in the next few days”, says Becky Livingston, Vice Chairman, Christian Homeschool of Idaho State. “I will gladly add a link to your site. It is a great resource."

"High School Prep Math is terrific, especially for the audio learner or students with poor eyesight”, notes Ann Zeise of A to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling. "This pre-algebra course has been written with streaming audio lessons, practice sheets and quizzes. It moves fast, so it's good for review as well."

Public School Teachers Patricia Noonan, science teacher at Pomona High School in California, says, “I am using eTAP to design test questions and lesson plans. I intend to have my students use your site as a lecture-note resource.”

"eTAP has provided me with excellent supplemental materials for the science and math courses that I teach. I also use eTAP as a tutorial for students by distributing the URL at the start of a semester and recommending that students access this site if they have trouble understanding certain concepts," writes Kelly Gaughan of Futures High School in Oceanside, CA.

“I will be teaching two Language Arts intervention classes next year -- one class for third graders and the other for fourth and fifth graders. Half my students will be English-language learners and the other half will be at-risk English-only children. I was happy to find your web site and will consult it for materials and for Spanish translations that parents can use to better understand what is being taught." commented Sharon Regalado.

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For further information, please contact: Blaise Subbiondo, 1-949-497-2200,E-mail, 2260 Park Avenue, Laguna Beach, CA, 92651