SAS inSchool wins Java award
Sun Microsystems' Scott McNealy presents technology award at JavaOne Conference

Cary, N.C. (June 28, 2005)—SAS inSchool^® has received a Duke's Choice Award, presented today by Sun CEO Scott McNealy at the tenth annual JavaOne conference, the world's biggest Java technology event. During his keynote presentation, McNealy recognized SAS inSchool's Introductory Algebra as one of this year's best and most innovative Java applications and presented a statuette of Duke, the Java technology mascot.

"The idea behind the awards is simple—we want to recognize the 'best of the best' from among all the cool stuff going on in the world of Java technology," said James Gosling, CTO of Sun's Developer Products group.

The interactive tools in the award-winning application focus on the procedural and investigative skills covered in Introductory Algebra. Students can practice simplifying, solving, and graphing in a web-based environment. The tools stress mathematical investigation and discovery. Students are able to practice problems, receive feedback, and view solutions; explore relationships between functions or data sets and their graphs; and submit quizzes for assessment.

"In the Introductory Algebra lesson, cutting-edge Java technology enables us to dynamically present a topic that is difficult to convey through conventional methods," says SAS inSchool Director John Boling. "Our efforts are driven by the needs of teachers, and we are delighted to work with leading content providers and technologists to design the most effective and innovative digital teaching and learning resources available."

The Introductory Algebra content is part of SAS inSchool's Curriculum Pathways^® 2006, which is designed to enhance student achievement and teacher effectiveness in all the core disciplines—English, mathematics, social studies, science, in grades 8-14.

Curriculum Pathways is now in use by schools across the country for a small access fee per student. Thanks to grants from Bank of America Charitable Investments, secondary schools across North Carolina and rural Florida have access to the technology. Funding from the Wellman Foundation has made Curriculum Pathways available to West Virginia high schools and Marshall University.

For nearly 30 years, SAS has supported educational causes and recognized that corporate citizens have an opportunity to enhance the educational process. Through SAS inSchool software and its Education Practice, SAS remains dedicated to creating a culture of leadership, authenticity, and accountability in education by providing teachers, administrators, policy-makers, students, parents, and support staff with the best tools for aligning resources with evidence-based outcomes.

The JavaOne conference, which runs through Thursday at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, is the premiere venue for Java technology companies and developers to showcase market-changing innovations. This year's conference celebrates the tenth birthday of Java technology.

About SAS inSchool
SAS inSchool was established in 1996 as a division of SAS Institute. The division's Curriculum Pathways has been listed among the top software programs by the Gateway to Educational Materials, Technology & Learning, the Southern Regional Education Board, and other national consortia. For three years, SAS inSchool has won the Technology & Learning Award of Excellence. Curriculum Pathways offers web-based instructional software for 208 topics, including more than 5,000 web resources and more than 100 media-rich InterActivities. For more information, see www.SASinSchool.com.

About SAS
SAS is the market leader in providing a new generation of business intelligence software and services that create true enterprise intelligence. SAS solutions are used at more than 40,000 sites—including 96 of the top 100 companies on the FORTUNE Global 500^®—to develop more profitable relationships with customers and suppliers; to enable better, more accurate and informed decisions; and to drive organizations forward. SAS is the only vendor that completely integrates leading data warehousing, analytics and traditional BI applications to create intelligence from massive amounts of data. For nearly three decades, SAS has been giving customers around the world The Power to Know^®. Visit us at www.sas.com.

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