For immediate release               Contact: Karen Ahearn

March 18, 2004                 Communications Manager

ASSET launches new Web site

ASSET (Allegheny Schools Science Education and Technology) Inc. has launched a new Web site: www.assetinc.org to assist teachers in implementing standards-based science education materials and research-based teaching methods into the classroom. The Web site includes a members section where ASSET teachers and administrators can access discussion boards on topics such as inquiry, science notebooks and technology.

ASSET Inc. is an independent, nonprofit, education reform initiative dedicated to continuously improve the teaching and learning process of teachers, with initial efforts in K-8 science education. ASSET provides standards-based science materials and teacher professional development to 38 school districts and private schools, serving approximately 3,000 teachers and 63,000 students in southwestern Pennsylvania .