AlwaysOn and KPMG pick education startup Skoodat for OnDC Top 100 list of private companies

Tennessee education software company praised for contribution to the renewed and
continued prosperity of our country

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.--(Business Wire)--
Washington DC-based AlwaysOn has picked Skoodat, an education technology startup
company in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as one of the top 100 private companies
contributing to the renewed and continued prosperity of our country.

According to Matt Bowman of AlwaysOn, "The AlwaysOn editorial team and its
partners at KPMG, together with industry experts across the globe scoured the
entrepreneurial community to identify the top 100 private companies turning our
nation`s most urgent dilemmas into job-generating businesses, forging solutions
that no government bureaucracy could dream up (let alone commercialize). From
deep-dive genome sequencing techniques that will catalyze an age of burgeoning
medical cures, to open online education platforms leveling the socioeconomic
barriers to quality instruction, these technology companies are out to prove
that the toughest economic conditions in 70 years are no match for the
entrepreneurial chutzpah of the American tech sector. The OnDC 100 are pouring
on the elbow grease needed to launch the United States and the globe into an age
of renewed prosperity."

"Double-digit high school dropout rates are unacceptable if we want our
communities to prosper," said Ken McElrath, Skoodat CEO. "We all want to know
that our kids are making adequate progress. We want our children to succeed.
That`s really what Skoodat is about. We use incredible cloud computing power in
our computer software to put meaningful information into the hands of teachers,
parents, and policy makers. That information can dramatically change the status
quo in our schools."

In education, recent standardized tests rank our country`s 15-year-olds 35th out
of 57 developed countries in mathematics and 29th out of 57 in science. But the
Internet and the advent of cloud computing have enabled a new golden age of
possibilities for transforming education. Through Skoodat`s new education
platform and applications, parents, teachers and other stakeholders can now
track student progress in real time, without expensive hardware or software.

About Skoodat

Skoodat turns education data into usable information in real time. Part learning
application engine, part secure, stable and flexible platform, Skoodat offers
simple, customizable education performance apps for students, parents, teachers,
principals, school systems and policy makers. No more bending education to the
limits of technology. With Skoodat, technology serves learning for all.

As a visionary social and environmental entrepreneur, Skoodat serves the entire
education ecosystem by creating accountability and saving time and resources for
today and tomorrow. Skoodat is proud to be a salesforce.com Power of Us partner
and a certified B Corporation, demonstrating our commitment to social and
environmental stewardship.

For more information about Skoodat, visit the Skoodat website at:
www.skoodat.com

Skoodat
Ken McElrath, CEO, 423-244-0204
423-373-0090 (fax)
ken@skoodat.com
www.skoodat.com

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