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