Renaissance Learning Inc. (RLI) is an educational software

Educational software

Educational software is computer software, the primary purpose of which is teaching or self-learning.-Early History, 1940s - 1970s:The use of computer hardware and software in education and training dates to the early 1940s, when American researchers developed flight simulators which used analog...

 and hardware

Educational technology

Educational technology is the study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using and managing appropriate technological processes and resources." The term educational technology is often associated with, and encompasses, instructional theory and...

 company, publicly traded on the NASDAQ

NASDAQ

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 exchange under the ticker symbol RLRN. It is headquartered in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin

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, USA, with offices in Canada, and the United Kingdom. As of October 16, 2011 Renaissance Learning is no longer being traded as a public company, the company being privately owned by Permira

Permira

Permira is a United Kingdom-based private equity firm with global reach. The firm advises funds with a total committed capital of approximately €20 billion....

, a British private equity company.

The company creates educational software (see list) and hardware for K-12

K-12

K–12 is a designation for the sum of primary and secondary education. It is used in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand where P–12 is also commonly used...

 schools (primary and secondary), and over 67,000 schools in the USA use their software.