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Since 1993, Children’s Technology Review has provided reviews to parents, teachers and librarians on a subscription basis.

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Reviews are based on the Children’s Software Evaluation Instrument. This instrument was created after formal studies on how children interact with a variety of interactive software products, and by applying generic child development and intrinsic motivation theory. The instrument helps our editors achieve a level of reliability in our ratings, and makes it easier to compare similarly designed products.

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The children’s publishing industry is commercial and competitive. In an effort to protect the independent, critical nature of the reviews that appear in Children’s Technology Review and this web site, the publishers of CTR (Active Learning Associates, Inc. Board of Directors) follow a set of editorial guidelines.

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