Professional Examination Service Brings Top-flight Consulting Capabilities to Questionmark Customers

For Immediate Release

Professional Examination Service Brings Top-flight Consulting Capabilities to Questionmark Customers
 

STAMFORD, CT – March 25, 2004 -- Psychometric consulting firm Professional Examination Service (PES) and Questionmark, a leader in testing and assessment software, today announced a partnership to complement Questionmark™ Perception™ testing and assessment software with consulting services provided by PES.

Through the partnership, PES will help clients utilize Questionmark Perception to create individual assessments as well as complete assessment programs. The company, which specializes in question and exam development, standard setting, item/examination analysis and test equating, will help Perception users improve existing assessments and create new ones. PES also advises clients on the development, evaluation, and enhancement of testing programs to assess knowledge, skills and competencies using a full range of assessment methodologies from multiple-choice testing through performance assessment.

I. Leon Smith, PES President and CEO said, “We are excited to partner with Questionmark because together we offer a unique end-to-end solution for development and delivery of assessments. Our focus is on helping Questionmark clients to get the most out of Perception, thereby enabling them to achieve their assessment goals. Questionmark clients will be well served by this innovative combination of technology and expertise.”

“We are delighted to have PES join us as a partner, bringing their expertise in psychometrics and other aspects of assessment that will help our customers produce powerful assessments,” added Questionmark President Eric Shepherd. “PES will be able to help our clients with many assessment-related tasks from feasibility studies and strategic planning for testing programs to the development of self-assessments and end-of-training examinations.”

About PES:
For more than 60 years, PES has been a leader in creating, implementing, and enhancing quality credentialing programs for clients across a broad range of occupations. Founded in 1941 as a nonprofit corporation, PES’s mission is to promote the public welfare by communicating and demonstrating the value of credentialing. PES achieves its mission by providing personalized services and by making public service contributions in support of credentialing activities that include licensure and certification, competency assurance, accreditation, and training-related
certification.

PES currently works with 43 professional associations and over 175 licensing boards in the U.S. and Canada. These high-stakes testing clients, each the sponsor of a nationally or internationally recognized professional credential, span a wide range of professions, industries, and skill levels in the financial, educational, industrial, and health sectors. Complete details are available at http://www.proexam.org/.

About Questionmark:
Questionmark has been producing testing and assessment software since 1988, enabling educators and trainers to write, administer, and report on tests and surveys securely using individual PCs, local networks, the Internet, and intranets. Some 1,900 businesses, governments, schools, colleges, and universities in more than 50 countries use Questionmark Perception. Typical applications include exams, quizzes, study aids, diagnostic tests, pre-course skills assessments, and course evaluations. Questionmark has offices in the United States, England, and Belgium, with distributors worldwide. Call 800-863-3950 or visit http://www.questionmark.com for more information.

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