Press Release - May 10, 2004
Vantage Learning Sets Internet Performance Record for Online Education Services
Leading provider of online instruction and assessment raises the bar for web-based test delivery with more than 17 million transactions and 100% uptime in the month of April.
Newtown, PA, May 10, 2004 - Vantage Learning (www.vantagelearning.com) today announced that it set a new record for the delivery of web-based testing. The world's leading provider of online assessment tools located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania handled more than 17 million online assessment transactions with 100% uptime, according to Harry Barfoot, Vantage Learning's VP of Sales of Marketing. This achievement exceeds Vantage Learning's previously established mark of 15 million transactions in a single month with 99.9% uptime.The record volumes come as a result of growth in K-12, Higher Education, and Professional Certification Test Delivery, with the largest growth coming in the K-12 arena. "We expect to surpass the current mark as early as this July and most certainly before the end of 2004," said Barfoot. "State education departments, schools, and higher education institutions are increasingly recognizing the value of immediate feedback, reduced cost, and convenience associated with web-based test delivery."
Vantage Learning recently expanded its data center to handle the expected increases in volume on expectations of significant growth in all three major market areas (K-12, Higher Education, and Professional Assessment). Growth is expected in both the instructional and high stakes assessment markets. Vantage Learning delivers high stakes tests and instructional assessments to students in all 50 states, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
About the Vantage Learning Platform
The Vantage Learning Platform (VLP) is the most widely used online assessment platform in the world. VLP provides test registration, delivery, and reporting services as well as item banking and test creation services. The VLP includes the award-winning IntelliMetric open-ended assessment delivery and scoring engine. Vantage's IntelliMetric uses a rich blend of artificial intelligence and the digitization of human expertise to accurately score and assess a student's competency in a range of subjects. Its inherent flexibilities allow schools to consistently evaluate a student's progress and provide immediate feedback on how students can improve their skills.
About Vantage Learning
Vantage Learning, an affiliate of Vantage Laboratories and the leading provider of online assessment and automated essay scoring, developed IntelliMetric® (www.vantagelearning.com) to meet the needs of business, education, and government agencies needing a comprehensive Internet-based test authoring, delivery, scoring, and reporting platform. IntelliMetric administers and scores responses to open-ended questions over the Internet using advanced artificial intelligence technology. An individual can enter a response to a question posed, submit the response, and receive an immediate score with feedback within seconds.
Vantage delivers assessment services directly to states, municipalities, school districts and individual schools. Vantage provides services in all 50 states including Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Virginia, Oregon and Texas. Within the certification community, organizations such as the ABCTE (American Board for the Certification of Teacher Excellence) and the ICDL (International Computer Drivers License) rely on Vantage's assessment technology. Vantage also provides online assessment and automated essay scoring testing services to some of the most esteemed educational programs and companies in the world, including ACT, The College Board, CTB/McGraw-Hill, and Thomson Learning. Vantage's tools are used by many industry giants including Microsoft, Apple Computer, AOL and Sun Microsystems.
Eduventures recently selected Vantage Learning as one of the eight most innovative educational technology companies.