Press Release - April 18, 2005
Vantage Learning To Further Educational Needs in South Korea Through Partnership with Digital Daesung
Partnership with Korean company provides educators and students with Vantage Learning's customized web-based learning tools to enhance English reading and writing skills
Newtown, PA, April 18, 2005 - Vantage Learning (www.vantagelearning.com), the leading provider of online assessment and automated essay scoring, today announced its partnership with Digital Daesung, a South Korean education leader specializing in learning centers, e-learning, educational content, and testing services. Digital Daesung will offer Vantage's off-the-shelf and customized educational and commercial web-based solutions to enhance the English reading and writing skills of primary and secondary school students throughout South Korea.Digital Daesung was founded in March 2000 to raise student achievement through research-based teaching, accurate testing systems, interactive professional development and integrated use of technology in the classroom. Digital Daesung currently manages more than 173 Daesung N School Centers for secondary school students and more than 440 Daesung Genex Schools for primary school students, where participants are achieving annual academic gains well above national norms.
In addition to Digital Daesung's current offerings, students throughout the country will have the opportunity to use Vantage Learning's suite of products, including MY Access!™ and Learning Access!™. MY Access! is Vantage's online writing tool powered by IntelliMetric®, its award-winning artificial intelligence scoring engine; Learning Access! is a suite of online diagnostic tools for assessments of student knowledge in reading, writing, math, and science,. Vantage Learning's products will be offered primarily through Digital Daesung's learning centers throughout South Korea.
"Digital Daesung is a recognized leader in the field of on- and off-line education instruction and assessment in Korea," says Harry Barfoot, VP of Sales of Marketing for Vantage Learning. "We are proud to work with Digital Daesung to provide students with the newest and most advanced web-based learning tools to advance their education and prepare them for both college and the highly competitive position Korea enjoys in the world market."
"We look forward to Vantage Learning's products contributing to the success of our learning centers and our ongoing efforts to integrate technology into our schools' classrooms," says Jin Young Choi, CEO of Digital Daesung. "We also are excited that Vantage's MY Access! and Learning Access! programs will enhance the reading and writing skills of our primary and secondary school students, as well as polish their English-speaking abilities."
About Digital Daesung, Inc.
Digital Daesung (www.digitaldaesung.com/eng/index.htm) was founded in March 2000 to raise student achievement through its research-based teaching program, accurate testing systems, interactive professional development, integrated use of technology and other proven educational program features. Digital Daesung serves school students of all ages in Korea through four different business channels, including its learning centers, which are franchise businesses of supplemental education institutes, e-learning on-line education services, publication of college entrance guide book and other useful educational information, and its testing services.
About Vantage Learning
Vantage Learning (www.vantagelearning.com), an affiliate of Vantage Laboratories and the leading provider of online assessment and automated essay scoring, developed IntelliMetric® 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 (AI) technology. An individual can enter a response to a question posed, submit the response, and receive an immediate score with feedback within seconds.
Eduventures recently selected Vantage Learning as one of the eight most innovative educational technology companies. MY Access! earned a 2003 District Administration Top 100 Award, was included in Technology and Learning Magazine's Top 10 Smart Technologies for Schools, and was a Codie Awards finalist 2 years in a row. Vantage Learning provides services in all 50 states including Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Virginia, Oregon, and Texas and provides services to educational leaders such as The College Board, ACT, Harcourt Assessment, Inc., CTB/McGraw Hill and Thomson Learning, and industry giants such as Microsoft, Apple Computer, AOL, and Sun Microsystems.