Press Release - May 9, 2005

Vantage Learning to Deliver More Than 22 Million Student Assessments Online in 2005

Pennsylvania assessment provider surpasses traditional test providers and is poised to become one of the leading testing organizations worldwide

Newtown, PA, May 9, 2005 - Vantage Learning (www.VantageLearning.com), the world's leading provider of online essay scoring technologies, today announced that it expects to deliver more than 22 million tests during the 2005 calendar year. These projections exceed 2004's volume by nearly 25%. This achievement places Vantage Learning among the top test delivery organizations in the world, surpassing many traditional test providers.

Vantage Learning delivers high-stakes tests and instructional assessments to students in all 50 states, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The company attributes the rise in volume to growth in K-12, higher education, teacher certification and public safety testing. Volumes include both online and paper tests, although growth in the online arena has outpaced traditional paper-and-pencil testing.

Vantage delivers assessment services directly to states, municipalities, school districts, and individual schools. States such as Texas, Oregon, Virginia, and Mississippi, as well as large school districts like Los Angeles Unified School District, 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, the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), and Thomson Prometric.

"We have become the assessment provider of choice for education, certification and public safety by offering a full range of cost-effective, timely and secure testing options for public and private testing organizations, state education agencies, and local school districts," says Harry Barfoot, VP of Sales of Marketing of Vantage Learning. "Our clients have faced significant assessment challenges, and our ability to provide high-quality assessment services with immediate feedback has helped our clients effectively meet those challenges."

Projections for the calendar year are based upon a 30% overall increase throughout April, the seasonality of testing across the existing customer base, and expected patterns of testing behavior for new and existing clients. Actual test transactions exceeded 24 million in April 2005 alone. Preliminary projections for 2006 indicate that Vantage will deliver more than 28 million tests next year; future growth is expected in K-12, higher education and professional assessment markets.

The growth of student assessments is also being fueled by Vantage's breakthrough IntelliMetric® technology, which evaluates student writing through a rich blend of artificial intelligence and the digitization of human expertise. The IntelliMetric engine evaluates student competency in subjects ranging from reading and writing, to science and social studies. The IntelliMetric tool consistently and accurately evaluates student progress and provides immediate feedback on how they can improve their skills. IntelliMetric is deployed in the award-winning MY Access!™ instructional writing program and is an underlying technology in other programs using an advanced application programming interface (API).

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. VLP includes the award-winning IntelliMetric™ open-ended assessment delivery and scoring engine. 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 (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.

Most recently, Vantage Learning's MY Access! won the 2004 Award of Excellence from Technology and Learning Magazine, and Eduventures selected Vantage Learning as one of the eight most innovative educational technology companies. In addition, MY Access! was included in Technology and Learning Magazine's Top 10 Smart Technologies for Schools in 2002, and is a Codie Awards finalist three 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.