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Urbana Software to Grant Free Licenses for the PerTest Enterprise
Suite for the K-12 Education Market
Wed Aug 4, 8:00 AM ET
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 4, 2004 -- Urbana Software is now one
step closer in reaching our mission to transform standardized testing
into personalized learning. Urbana Software has partnered with the
Institute for *****sment Integration, a nonprofit organization, and is
now granting free licenses of the PerTest Enterprise Suite to
non-profit applications for the K-12 market. The only requirement is
that the end product be free to the students, teachers, and schools.
"With all the time we spend on standardized testing in our schools, we
have yet to offer the students, teachers, and parents any meaningful
and timely feedback that will help each student learn and progress."
said Michael Flaherty, President of Urbana Software.
"By granting free licenses and working with foundations, schools, and
others dedicated to changing the quality of the learning experience,
we can create web based learning applications that can have a major
impact on each student without burdening the students, teachers, and
schools with more testing, technology, or expense."
About Urbana Software - www.UrbanaSoft.com
Urbana Software is the developer of leading educational and enterprise
learning software that provides "personalized" test delivery and
analysis. Urbana's patented PerTest Enterprise Suite provides
diagnostics and individualized learning paths for *****sments which
can optionally be tied back to educational or cor****ate standards. The
Urbana method, which incor****ates "Distractor Analysis", creates
intellectual engagement with the learning process and greatly improves
critical thinking skills, knowledge and retention of subject matter,
and overall productivity.
About the PerTest Enterprise Suite -
www.UrbanaSoft.com/productoverview.htm
The PerTest Enterprise Suite transforms standardized testing into a
personalized *****sment and learning experience that provides the
examinee with diagnostic and remedial learning paths. PerTest is
designed from the ground up on open standards, allowing it to be
extended and integrated with customers" existing IT investments.
PerTest is a scalable and ****table platform able to meet both small
company and large enterprise needs.
PerTest sup****ts the following standards: AICC, SCORM, EJB 2.0, J2EE,
JMS, XML, SOAP, HTTPS, JMX, Java WebStart, and DocBook.
The PerTest Enterprise Suite has been successfully integrated at
http://www.BoostMyScore.com
where students can take practice SAT tests
and receive personalized feedback to improve their learning and
test-taking skills.
Contacts:
Michael Flaherty
President
Urbana Software, Inc.
470 Castro Street, Suite 200
San Francisco, CA 94114
Office: 415-934-8378
Email: mike@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Douglas H. Wallace, Ph.D
Institute for *****sment Integration, Inc
725 Clarinda Ave.
Daly City, CA 94015
Phone 650-994-4276
E-mail: phddoug@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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