Prometric Wins Exclusive Contract with Connecticut Insurance Department
BALTIMORE, MD. July 28, 2009 – Prometric, a leading global provider of technology-enabled testing and assessment services, today announced that it has successfully landed a new, exclusive contract to provide exam delivery and continuing education services to the Connecticut Insurance Department.
Using "bank-based testing," the Department will have access to thousands of proprietary and nationally accepted Insurance exam items developed by Prometric's skilled test development team that are available only to Prometric customers. Using bank based testing, where each question on an exam is randomly pulled from a bank of thousands, each candidate who takes the exam has a completely unique test. No two candidates will take the exact same exam, maintaining the integrity of the test and ensuring the knowledge of those who pass is due to adequate learning and not memorization.
To better accommodate candidates within and around Connecticut, all of the Department's exams will now only be available at Prometric test centers, which are already operational and established.
"We're glad that the Connecticut Insurance Department has made the decision to return to Prometric," said Bill Murtagh, Prometric Senior Vice President Client Services and Sales. "Bank based delivery is a safe way to ensure that, without a doubt, exams are proof of a candidates' knowledge level. In addition, we are confident that making the switch back to Prometric will enable the Department to offer its candidate population easy and reliable access to exams and centers."
About Prometric
Prometric, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ETS, is the recognized global leader in technology-enabled testing and assessment services. Its comprehensive suite of services, including test development, test delivery and data management capabilities, allows clients to develop and launch global testing programs as well as accurately measure program results and data. Prometric reliably delivers and administers more than seven million tests a year on behalf of 450 clients in the academic, professional, healthcare, government, corporate and information technology markets. It delivers tests flexibly via the Web or by utilizing a robust network of more than 10,000 test centers in 163 countries. For more information, please visit www.prometric.com.
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