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>Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:38:07 -0400
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>Subject: Re: #9090 (ADVTSG)  OWL Testing Software Announces New ?Test
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Is it functioning the same for all languages (e.g., Hebrew)?

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> --- Forwarded Message from Greg Russak <[log in to unmask]> ---
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>> Date:         Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:27:43 -0400
>> From: Greg Russak <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: OWL Testing Software Announces New
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> OWL Testing Software Announces New 'Test Conversion Service'
> During Annual CALICO Conference
>
> New Service Simplifies Online Migration of Language Tests and Assessments
>
> TEMPE, Ariz. (March 10, 2009) - OWL Testing Software announced a new
> service today at the 26th Annual Computer Assisted Language Instruction
> Consortium (CALICO) Conference being held at Arizona State University. The
> OWL Test Conversion Service will make the transition from traditional, paper-
> based, or other technology-based testing to OWL's Web-based platform fast,
> easy, and effortless for their customers in education, government, and
> business--while allowing continued use of the same basic test content that
> they have used in the past.
>
> "One of the great misconceptions among teachers, language lab directors,
> school administrators, and even corporate and government trainers is the
> amount of work required to convert their existing teaching and testing
> materials into an online environment like OWL," said Chris Dalessandri, OWL
> Testing Software's president and CEO. "By offering to convert 
> existing content
> free of charge as part of the OWL Testing Software solution, we make this
> transition to online testing even more painless and economical."
>
> "By combining our new Test Conversion Service with the OWL Community
> Library, we become the only language testing software company in the world
> to offer a 'best of both worlds' solution: validated SOPI-type test content
> created by and voluntarily contributed to our Library by customers, combined
> with the means by which customers can repurpose their existing tests," added
> Greg Russak, OWL Testing Software vice president of sales. "We're pleased to
> offer such a unique and powerful language testing system that goes beyond
> the standalone, canned tests, as well as any commercial or open-source
> software, which is typically complicated and devoid of test content."
>
> OWL provides full functionality for the entire assessment cycle: authoring,
> scheduling, administering, rating, and reporting. Custom assessments are
> created using an intuitive online wizard and can include any number or
> combination of oral response, essays, cloze, completion, fill-in-the-blank,
> matching, multiple-choice, or short answer questions--incorporating text,
> graphics, audio, and video components.
>
> "OWL offers the only widely-available testing tool designed specifically for
> assessing all modes of communication through a single platform," Dalessandri
> added. "We're very pleased to make this announcement here and to have the
> opportunity to showcase our cutting-edge assessment technology to the
> people attending CALICO, as they are among the best and brightest language
> education professionals from the United States and around the globe."
>
> In addition to measuring a student's oral proficiency, reading and listening
> comprehension, and comfort level communicating in the target language; the
> OWL test management system allows language instructors to establish
> baselines against which to measure their progress over time. What's more, the
> Web-based system may be used anywhere there's access to the Internet--
> providing flexibility across multiple offices or campuses, time 
> zones, and even
> continents.
>
>
> About OWL Testing Software
> Founded in 1999, OWL Testing Software is a premier provider of affordable
> Web-based testing and assessment systems for academia, government, and
> business users. OWL's intuitive test management system simplifies the unique
> and complex challenges of second language acquisition--including ESL and EFL
> programs--and is easily applied to any subject matter in education or the
> workplace. Learn more at www.owlts.com.
>
> # # #
>
> OWL Testing Software
> 1484 Washington Road
> Pittsburgh, PA 15228
> +1.412.436.0559
> www.owlts.com
>
>
> Media Contacts:
>
> OWL Testing Software
> Brady Lutsko
> Communications Consultant
> [log in to unmask]
> 412.381.1105
>
>
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