--- Forwarded Message from [log in to unmask] --- >Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:38:07 -0400 >From: [log in to unmask] >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #9090 (ADVTSG) OWL Testing Software Announces New ?Test Conversion Service? During Annual CALICO Conference >References: <[log in to unmask]> >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.0.4) Is it functioning the same for all languages (e.g., Hebrew)? Quoting LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>: > --- Forwarded Message from Greg Russak <[log in to unmask]> --- > >> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:27:43 -0400 >> From: Greg Russak <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: OWL Testing Software Announces New > =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?=91Test_Conversion_Service=92_During_Annual_CALICO_Conference?= >> To: [log in to unmask] >> cc: Greg Russak <[log in to unmask]> > > 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 > > > > > > *********************************************** > LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for > Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language > Teaching > and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). > Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. > Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) > *********************************************** > >