A university requires enrolling students to demonstrate proficiency in English, mathematics and critical thinking skills prior to program placement. Many students are working adults and requiring them to take exams on campus creates a hardship for students and scheduling problems for campus testing coordinators. To solve the problem, the university implemented WebTest to deliver placement tests at all 93 campuses worldwide. The university also provides students with access to the WebTest Study Center so that students can refresh their math and grammar skills prior to taking the placement exams.

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Coastline Community College, a leader in distance education, uses WebTest for testing students enrolled in their Computer Science Distance Education courses. Coastline administers tests in their on-campus testing lab during time “windows”. Several tests have essay questions and require online essay scoring by designated graders. Graders are automatically notified by email when essays are ready for grading. Students are notified via email when their essays have been graded.

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San Diego-based Foundation College provides state-funded training to unemployed adults seeking a career change. Foundation is required to maintain a high percentage of job placements for their graduates and they rigorously test prospective students prior to admission to the training program. Foundation administers their entrance test to groups of twenty in a lab situation. Test results are immediately emailed to counselors so they are available prior to the admission interview.

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Concorde Career Academy offers an online test preparation course for dental assistants who wish to take the California Registered Dental assistant exam. WebTest is used to provide two full-length practice exams and a study center for reviewing necessary skills. Applicants enroll for the test prep course on the Internet by credit card. The system then sends an email with the necessary login information and the site location.

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Chariot Software Group recently launched a California Exit Exam preparation service based on WebTest. Students can take full-length pre and posts tests or specific subject tests. Test results are diagnostic and students are directed to the study center for the appropriate remediation. To date, over 40 high schools have implemented WebTest and several school districts are planning to adopt the system district-wide.

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Coleman College is using WebTest as an anywhere-anytime tutoring system. Coleman found that a sizeable number of students had deficiencies in math and grammar. After-school tutoring was made available, but most students worked or lived too far away and were unable to attend. With WebTest, students can take practice tests and then go to the study center for online remediation. Students can study at their own pace in a relaxed environment knowing that faculty will not be judging their performance.

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The University of Phoenix requires each student to complete a comprehensive end-of-program exam as a condition of graduation. WebTest delivers over 35 different exams depending on the student’s major. Previously, the test was administered on campus using paper and pencil and scanned answer sheets. Students were reluctant to have to take the test on campus and as a result the exams were not taken seriously. In addition, results couldn’t be mailed to students until the answer sheet was scanned.

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Escondido Charter High School uses WebTest to deliver Essential Knowledge tests for the following subjects: Geography, Physical Science, Life Science, World History, Earth Science, American Government and Economics. Each test contains 50 questions that are correlated to California state standards. 11th and 12th grade students take a pretest at the beginning of the term and a posttest at the conclusion of the term. By comparing pre and posttest results, progress can be measured on each state standard.

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