Questionmark Press Release - New Questionmark Solution Streamlines Selling Tests Online

For Immediate Release

New Questionmark Solution Streamlines Selling Tests Online

Publishers and awarding bodies can easily catalogue, sell and deliver tests via the Web

LONDON –  August 20 , 2009 -- Professional associations, textbook companies, awarding bodies and other test publishers can streamline individual and bulk sales of online quizzes and tests using a new solution from Questionmark, a leading provider of assessment technologies and services.

Questionmark is offering the new web-based service, “Technologies for Selling Your Tests,” as an optional enhancement to on-demand deployments of Questionmark™ Perception™, an assessment management system that enables users to author, schedule, deliver and report on tests, exams, quizzes and surveys. The new service provides an ideal solution for test publishers interested in selling their tests to large institutions or for publishers wishing to make quizzes, diagnostic assessments and other study aids available on a charge-per-use basis.  

Tests and quizzes can be authored and saved to a repository using standard Questionmark Perception features. Content owners then use a browser-based application to define catalogue items for their assessments, along with desired pricing and access limitations. After purchasing test, participants receive access information via emails containing links to their tests. The assessment delivery, scoring and reporting is all managed using Questionmark Perception’s standard, out-of-the-box functionality.

“Valid and reliable assessments are expensive to create and maintain, so test publishers rightfully expect a good return on their investments,” commented Questionmark CEO Eric Shepherd. “‘Technologies for Selling Your Tests’ provides an easy, rapidly deployable, low cost solution for content owners to profit from their tests through expanded reach and distribution, while still maintaining complete control and security of their intellectual property.”

The solution can be tailored to enable consumer purchases via e-commerce or bulk purchase by large institutions. For example, an organisation might wish to purchase access to a certain test or group of tests and make them available to its employees, students or members.  The owner of the assessment content creates a catalogue entry with the desired assessments and agreed-upon access limitations. The purchasing organisation may then log in to schedule participants to take the tests and broadcast an email informing them of the available assessment and log-in details.

The solution utilises robust, scalable technology that enables easy assessment authoring and updating, with secure, remote access to item banks for authors and reviewers. Sound, video and other files can be incorporated into questions. The system also offers multilingual assessment delivery, a variety of feedback options, instant scoring, quick, accurate reporting and in-depth statistical analysis. The solution can be customised to suit the requirements of any organisation. Further information is available at: http://www.questionmark.com/uk/solutions/tst.aspx

About Questionmark

Questionmark provides technologies and services that enable organisations to measure knowledge, skills and attitudes securely for certification, regulatory compliance and improved learning outcomes. Questionmark solutions enable reliable, valid and defensible assessments by empowering subject matter experts through collaborative authoring, accommodating participant needs with blended and multilingual delivery and informing stakeholders through timely reporting and meaningful analytics.

The Questionmark Perception assessment management system, available as a licensed, hosted or subscription-based solution, enables organisations to create, administer and report on surveys, quizzes, tests and exams. Complete details are available at www.questionmark.com.The Questionmark blog at http://blog.questionmark.com provides assessment-related news, interviews insights and best practices.

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