Ets And Els, World Leaders In Education, Join Forces

ETS and ELS Language Centers announced today that they have entered into an agreement for ELS to administer the TOEFL® (Test of English as a Foreign Language™) Internet-Based Test (iBT) at all 45 ELS Centers in the United States.

Last year approximately 750,000 people took the TOEFL test as part of their admission process at 6,000 universities around the world and at several thousand U.S. institutions of higher education. The new TOEFL iBT is an Internet-based test and uses computer labs where test takers access these live tests.

"ELS provides English as a Second Language training to more than 20,000 international students each year, and we recruit several thousand graduate and undergraduate students for U.S. colleges and universities," says Mark Harris, President and CEO of ELS Language Centers. "Our presence on nearly 40 college campuses and our Internet connected state-of-the-art language labs make us an ideal strategic partner for testing." "We are pleased to join forces with ELS Language Centers, whose 45 centers across the country now make them ETS's largest provider of Internet-based testing seats in the U.S. ETS welcomes ELS to our growing worldwide network of more than 3,200 centers that offer the new TOEFL iBT," says Paul A. Ramsey, Senior Vice President of ETS Global. "We're delighted that ELS will offer not only testing opportunities but also ETS preparation materials." In conjunction with the administration of this test, ELS Language Centers will be introducing a new TOEFL iBT Preparation course, which will include ETS's proprietary online practice materials, as well as a teacher workshop and certification by ETS.

With this agreement, ETS also named ELS as its first EPV (ETS Preferred Vendor) in the U.S., with access to a range of select ETS products and partnership benefits.

About TOEFL iBT TOEFL iBT is the newest version of ETS's English-proficiency test designed to assess English-language skills in academic settings. The new test, delivered through a secure Internet-based delivery platform, emphasizes integrated communication skills and communicative competence. Through the use of an integrated-skills approach, the test measures all four language skills and involves an advanced scoring system.

About ETS ETS is a nonprofit institution with the mission to advance quality and equity in education by providing fair and valid assessments, research and related services for all people worldwide. In serving individuals, educational institutions and government agencies around the world, ETS customizes solutions to meet the need for teacher professional development products and services, classroom and end-of-course assessments, and research-based teaching and learning tools. Founded in 1947, ETS develops, administers and scores more than 50 million tests annually in more than 180 countries, at over 9,000 locations worldwide. Additional information is available at www.ets.org.

About ELS With 45 locations across the U.S., mainly on university campuses, as well as more than 30 overseas locations, ELS Language Centers is the largest network of campus-based English language instruction centers in the world. ELS is a fully-owned subsidiary of Berlitz Languages Inc., a part of Berlitz International Inc. Since opening its first center in 1961, ELS has helped millions of international students from 140 countries around the world learn English. Building on its many years of experience, ELS has developed its own unique curriculum, textbooks, and branded language-learning software. Through its Intensive English Program, with 12 levels of instruction from Beginning to Masters, ELS prepares students for university study in the U.S.

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