Pearson partners with GMAC to launch a new global test of English
Pearson, the worldwide global leader in technology and assessment for education, announced at a media brief the launch of Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic), the company's new computer-based academic test of English language proficiency in India. The test, which will be available to test takers in India from November 2009, measures the English language skills of non-native English speakers who are seeking admission to institutions where English is the language of instruction. PTE Academic is endorsed by and is the preferred English language test for Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), owner of the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT).
 The test, which has been already recognised, or is in the process of being recognised, by more than 800 programmes around the globe, uses Pearson's proven automated scoring technologies to provide a test that accurately measures the English-language listening, reading, speaking and writing abilities of non-native speakers. The new test will serve the growing need of universities to measure the English-language proficiency of students from countries around the world seeking to study at English-speaking institutions, including a mounting number of test takers from India. The test was developed through worldwide field tests involving more than 10,400 international students, and will deliver measures of test takers' proficiency to higher education institutions, government departments and other organisations requiring academic English. PTE Academic will be delivered through Pearson VUE, the company's global network of secure testing centres. In India the test will be delivered through nine Pearson VUE centres in 2009, with the number of centres offering the test continuing to grow over the next year. Test takers will be able to register and schedule their test online at a date and time that suits them. PTE Academic will be competitively priced in each market and the fee for India has been set at US$ 160. The colleges and universities now accepting PTE Academic scores are located in many countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Italy, Latvia, Malaysia, Spain, the UK and the US. Among the recognising institutions for PTE Academic are an increasing number of the world's most prestigious and renowned colleges and universities, such as London Business School, University of British Columbia, Queen's University Belfast, University of Edinburgh, HEC Paris and Yale University's Yale College. The test is designed to more precisely predict the ability of test takers to function in an English-speaking academic environment. Add Comment CommentsYou may also like to read
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