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Recent Articles in Qualifications and Assessment

Member Content IELTS and student placements drive growth at IDP Education
Aug 31, 2019
IDP Education, the Melbourne-based English language testing and international student placement company, has posted an EBITDA of A$115.0m for the year ended 30 June 2019, on revenue up 23% to A$598.1m.
Member Content Cambium Learning to acquire AIR Assessment
Aug 31, 2019
Cambium Learning Group, the Veritas Capital owned provider of supplemental education technology-based solutions for at-risk and special education students, has agreed to acquire AIR Assessment, the student assessment division of the American Institutes for Research.
Member Content Apax Digital Fund acquires MetaMetrics
Aug 31, 2019
Apax Digital Fund, the tech-focused growth equity fund of Apax Partners, has acquired MetaMetrics, developer of the Lexile Framework for Reading and Quantile Framework for Mathematics.
Member Content CompTIA boosts online platform with Metacog acquisition
Aug 31, 2019
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), the technology membership, training and certification provider, has acquired Metacog, a developer of AI and big-data based assessment, certification, evaluation and training products.
Public Content Pearson delivers 2% increase in underlying first half year revenue
Jul 31, 2019
Pearson has reported an adjusted operating profit of £144m for the six months ended 30 June 2019, on revenue down 2% to £1,829m. In underlying terms (adjusted for portfolio changes and forex), first half revenue increased 2% with growth across all three geographic segments.
Member Content RM: H1 international sales growth offset by sales decline in UK
Jul 31, 2019
RM has posted an adjusted operating profit of £9.7m for the six months ended 31 May 2019, on revenue up 1% to £95.5m.
Member Content Pearson wins Egyptian online formative assessment contract
Jul 31, 2019
Pearson has won a significant contract with the Egyptian government to develop, deliver and mark 125 million online formative assessments over a four-year period.
Member Content ETS launches edtech accelerator
Jul 31, 2019
Educational Testing Service (ETS), the Princeton-based assessment and research company, has announced the launch of a sponsored accelerator programme for edtech start-ups.
Member Content Income flat at WJEC CBAC
Jul 31, 2019
WJEC CBAC, the Cardiff-based examination board, providing qualifications and exam assessment to schools and colleges in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, has reported a net income before investment gains of £877k for the year ended 30 September 2018 , on income little changed at £45.1m.
Member Content Kaplan to launch Cambridge endorsed IELTS test-prep
Jul 31, 2019
Cambridge University Press and Cambridge Assessment English have announced a partnership with Kaplan Test Prep to deliver live-streamed and self-paced preparation courses for IELTS.
Member Content Cambridge acquires Durham University’s CEM
Jun 30, 2019
Cambridge Assessment and Cambridge University Press have jointly acquired the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring  a not-for-profit research formative assessment provider based at Durham University.
Member Content Acquisition of SoNET extends RM’s e-assessment capability
Jun 30, 2019
RM has acquired Melbourne-based SoNET Systems, a provider of e-testing software, for £7.3m.
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