<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Arabic-L: Wed 11 Mar 2009</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu">dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To post messages to the list, send them to <a href="mailto:arabic-l@byu.edu">arabic-l@byu.edu</a>]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</a> with first line reading:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> unsubscribe arabic-l ]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Directory------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1) Subject:OWL Testing Software at CALICO</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Date: 11 Mar 2009</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From:Greg Russak <<a href="mailto:grussak@OWLTS.COM">grussak@OWLTS.COM</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject:OWL Testing Software at CALICO</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">OWL Testing Software Announces New ‘Test Conversion Service’ <br>During Annual CALICO Conference<br><br>New Service Simplifies Online Migration of Language Tests and Assessments<br><br>TEMPE, Ariz. (March 10, 2009) – OWL Testing Software announced a new <br>service today at the 26th Annual Computer Assisted Language Instruction <br>Consortium (CALICO) Conference being held at Arizona State University. The <br>OWL Test Conversion Service will make the transition from traditional, <br>paper-based, or other technology-based testing to OWL’s Web-based platform <br>fast, easy, and effortless for their customers in education, government, <br>and business—while allowing continued use of the same basic test content <br>that they have used in the past.<br><br>“One of the great misconceptions among teachers, language lab directors, <br>school administrators, and even corporate and government trainers is the <br>amount of work required to convert their existing teaching and testing <br>materials into an online environment like OWL,” said Chris Dalessandri, <br>OWL Testing Software’s president and CEO. “By offering to convert existing <br>content free of charge as part of the OWL Testing Software solution, we <br>make this transition to online testing even more painless and economical.”<br><br>“By combining our new Test Conversion Service with the OWL Community <br>Library, we become the only language testing software company in the world <br>to offer a ’best of both worlds‘ solution: validated SOPI-type test <br>content created by and voluntarily contributed to our Library by <br>customers, combined with the means by which customers can repurpose their <br>existing tests,” added Greg Russak, OWL Testing Software vice president of <br>sales. “We’re pleased to offer such a unique and powerful language testing <br>system that goes beyond the standalone, canned tests, as well as any <br>commercial or open-source software, which is typically complicated and <br>devoid of test content.”<br><br>OWL provides full functionality for the entire assessment cycle: <br>authoring, scheduling, administering, rating, and reporting. Custom <br>assessments are created using an intuitive online wizard and can include <br>any number or combination of oral response, essays, cloze, completion, <br>fill-in-the-blank, matching, multiple-choice, or short answer questions—<br>incorporating text, graphics, audio, and video components. <br><br>“OWL offers the only widely-available testing tool designed specifically <br>for assessing all modes of communication through a single platform,” <br>Dalessandri added. “We’re very pleased to make this announcement here and <br>to have the opportunity to showcase our cutting-edge assessment technology <br>to the people attending CALICO, as they are among the best and brightest <br>language education professionals from the United States and around the <br>globe.”<br><br>In addition to measuring a student’s oral proficiency, reading and <br>listening comprehension, and comfort level communicating in the target <br>language; the OWL test management system allows language instructors to <br>establish baselines against which to measure their progress over time. <br>What’s more, the Web-based system may be used anywhere there’s access to <br>the Internet—providing flexibility across multiple offices or campuses, <br>time zones, and even continents. <br><br><br>About OWL Testing Software<br>Founded in 1999, OWL Testing Software is a premier provider of affordable <br>Web-based testing and assessment systems for academia, government, and <br>business users. OWL’s intuitive test management system simplifies the <br>unique and complex challenges of second language acquisition—including ESL <br>and EFL programs—and is easily applied to any subject matter in education <br>or the workplace. Learn more at <a href="http://www.owlts.com/">www.owlts.com</a>. <br><br># # #<br><br>OWL Testing Software<br>1484 Washington Road<br>Pittsburgh, PA 15228<br>+1.412.436.0559<br><a href="http://www.owlts.com/">www.owlts.com</a><br><br><br>Media Contacts:<br><br>OWL Testing Software<br>Brady Lutsko<br>Communications Consultant<br><a href="mailto:brady@lutskoconsulting.com">brady@lutskoconsulting.com</a><br>412.381.1105<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">End of Arabic-L: 11 Mar 2009n</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>