SYDNEY, Australia (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vantage Learning, the world's leading provider of online assessment tools and instructional writing solutions, is pleased to announce it will provide computer-based essay scoring using Vantage's patented IntelliMetric(R) technology for the Australian Council for Education Research (ACER), one of the world's leading educational research centers.

Under its Application Programming Interface (API) Partnership agreement, Vantage, with global headquarters in Newtown, Pa., U.S., will integrate its IntelliMetric technology into ACER's Web-based English Language Skills Assessment (ELSA) to instantly score students' essays and provide diagnostic feedback to teachers and administrators to help them identify areas for student improvement.

"We are extremely pleased to partner with ACER," says Paul Edelblut, Vice President of Vantage Learning. "ACER's achievement model, based upon individual success stories of students, is very similar to ours. Being chosen by such a prestigious institution is an honor, and speaks volumes about the quality and reputation of our IntelliMetric scoring engine."

Vantage's patented IntelliMetric engine is recognized as the most accurate, automated writing assessment system in the industry. It uses artificial intelligence to instantly score essays to open-ended and constructed-response questions with documented levels of accuracy and reliability exceeding that of human scorers. IntelliMetric consistently applies the pooled knowledge, or scoring rubric, of expert scorers to the essays it receives.

ACER Project Director, Mark Butler, is excited about the new venture. "With advances in Web-based delivery technology and innovative systems like IntelliMetric, ACER is now able to offer an assessment instrument that provides an instant snapshot of a student's English language ability, which is both reliable and affordable," he says. "We are changing the way English language skills are assessed."

About Vantage Learning

Delivering more than 193 million online test transactions last year, Vantage Learning is recognized as the leader in cost-effective, high volume, secure, scalable online assessment and instructional programs for K-12 and higher education. Leveraging technology such as artificial intelligence, natural language understanding, and Web-based learning objects, Vantage provides educators with high-quality tools and resources that motivate students to learn and that create meaningful interaction between students, parents and teachers.

Acknowledged by industry leaders as the gold standard for scoring quality, consistency, reliability, and scalability of automated essay scoring using the patented IntelliMetric(R) engine, Vantage Learning has received accolades ranging from the prestigious CODiE Award for best instructional technology to recognition by Eduventures as one of the eight most innovative educational technology companies. Learn more at www.VantageLearning.com.

About the Australian Council for Educational Research

The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is a non-government educational research organization based in Camberwell, Victoria. Established in 1930, ACER has a long history and solid reputation as a provider of reliable support to education policy makers and professional practitioners. As a private company, independent of government, ACER receives no direct financial support and generates its entire income through contracted research and development projects and through products and services that it develops and distributes.
Today, ACER is one of the world's leading educational research centres, committed to creating and distributing research-based knowledge, products and services to improve learning across the lifespan in both formal and informal settings.

Contact Mark Butler, ELSA Project Director, Australian Council for Educational Research, Tel: +61 (0)3 9277 5608 or ButlerM@ACER.edu.au

SOURCE: Vantage Learning

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