McGraw-Hill Higher Education Extends Reach of Online Testing Through New Alliance With Respondus

McGraw-Hill Higher Education, a premier provider of print and digital teaching and learning solutions for the post-secondary and higher education markets, and Respondus Inc., a leading provider of assessment tools for learning management systems in higher education, have entered into an alliance that will make hundreds of McGraw-Hill test banks available in Respondus format at thousands of colleges and universities around the world.

McGraw-Hill Higher Education distributes test banks to support instructors using textbooks. McGraw-Hill's EZ Test software provides instructors with the ability to either prepare printed tests or prepare and deliver online tests and quizzes at EZTest Online (www.eztestonline.com). Now, these test banks will also be available from the Respondus Test Bank Network, a platform that allows faculty to download test banks with their Respondus 3.5 and StudyMate 2.0 applications.

"McGraw-Hill is committed to offering faculty the greatest level of flexibility for e-learning. With this partnership, instructors can easily access many of McGraw-Hill's quality test banks on the Respondus Test Bank Network to create powerful online assessments," said Jeremy Singer, president of McGraw-Hill Higher Education Digital Products.

"Instructors at thousands of institutions will benefit from this alliance," added David Smetters, president of Respondus. "Now, all Respondus customers can easily create their tests with McGraw-Hill content and our premier assessment application."

Respondus 3.5 is an exam authoring and management application. Assessments can be printed to paper or published directly to course management systems distributed by Blackboard, ANGEL, eCollege, and other e-learning vendors. The alliance will also allow faculty who use StudyMate 2.0 to create Flash-based learning activities and games from McGraw-Hill's test bank files.

McGraw-Hill Higher Education has released an initial set of Respondus- formatted test banks, including: McConnell-Brue, Economics 17/e; Nickels et al, Understanding Business 8/e; Wild et al, Fundamental Accounting Principles 18/e; Perreault, Basic Marketing 16/e; Block & Hirt, Foundations of Financial Management 12/e; and Ross, Corporate Finance 8/e. Additional textbook test banks will be added to the Respondus Test Bank Network throughout 2007.

Instructors who adopt a participating textbook from McGraw-Hill Higher Education can search for and initiate a test bank request at http://www.respondus.com/.

About McGraw-Hill Higher Education

McGraw-Hill Higher Education is a premier provider of teaching and learning solutions for the post-secondary and higher education markets worldwide. It is a division of McGraw-Hill Education, a leading global provider of instructional, assessment and reference solutions that empower professionals and students of all ages. McGraw-Hill Education has offices in 33 countries and publishes in more than 40 languages. Additional information is available at http://www.mheducation.com/.

About Respondus

Respondus, Inc. develops assessment, survey, and game authoring tools for use with the Blackboard Learning Systems, ANGEL, eCollege, and other e-learning platforms. Instructors at thousands of colleges and universities in over 50 countries use Respondus software to enhance the capabilities of their learning management systems. Additional information is available at: http://www.respondus.com/.

SOURCE: McGraw-Hill Higher Education

CONTACT: Tom Stanton
McGraw-Hill Education
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Andrew S. Kent
Respondus, Inc.
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AKent@respondus.com

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