North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Awards English II Scoring Contract to Questar Assessment, Inc.

APPLE VALLEY, Minn., June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Questar Assessment, Inc., (Questar) a leading educational assessment provider for states, school districts, and higher education institutions, was recently awarded a contract from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to score the state's READY End-of-Course (EOC) Assessment English II tests.

The English II EOC measures students' proficiency on the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts including Reading for Literature, Reading for Information, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language skills. The assessment consists of multiple-choice items, technology-enhanced items, and constructed-response items.

"We are very pleased to partner with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to score this important assessment," said Theodore Naegeli, president and chief executive officer of Questar. "We look forward to lending our expertise in scoring to help further the educational goals of the State of North Carolina."

Questar offers extensive experience in multiple-choice scoring and constructed-response handscoring. It currently scores and/or handscores for state assessment programs for Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, and Utah, as well as for an international assessment and individual school districts. Questar also supports administration and development of large-scale statewide assessment programs for general student populations, alternate populations, and English learners, and currently holds contracts with 13 states, a national consortium, and other educational entities.

About Questar Assessment, Inc.
Questar Assessment, Inc., is a leading educational assessment provider for states, schools, and school districts. Headquartered in Minnesota and New York, Questar offers comprehensive custom assessment services—from large-scale statewide assessment programs to alternate, modified, and English language proficiency assessments. Questar provides complete, end-to-end services designed to address all aspects of assessment from test design, development, calibration, and psychometric services to print production, distribution, scanning, scoring, reporting, and data analysis. Questar also offers customized online testing services to schools and educational entities in the K–12 market. For further information, visit www.QuestarAI.com or call 1-800-800-2598.

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