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  • October 18, 2018 Long Live Florida’s Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (the PERT)

    McCann Associates, a division of Vantage Labs, has produced and delivered Florida’s Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (the PERT) through our CollegeSuccess platform since 2010 and is proud of what it has accomplished. The test was created by a Florida Department of Education directive and has been established as Florida law as a measure of college […]

  • October 1, 2018 Stuck in Remediation – Overcoming College Placement Hurdles

    McCann is a leading producer of placement exams; our CollegeSuccess® Standard Computer Adaptive Placement Tests are low-cost alternatives for many community colleges nationwide. The platform allows for customization which drives Florida’s PERT, the Virginia Placement Test, and many others.  Diagnostic assessments are available allowing administrators to determine students’ competency-based strengths and weaknesses. Placement tests can be used in several […]

  • September 24, 2018 Study Guide for the CollegeSuccess Standard Placement Tests

    The CollegeSuccess Standard Placement Tests were created to help colleges place students in the most relevant courses.  The tests were created based on a measure of college readiness outlined in the Common Core initiative.   Community college test centers are the most common places where the CollegeSuccess tests are delivered, other places include high schools who […]

  • July 26, 2018 McCann Associates Introduces New Advances in Testing, Student Assessment, and Diagnostic Testing

    Langhorne — This month McCann Associates, a world leader in higher education technologies celebrates several significant milestones including a new president, new clients, and updates to its key products. McCann Associates proudly welcomes the newest addition to its team—Mr. Mark Shay. As a business leader with a long history of success helping higher education institutions […]

  • April 1, 2018 Vantage Learning CEO: Computers can now competently grade essays

    Are you still grading written work by hand? Artificial intelligence capable of grading students’ answers on multiple choice, true or false, fill-in-the-blank and other basic question formats has been commonplace for years now. Technology that can grade essays is another story.

  • September 17, 2014 Top Job and Career Search Best Practices Explained in the New GEPA℠ and JSRA℠ Development Guides, Providing Job Seekers an Advantage in Career Search

    YARDLEY, PA — McCann Associates and Boyer Management Group are pleased to announce the fifth editions of two of their job and career search textbooks are now available to help job seekers obtain a better job, faster, in their field of interest. The new, advanced editions of the Graduate Employment Preparedness Assessment℠ (GEPA℠) and the […]

  • April 22, 2014 McCann Associates Successfully Deploys National Healthcare Interpreters Credentialing Examination

    Yardley, Pa. — McCann Associates, a leader in the deployment of high-stakes testing and certification assessments for professional credentialing and educational purposes, reports a record number of potential healthcare interpreters successfully taking and  passing the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters’ (CCHI)Certified Healthcare Interpreter (CHI) and Associate Healthcare Interpreter (AHI) credentialing examinations. CCHI’s Certified Healthcare Interpreter […]

  • December 17, 2013 McCann Associates, Boyer Management Group Offer College Students and Recent Grads the Ultimate Job-Search Resource

    Fourth Edition of Graduate Employment Preparedness Assessment℠ Development Guide Provides Most Up-to-Date Methods for Securing Employment YARDLEY, PA – McCann Associates, the leading provider of online assessment tools, has combined Measured Success™, its online assessment platform, with the employment search expertise of Boyer Management Group, to create the definitive, most up-to-date resource for college students and recent […]

  • August 16, 2013 McCann Associates Launches PERT Rx: Online Personalized Assessment and Intervention Resources to Help Florida Students Be Better Prepared for the PERT

    Yardley, PA (August 16, 2013)  Annually, thousands of Florida high school students take the Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (PERT). The exam is the statewide standard for the determination of a student’s readiness for college level mathematics, reading, and writing. With the PERT being a key student learning indicator, McCann Associates, the exam’s developer, has created […]

  • April 1, 2013 McCann Associates Leads Discussion on Creating Exceptional College Writers at Virginia Community College’s New Horizons Conference

    Vantage Learning and McCann Associates Executives Scott Kramer and Matt Daneker will be presenting the company’s dynamic MY Access!® application and its impact on student writing for higher education at the New Horizons Conference in Roanoke, Va., on April 3, 2013. Yardley, Pa (PRWEB) April 1, 2013 Scott Kramer and Matt Daneker, executives from McCann […]

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