Question Marktm and SkillScape® Announce Availability of an Integrated Solution

For Immediate Release

Question Marktm and SkillScape® Announce Availability of an Integrated Solution

Stamford, CT (September 18, 2000): Today, Question Marktm Corporation and SkillScape® Inc. announce the immediate availability of an integrated solution combining the online testing abilities of Question Mark Perceptiontm with the employee skills assessment capabilities of SkillScape Competence Managertm. Further integration options are planned.

Assessment of an individual's skills and abilities is a combination of proven and tested knowledge, and on-the-job experience. Question Mark is the world's leader in providing testing and assessment software. SkillScape provides the world's most comprehensive skills dictionary and software that enables employees and managers to validate on-the-job experience. The combination of these two tools provides a comprehensive analysis of an employee's abilities in both quantitative and qualitative measures. Question Mark Perception is a widely-used Web-based testing and assessment tool with complete multimedia capabilities. The software features security functions calculated to make testing in online environments safer than ever before. A comprehensive reporting system provides educators with powerful information to improve their assessments, training, and also survey opinions.

"Linking best-of-breed systems always makes sense, but working with SkillScape produced rapid and powerful results without restructuring either of our systems." says Eric Shepherd, president of Question Mark. "This ease of integration has motivated both of us to bring some exciting solutions to market."

SkillScape's Competence Manager software allows management to ensure that the skills and competencies on which their employees are focused are aligned with corporate goals. As well, Competence Manager directs employees to the most appropriate training and other developmental activities based on their personal skill gaps. "Completing a course and writing a test does not necessarily prove a skill has been gained," says Colin Houghton, president of Skillscape. "By combining test results with the observations of employees' peers and managers, Competence Manager, combined with Question Mark Perception, allows all factors to be considered during the evaluation process."

About Question Mark
Question Mark Corporation, which has been producing testing and assessment software since 1988, and is actively involved with the IMS project, which aims to build a new architecture for learning over the Web. The goal of the IMS project (http://www.imsproject.org) is the widespread adoption of specifications that will allow distributed learning environments and content from multiple authors to work together. Question Mark is also affiliated with the Association of Test Publishers (http://www.testpublishers.org) and is contributing to the association's debate on standards for computer-based testing. For further information visit Question Mark at http://www.questionmark.com/ or call 800-863-3950.

About SkillScape
SkillScape Skills Management Services Ltd. is a global provider of solutions that address competence management, skills-based recruiting, and e-learning. Through business relationships with both the world's leading providers of HR solutions (e.g. PeopleSoft, Oracle), providers of learning management solutions (e.g. LearnFrame, Pathlore, SABA, AA-VLN) and learning providers (e.g. SmartForce, Digital Think). SkillScape completes a solution set to meet the needs of the enterprise. Recommended solutions may include SkillScape's professional consulting services, the Starter Skills Dictionary and other SkillScape Content Solutions, and may include our leading web-based software including SkillScape Competence Manager and SkillScreenertm. SkillScape is a privately held company with headquarters located at 3318 Oak Street - Suite 19, Victoria, BC V8X 1R1, Canada. For more information, please contact SkillScape at 888.262.6243 or via the web @ www.skillscape.com 

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