Press Release

Assessment Strategies Inc. partners with Pearson VUE to deliver computer-based licensure and certification exams across Canada


BLOOMINGTON, MN, March 04, 2015 – Assessment Strategies Inc. has announced a multi-year partnership with global computer-based testing (CBT) leader Pearson VUE to deliver customized licensure and certification exams across Canada.

Assessment Strategies Inc., Canada’s Testing Company, provides comprehensive testing services to national and provincial/territorial clients for licensure and certification programs. Pearson VUE will provide access to its Canadian test centre network for Assessment Strategies Inc.’s clients.

Dr. Patricia Petryshen, President and Chief Executive Officer of Assessment Strategies Inc. said: "We are very excited about this partnership with Pearson VUE and the opportunity for Assessment Strategies Inc. to deliver high-stakes exams in Pearson VUE’s network of proctored test centres across Canada. This ground-breaking initiative will provide Canadian regulators and certification bodies with a unique solution.”

“Assessment Strategies Inc.’s full service test offerings and state-of-the-art test driver, together with Pearson VUE’s network of test centres, provide an innovative single source solution. Clients and their test-takers will benefit from Assessment Strategies Inc.’s expertise in computer-based testing together with Pearson VUE’s highly secure test centre network.”

Bob Whelan, managing director of Pearson VUE, said: “This new long-term agreement with Assessment Strategies Inc. will improve the lives and careers of professionals in multiple industries across Canada. I am proud that Pearson VUE has formed this partnership with Canada’s premier testing company, bringing together best of breed solutions to provide Canadian programs – both large and small - with the ability to access computer based testing in the world’s premier test centre network. ”

About Assessment Strategies Inc.
Assessment Strategies Inc. (www.asinc.ca), Canada’s Testing Company, provides customized licensure and certification exams, and designs, develops and administers testing programs and associated products. Assessment Strategies Inc. has longstanding experience in providing comprehensive, bilingual, customized expertise in competency-based testing to a diverse clientele including national and provincial/territorial regulatory authorities, certification bodies, business and industry associations, and not-for-profit organizations.


Media contact

Damien Fletcher
+44 (0)20 7775 6785
damien.fletcher@pearson.com