NCS Pearson Renews Agreement with Questionmark

Business Wire, July 31, 2002

Business/Technology Editors

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2002

Questionmark, a wholly owned subsidiary of Question Mark Computing, Ltd., today announced that NCS Pearson had renewed a private label distribution agreement to market its eZ.exam(TM) online assessment system powered by Questionmark's Perception software. NCS Pearson's eZ.exam(TM) online assessment system is a powerful software package for creating, delivering and analyzing assessments of all types via the internet, intranet, local area network or paper.

Questiomark (http://www.questionmark.com) is a privately owned company that has been producing testing and assessment software since 1988. The Questionmark(TM) Perception(TM) software is compatible with many learning management systems and is used by businesses, governments, schools, colleges, and universities in more than 50 countries.

NCS Pearson (http://www.ncspearson.com)is a global provider of applications, services and technologies for education, testing, assessment, government and complex data management. NCS Pearson operates as a business of Pearson Education, the world's largest integrated education company, which in turn is part of Pearson plc, the international media company.