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University Business, March, 2003 by Nicole Rivard

Reaching out to more diverse ESL populations can pose a challenge to your institution: How can you accurately evaluate those students on the front end to assure their success throughout their educational experience? Now there's WritePlacer ESL, available through the College Board, a first-of-its-kind online writing assessment tool.

WritePlacer ESL ($4.40 per student) is powered by Vantage Learning's IntelliMetric engine, an electronic essay-scoring technology. IntelliMetric is also the scoring engine behind the College Board's ACCUPLACER, which, since its introduction in 1998, has served as the model for student assessment and placement within community and four-year colleges. Visit www.collegeboard.com for more information.