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California Water Environment Association Signs With Pearson VUE to Transition Certification Program to Computer-Based Delivery
BLOOMINGTON, Minn., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearson VUE, the computer-based
testing business of Pearson, today announced that the California Water
Environment Association (CWEA) will transition its 71-year-old certification
program from paper-and-pencil to computer-based test delivery. Beginning
January 2009, these exams will be delivered throughout the Pearson VUE-owned
and -operated network of more than 200 Pearson Professional Centers, as well
as the expansive Pearson VUE(R) Authorized Test Center network throughoutthe
United States.
CWEA is a non-profit public benefit association of 8,800-plus
professionals in the wastewater industry who are committed to keeping
California's water clean. CWEA trains and certifies wastewater professionals,
distributes technical information, and promotes sound policies to benefit
society through protection and enhancement ofCalifornia's water environment.
CWEA's certification program offers certifications in six different vocations
and provides the public with assurance that certificate holders have a level
of competence that enables them to perform the essential duties of the job
safely, effectively, without close supervision, and without further training.
"Over the past six years, our test volume has more than doubled," said
Chris Lundeen, CAE, CWEA Director of Certification. "We needed a more
efficient and faster way to get our wastewater professionals certified and
into the workforce. We also deliver certification tests for a number of
association partners outside ofCalifornia. Computer-based test delivery meets
these needs better than traditional paper-and-pencil based programs, and we
look forward to working with Pearson VUE to provide our candidates with a
better and higher quality testing experience."
"We are pleased to be working with CWEA as they transition to
computer-based delivery," said Robert Whelan, president of Pearson VUE. "Our
expansive test center network will not only meet their program's coverage and
quality needs, but will allow CWEA candidates to become certified and out into
the workforce faster."
About Pearson VUE
Pearson VUE (http://www.pearsonvue.com) is the global leader in
computer-based testing for information technology, academic, government and
professional testing programs around the world. Pearson VUE provides a full
suite of services from test development to data management, and delivers exams
through the world's largest and most secure network of test centers in 162
countries. Pearson VUE is a business of Pearson (NYSE: PSO; LSE: PSON), the
international media company, whose businesses include the Financial Times
Group, Pearson Education and the Penguin Group.
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