McCann’s Measured Success™ platform will form the foundation of this new partnership

Newtown, Pa., April 21, 2008 –

McCann Associates, the leading provider of online assessment tools, and Cedar Bluff Assessment Corporation, provider of online tests that simulate physician assistant certification and recertification examinations, are pleased to announce a new partnership which will give physician assistants the opportunity to improve their scores on high-stakes examinations, through online, diagnostic, board-simulated practice examinations.

Candidates can take the practice tests in the comfort of their home or from anywhere they can access the Internet. Tests are scored automatically by practice domain to identify areas of strength and weakness, enabling physician assistants to target knowledge deficits with remedial study prior to sitting for their board examinations.

Said Lisa Wallace, PhD, of the Cedar Bluff companies, “We are confident that our new relationship with McCann Associates will enhance our ability to deliver high quality preparatory testing and assessments to physician assistants. McCann has a tremendous reputation and many years of experience serving similar needs. Their experience will help Cedar Bluff Assessment Corporation serve our clients even better in the future.”

Benefits to the physician assistant of Cedar Bluff’s testing program and McCann’s Measured Success platform include:

• Practice test questions conform to Cedar Bluff CME Corporation’s Certification and Recertification Exam Review Course curriculum (approved for Category I CME by AAPA).
• Practice examinations are authored by some of the nation’s preeminent physician assistant educators and practitioners. Test questions meet the curriculum requirements specified by the NCCPA blueprint, covering every required topic.
• Each Cedar Bluff practice examination is unique — no test questions are shared by any other Cedar Bluff test.
• Each test is timed and scored to provide the physician assistant with a testing experience similar to that of the national board examination.
• Each practice examination is served from a secure, password-protected environment to ensure confidentiality.

According to Pam Kirby, Vice President of McCann Associates, “We are proud to help physician assistants improve their performance on high stakes board examinations. We are committed to enriching the educational and professional lives of our customers in every industry. Our partnership with Cedar Bluff allows us to support this requirement through the use of advanced technologies.”

To access the complete selection of testing products available through Cedar Bluff, visit Cedar Bluff Assessment Corporation’s web site at www.cedarblufftests.com or www.vantageonlinestore.com(select “Partner Products” from the category menu).
About McCann Associates

McCann Associates has designed and delivered custom, high-stakes and diagnostic professional assessments for public and private organizations since 1959. McCann now offers Measured SuccessTM, a customizable web-based assessment program that allows for item and test creation, test delivery, scoring, reporting, remediation, data management and account management. Learn more at www.mccanntesting.com.
About Cedar Bluff Assessment Corporation

Cedar Bluff Assessment Corporation is a provider of online tests that simulate physician assistant certification and recertification examinations. Its sister company, Cedar Bluff CME Corporation (www.cedarbluffcme.com), is a national provider of certification and recertification exam review courses.