McCann Associates Launches College Success™ Higher Education Placement Program (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

September 30, 2009

Ewing, NJ-, September 30, 2009 –

College Success is computer-adaptive placement testing system delivered via Software as a Service (SaaS) and used to assess the knowledge and skills of incoming college students to institutions of higher education.

ABOUT MCCANN ASSOCIATES

McCann Associates has designed and delivered custom-developed high-stakes and diagnostic professional assessments for public and private organizations since 1959, with an emphasis on employment screening and career advancement evaluations for public safety occupations. Private and public institutions alike rely on McCann assessments to make reliable judgments of individuals. For nearly five decades, more than 1 million prospective police officers, firefighters and EMTs can point to a McCann assessment as the starting point to a successful and fulfilling professional career.

Today, McCann Associates has expanded its focus to meaningfully impact the lives and careers of college students, prospective employees and professionals. McCann’s offerings include Measured Success™, with pre-packaged diagnostic assessments for College Readiness and Work Skills covering math, reading, writing, and computer skills; MYAccess!® Professional, an online writing instructional program that immediately evaluates written submissions, provides individualized revision plans, and includes a plethora of online writing tools; Correct English™, a writing improvement and productivity tool for use in everyday business writing that provides grammar and spelling feedback in over a dozen languages, revision tips, models of exemplar business memorandums, letters, proposals, reports and much more; and paper and pencil assessment services including item writing, test creation, printing and shipping, scoring and reporting. Learn more at www.mccanntesting.com.