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ETS & ELS，世界教育的引领者

新泽西州普林斯顿（2007年4月25日）—ETS和ELS语言中心今日正式宣布双方已达成协议，ELS在其美国本土45个ELS语言中心将被授权实施TOEFL iBT网考。
作为世界6,000所大学以及美国几千所高校入学申请的一部分，去年有近750,000的人参加了TOEFL考试。新TOEFL网考（iBT）是一个以因特网为媒体的考试，它使参加者利用计算机实验室进行现场考试。
“ELS每年把英语作为第二语言教授给世界上20,000名国际学生，并且我们为美国的学院和大学招募了几千名的本科和研究生，”ELS语言中心的主席兼CEO Mark Harris说道：“我们在40所大学校园驻进了以高新科技水平的联网语言实验室，这使我们成为承办考试的理想战略合作伙伴。”
“我们非常高兴的与ELS语言中心通力合作，在美国各地分布拥有45个中心的ELS将成为ETS在美国最大的iBT网考场所提供者。ETS欢迎ELS加入我们目前超过3,200所提供新TOEFL网考的考试中心联盟，”ETS全球高级副总裁Paul A. Ramsey说道：“TOEFL考试代表了顶级英语语言水平评价体系，并且我们相信ELS将不仅为为我们提供举行考试的机会，也将为ETS提供备考材料。”
为鼎力协助举办考试，ELS语言中心将开办一项包括ETS专属在线联系材料以及通过ETS教师研讨会和证明的新TOEFL iBT预备课程。
这项协议中，ETS也题名ELS成为其在美国第一个EPV（ETS首选买卖方）而拥有一系列选择ETS产品及合作的优先权。
TOEFL iBT是专为评估学术性英语水平的最新ETS英语掌握水平测试。这项通过保密性网络平台传递新型测试强调整体性的交流技巧与能力。通过运用一种整体性技巧的测试，这项考试对四项语言技巧进行了整体衡量并且采用了一种先进评分体系。
ETS是一所以提高教育质量和公平性为宗旨向全世界提供公正有效测试，研究以及相关服务的非盈利性机构。为给世界各地的个人、教育机构及政府部门提供服务，ETS制定了个性化解决方案：以迎合职业教师发展需要的产品和服务，课室和课程结业测试以及研究型教学与学习工具。成立于1947年的ETS现已发展壮大并在世界180个国家超过9,000个地点举行了超过5千万次考试并进行了评分。详情可登陆：www.ets.org.
拥有分布美国地区各大学内45所校区的ELS语言中心是全球最大的驻校英语语言教学中心联合机构。ELS为Berlitz国际公司旗下Berlitz语言机构附属子机构。自其1961年开设第一家语言中心以来，ELS已经帮助了上百万的来自世界上140个国家的国际学生学习英语。在其已有的多年经验基础上，ELS发展成了其本身独特的课程、辅导书以及品牌式语言学习软件。通过其拥有从初级到硕士水平的12种不同等级培训的强化英语课程，ELS不断培养着即将进入美国大学学习的学生。

ETS and ELS, World Leaders in Education, Join Forces
ETS and ELS Language Centers announced today that they have entered into an agreement for ELS to administer the TOEFL® (Test of English as a Foreign LanguageTM) Internet-Based Test (iBT) at all 45 ELS Centers in the United States.
Last year approximately 750,000 people took the TOEFL test as part of their admission process at 6,000 universities around the world and at several thousand U.S. institutions of higher education. The new TOEFL iBT is an Internet-based test and uses computer labs where test takers access these live tests.
“ELS provides English as a Second Language training to more than 20,000 international students each year, and we recruit several thousand graduate and undergraduate students for U.S. colleges and universities,” says Mark Harris, President and CEO of ELS Language Centers. “Our presence on nearly 40 college campuses and our Internet connected state-of-the-art language labs make us an ideal strategic partner for testing.”
“We are pleased to join forces with ELS Language Centers, whose 45 centers across the country now make them ETS’s largest provider of Internet-based testing seats in the U.S. ETS welcomes ELS to our growing worldwide network of more than 3,200 centers that offer the new TOEFL iBT,” says Paul A. Ramsey, Senior Vice President of ETS Global.
“The TOEFL test is the gold standard of English-language assessments and we know ELS will provide not only testing opportunities but also ETS preparation materials.”
In conjunction with the administration of this test, ELS Language Centers will be introducing a new TOEFL iBT Preparation course, which will include ETS’s proprietary online practice materials, as well as a teacher workshop and certification by ETS.
With this agreement, ETS also named ELS as its first EPV (ETS Preferred Vendor) in the U.S., with access to a range of select ETS products and partnership benefits.
About TOEFL iBT
TOEFL iBT is the newest version of ETS’s English-proficiency test designed to assess English-language skills in academic settings. The new test, delivered through a secure Internet-based delivery platform, emphasizes integrated communication skills and communicative competence. Through the use of an integrated-skills approach, the test measures all four language skills and involves an advanced scoring system.
ABOUT ETS
ETS is a nonprofit institution with the mission to advance quality and equity in education by providing fair and valid assessments, research and related services for all people worldwide. In serving individuals, educational institutions and government agencies around the world, ETS customizes solutions to meet the need for teacher professional development products and services, classroom and end-of-course assessments, and research-based teaching and learning tools. Founded in 1947, ETS develops, administers and scores more than 50 million tests annually in more than 180 countries, at over 9,000 locations worldwide. Additional information is available at www.ets.org.
About ELS
With 45 locations across the U.S., mainly on university campuses, as well as more than 30 overseas locations, ELS Language Centers is the largest network of campus-based English language instruction centers in the world. ELS is a fully-owned subsidiary of Berlitz Languages Inc., a part of Berlitz International Inc.
Since opening its first center in 1961, ELS has helped millions of international students from 140 countries around the world learn English. Building on its many years of experience, ELS has developed its own unique curriculum, textbooks, and branded language-learning software. Through its Intensive English Program, with 12 levels of instruction from Beginning to Masters, ELS prepares students for university study in the U.S.