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ProCert Labs To Provide Quality Assurance Reviews For IC³ Certification Training

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (April 8, 2003) - ProCert Labs, the quality assurance standard for professional certification courseware, today finalized an agreement with Certiport, the leading provider of global, performance-based certification programs and services, to provide quality assurance and alignment reviews for the IC³ Approved Courseware program.

Certiport's IC³ Approved Courseware program is an exclusive content authorization program designed to assure accurate correlation of training materials to exam requirements. The program's goals include raising the bar on the quality, accessibility, and promotion of IC³ study materials available to students pursuing the IC³ certification. IC³ offers certification candidates the opportunity to learn and demonstrate computer and Internet literacy through a worldwide industry standard that accurately validates skills and productivity in the workplace.

"We are proud to be selected as Certiport's partner in their initiative to identify quality IC³ training to a growing number of trainers and certification candidates around the world." said Cary Snowden, president of ProCert Labs. "Our consistent and reliable content reviews will help instructors successfully identify appropriate training products for the IC³ certification. This initiative is good for students who have a high expectation of the quality this program has to offer."

The IC³ Approved Courseware program is a quality review initiative for IT training material that uses quality standards set by Certiport and ProCert Labs. Certiport is placing high emphasis on quality training materials to better enable students in their pursuit of IT certification and skilled job roles.

"ProCert Labs provides a sophisticated process and professional staff with a depth of knowledge in addressing critical issues of quality assurance for training materials." said David Saedi, president and CEO of Certiport. "After over a year of working together, we are very pleased to confirm them as the official reviewers for IC³."

ProCert Labs is authorized to review print, CBT, Web-based, instructor-led, video and even PDA-based courseware for IC³ as well as pre-test assessments. In recognition of Certiport's global reach, ProCert Labs conducts reviews in multiple languages including English, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Korean, Spanish and Japanese. Courseware publishers wishing to participate in the IC³ program can apply to Certiport via ProCert Labs by visiting www.procertlabs.com.

ProCert Labs utilizes a unique team of qualified instructional design experts with extensive experience in designing IT-related courseware. ProCert Labs does not publish courseware or compete with courseware vendors, and uses highly-specialized Web-based tools to manage and conduct secure and confidential testing. "Testing evaluations conducted by ProCert Labs are non-biased, vendor-independent assessments of quality. We base our reviews on a standardized testing process that is applied in a consistent methodology to ensure fair and accurate results" explained Snowden.

About ProCert Labs
ProCert Labs is the quality assurance standard for professional certification courseware. Testing evaluations conducted by ProCert Labs are non-biased, vendor-independent assessments of quality based on modern instructional design theory and sound testing methodology. ProCert Labs' Web-based testing technology incorporates tools and utilities that optimize consistency, reliability and accuracy while providing flexibility in language, modality and customer reporting. The ProCert Labs testing team is comprised of qualified instructional design experts with extensive experience in instructional materials design. ProCert Labs does not publish courseware or compete with courseware vendors. ProCert Labs reviews are based on a standardized testing process that is applied in a consistent methodology to ensure fair and accurate results. For more information about ProCert Labs, visit www.procertlabs.com.

About Certiport
Certiport LLC is the leading provider of global, performance-based certification programs and services designed to enable individual success and lifetime advancement through certification. Certiport is the exclusive provider of the IC³ program. For more information about Certiport's offerings, visit
www.certiport.com.