UTK Installs OWL Testing Software

The University of Tennessee at Knoxville Installs
OWL Testing Software for English Speaking Proficiency Testing

PITTSBURGH, PA (July 20, 2010) – The University of Tennessee at Knoxville and OWL Testing Software, a premier provider of affordable web-based testing and assessment systems, announced today that the University’s graduate school has installed OWL’s language testing software as the solution for their English speaking proficiency tests.

The University of Tennessee at Knoxville is using OWL Testing Software to schedule, administer and assess a well-known English speaking proficiency test. The University is using the test to evaluate the English-speaking skills of graduate school applicants for whom English is not their native language. OWL Testing Software has enabled the University to improve dramatically the efficiency of administering the test. The OWL software also allows the University’s raters to evaluate those oral language assessments online.
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Denver convention offers a peek at classrooms of the future

Sessions for teachers include training on such diverse topics as creating an interactive classroom, using an iPad as a teaching tool, how to incorporate student cellphone use with learning, and teaching students to create video podcasts.

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