BEIJING, March 19 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- ChinaEdu
Corporation (Nasdaq: CEDU) ("ChinaEdu" or "the Company"), a leading
educational services provider in China, announced that it has signed a software
license and professional service agreement with CTB/McGraw-Hill to
develop the online examination for language proficiency for Chinese
students.
The online examination will be able to accurately evaluate the
language proficiency level of students within seconds and
concentrate on improve listening, speaking, reading, and writing
skills and benefit the student's English education experience. The
examination is slated to launch in the summer of 2010 and will
serve Chinese middle school, high school, university, and other
student segments.
About CTB/McGraw-Hill
As the leading publisher of standardized and standards-based
achievement tests for pre-school, elementary, middle, high school,
and adult education in the United
States, CTB/McGraw-Hill LLC offers a broad range of
assessments, software and services. CTB/McGraw-Hill LLC is part of
McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies
(NYSE: MHP). McGraw-Hill Education is a leading global provider of
instructional, assessment and reference solutions that empower
professionals and students of all ages. Additional information is
available at http://www.ctb.com/ .
CTB was founded in 1926, by Ethel and
Willis Clark, whose original mission continues today: To
Help the Teacher Help the Child.
About ChinaEdu
ChinaEdu Corporation is an educational services provider in
China, incorporated as an exempted
limited liability company in the Cayman
Islands. Established in 1999, the Company's primary business
is to provide comprehensive services to the online degree programs
of leading Chinese universities. These services include academic
program development, technology services, enrollment marketing,
student support services and finance operations. The Company's
other lines of businesses include the operation of private primary
and secondary schools, online interactive tutoring services and
providing marketing and support for international curriculum
programs.
The Company believes it is the largest service provider to
online degree programs in China in
terms of the number of higher education institutions that are
served and the number of student enrollments supported. The Company
currently has 17 long-term, exclusive contracts that generally vary
from 10 to 50 years in length. ChinaEdu also performs recruiting
services for 15 universities through our nationwide learning center
network.
For more information, please contact:
Company Contacts:
Lily Liu, CFO
ChinaEdu Corporation
Phone: +86-10-8418-6655 x1002
Email: ir@chinaedu.net
S. Jimmy Xia, IR Manager
ChinaEdu Corporation
Tel: +86-10-8418-6655 x1150
Email: ir@chinaedu.net
SOURCE ChinaEdu Corporation