PSI's Industry-Leading Employment Tests Debut on the Web

GLENDALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 2003--

PSI Enhances 50 Years of Employment Testing Expertise with Leading Edge Web-Based Assessment Platform Designed to Meet the Needs of Any Corporate Enterprise

“ATLAS has greatly improved PSI's ability to administer large-volume testing programs across broad geographic areas”

Psychological Services, Inc. (PSI) today announced the availability of its Web-based Assessment Technology and Licensing Administration System (ATLAS(TM)) for the corporate and enterprise market. ATLAS offers a robust and flexible browser-based platform to manage the pre-employment testing cycle.

ATLAS delivers PSI's core set of industry leading cognitive and attitude tests designed for assessment of employees and job candidates at any level of an organization. ATLAS can serve as a centralized employment-testing platform by giving corporations complete flexibility to manage test purchasing controls, either by aggregating at the corporate-level or distributing test purchasing to many locations.

ATLAS builds upon PSI's mission to provide simple and easy testing solutions delivered in a secure environment. ATLAS' tiered account infrastructure enables PSI clients to set-up multiple testing locations and users with access privileges to only the system features they need. Test set-up is simple and completed quickly, providing features to design custom test combinations and score reports.

PSI customers have job candidates complete tests by visiting an easy to remember custom URL and entering a secure test ID. Test results are immediately available to recruiters and hiring managers upon completion of tests by job candidates. All ATLAS features are available in a co-branded testing site that provides a seamless experience for both test administrators and candidates.

ATLAS' XML interface allows for simple integration or data interchange with other XML compliant HR applications, including recruitment and HR management systems. As a member of the HR-XML Consortium, PSI joins a host of HR application vendors to support the group's forthcoming HR-XML standard for data interchange.

"Our clients asked for performance and flexibility for their broad, organization-wide testing programs," said Doug Walner, president of PSI. "With ATLAS we are able to deliver a solution which blends PSI's decades of experience as a test publisher with our more than 13 years of experience as an assessment-technology provider. ATLAS responds to customer research and will greatly ease the testing process -- from test delivery to results notification and reporting -- for human resources recruitment teams and corporate hiring managers."

Proven Effective for Large Volume Testing

Available to PSI's examination services division clients since 2001, more than 100,000 candidates are tested annually on ATLAS in conjunction with PSI's programs for national certification organizations and state agencies and commissions. These clients require high-volume testing solutions for professional licensing programs. Some of these customers include agencies within the states of Alabama, Connecticut, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Oregon and Texas. In addition, several of PSI's enterprise clients are already utilizing ATLAS for pre-employment test delivery.

"ATLAS has greatly improved PSI's ability to administer large-volume testing programs across broad geographic areas," said Tadas Dabsys, vice president of PSI's examination services division. "Not only has the system eased demands for test administration and reporting, test candidates also find the system user-friendly and intuitive."

Unparalleled Content on a Single Platform

ATLAS presents more than 50 years of validated employment test publications in a single Web-based platform. PSI's popular titles include:

Cognitive Assessments

-- Basic Skills Tests

-- Employee Aptitude Survey

-- Professional Employment Test

Attitude Assessments

-- ViewPoint

-- SalesView

-- TenureView

Management and Executive Assessment

PSI's psychologists conduct in-depth, customizable assessments of executives, managers and individual contributors. Offerings include:

-- JobFitness Appraisal

-- Executive or Management Assessment Profile

PSI performed extensive equivalency research on ATLAS assessments, making it the ideal platform for corporate enterprises that desire a robust Web-based testing system, but also need the added insurance and flexibility of paper-based test delivery as a back-up system or for special test administration situations.

PSI will be showcasing ATLAS at Human Resource Executive's HR Technology Conference on Oct. 8-10 in Philadelphia.

For more information or to purchase PSI products, contact sales at 1-800-367-1565, ext. 235 or visit www.psionline.com.

About PSI

For more than 50 years, privately-held PSI has been an industry-leading provider of employment and certification tests, evaluation programs and assessment technology for corporations, state governments and professional associations. PSI is headquartered in Glendale, Calif. and operates more than 80 testing centers nationwide. PSI's clients include Fortune 100 companies and dozens of state agencies.