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Meazure Learning Announces Acquisition of Scantron’s Certification and Licensure Business

The company expands global scale and reach with addition of test center network and exam development services Birmingham, AL – Meazure Learning, the premier provider of high-stakes online testing services … Learn More



ServSafe Expands Training and Certification Ecosystem

Chicago, IL – ServSafe, the National Restaurant Association’s premier food safety training brand today announced the expansion of its training and certification ecosystem to include online (remote) proctored exams to … Learn More



ETS Offers a (Nearly) Global TOEFL and GRE

Birmingham, AL – The Educational Testing Service announced Thursday that the Test of English as a Foreign Language and the Graduate Record Examination are now available to take at home … Learn More



ProctorU and Yardstick Assessment Strategies Merge to Form Meazure Learning, Establishing World’s Most Secure Testing Network and Platform

Birmingham, AL and Ottawa, ON – ProctorU, the world’s largest online exam security and identity management company, and Yardstick Assessment Strategies, leaders in psychometrics and computer-based exam administration for professional … Learn More



ExamSoft and ProctorU Embark on New Partnership to Deliver Industry’s First Offline Version of Online Proctoring into Secure Assessments

EdTech leaders join forces to increase assessment integrity for educational institutions across the globe Birmingham, AL – ExamSoft, a secure testing and assessment platform company based in Dallas, Texas, that … Learn More



SAES Partners with ProctorU to Protect the Integrity and Credibility of Augmented Engineers and Scientists

Birmingham, AL – ProctorU and the Society of Augmented Engineers and Scientists (SAES) announced today their partnership to deliver a revolutionary new human augmentation certification program. SAES was established in … Learn More



ProctorU and SmarterServices Partner to Offer Flexible Proctoring Solutions

Birmingham, AL – ProctorU, the world’s largest provider of online proctoring and identity management services, is partnering with SmarterServices, a full-spectrum assessment services company. The ProctorU integration with SmarterServices’ SmarterProctoring … Learn More



ProctorU Raises the Bar for Academic Integrity in Online Proctoring

Birmingham, AL – ProctorU, the world’s largest online proctoring and identity management company, announced today the release of Live+, the latest version of its live online proctoring solution. ProctorU Live+ … Learn More



College Placement and Prep Exams to Get More Secure Online Proctoring

Birmingham, AL – McGraw-Hill Education, a learning science company, and ProctorU, an online proctoring company, today announced the launch of a new partnership that will enable higher education institutions to … Learn More



Excelsior College Taps ProctorU for CourXam Exams

Birmingham, AL – Students taking courses through Excelsior College’s CourXam platform can now take exams from anywhere using a computer, webcam and internet connection, thanks to a partnership between the … Learn More



Tips and Tricks for Online Students’ Success

Birmingham, AL – College is hard. From the time management, all night study sessions, volume of material and level of difficulty of the information that students must learn, the challenges … Learn More



Five Reasons Online Learning Enrollment Rates are Rising

Birmingham, AL – Enrollment rates in online education classes are still climbing, despite the fact that overall higher education enrollment rates are declining. The Digital Learning Compass: Distance Education Enrollment … Learn More



ProctorU Has a New Look

Birmingham, AL – Education is changing, and ProctorU is leading that change. We have updated our look to something simple and sleek, yet powerful. We wanted our look to better … Learn More



The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education is Here

Birmingham, AL – The Times Higher Education is warning that the extreme potential economic and social benefits of Artificial Intelligence, or AI, may be squandered if colleges do not prepare … Learn More



University of Iowa Investigating Cheating Among Online Students

IOWA CITY, IA – Safeguards in place to prevent cheating among University of Iowa online students recently detected “potential irregularities” during an exam, prompting the institution to launch an academic misconduct … Learn More



ProctorU Forms Two New Partnerships Amid Huge Expansion

Hoover, AL – ProctorU, a Hoover-based online exam proctoring service, has significantly expanded its operations by establishing an international partnership network that will add 100 employees in the U.S. and … Learn More



Ucard Helps Colleges Combat Fraud, Ensure Academic Integrity

Birmingham, AL – As the popularity of online education grows, schools need ways to maintain academic quality and standards as they extend teaching and learning beyond traditional campus walls. Since … Learn More



ProctorU joins Apple, Microsoft to Solidify Stance on Student Privacy

Birmingham, AL – Birmingham’s ProctorU has joined some of the nation’s largest school service providers including Apple, Microsoft and Google by signing a student privacy pledge that creates more accountability … Learn More



ProctorU Hits Milestone of 1M Proctored Exams

Birmingham, AL – When Zymezia Rivers came in to work at the proctor center in Hoover, Alabama on Oct. 13, she became part of a ProctorU milestone. That day, Rivers … Learn More



Two Current and Two Former Eastside Companies Named to 2014 Inc. 5000 List

New York, NY – Two current and two former Eastside portfolio companies have been recognized by Inc. magazine as part of the prestigious 2014 Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private … Learn More



ProctorU Named 4th Fastest Growing Education Company in the U.S. by Inc. Magazine

Birmingham, AL – ProctorU, an online test proctoring company that was founded in Hoover in 2008, has been named to the 2014 Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing private companies … Learn More