HR-XML Consortium, Inc., Recertifies Questionmark

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HR-XML Consortium, Inc., Recertifies Questionmark

Open data exchange standards promote smoother assessment system integrations

NORWALK, CT. – January 26, 2012 – The HR-XML Consortium has recertified testing andassessment technologies and services provider Questionmark as conforming to theConsortium’s open data exchange standards.

Conformance to standards can help employers achieve smoother integrations betweenQuestionmark® assessments and core HR systems, ultimately making it faster and easier forHR managers to perform essential tasks such as scheduling assessments or accessing results.By using a standard exchange format based on the industry standard XML, companies can usethe best of breed systems from multiple suppliers and not be "locked in” to a single supplier.

"With increasing corporate focus on human capital management, performance improvement andcompliance, use of online assessments of knowledge, skills and attitude is a critical and oftenthe only way for an organization’s management team to reach all its employees globally,”commented Questionmark Chairman John Kleeman. "Questionmark has supported f openstandards to exchange assessment data since the 1990s and are pleased to support theimportant HR-XML standard.”

Questionmark was first certified against HR-XML in 2005 and also supports AICC, SCORM andIMS standards as well as partnering with Microsoft, Oracle and SAP. Questionmarkassessments are used by corporations, government agencies, educational institutions andcredentialing organizations to securely measure knowledge, skills, and attitudes for certification,regulatory compliance and successful learning outcomes.

HR-XML-certified organizations are awarded a logo to use on their websites and a conformancestatement within a registry located at http://www.HRcertify.org. The HR-XML certified logoindicates that the solution provider is a technology leader and is ready to integrate flexibly andopportunistically with customers and partners.

About HR-XML
The HR-XML Consortium is the credentialing body for interoperability standards in the HRtechnology field. The Consortium is the only volunteer-led, non-profit, community-drivenstandards organization for Human Resources technology. Its purpose is to promote theestablishment of robust, extensible, global HR interoperability standards enabling easy-toimplement,time- and cost-effective integration of business applications within the HR industryand recognize organizations that meet those standards. For more information, visit www.hrxml.org.

About Questionmark
Questionmark provides technologies and services that enable organizations to measureknowledge, skills and attitudes securely for certification, regulatory compliance and improvedlearning outcomes. Questionmark solutions enable reliable, valid and defensible assessmentsby empowering subject matter experts through collaborative authoring, accommodatingparticipant needs with blended and multilingual delivery and informing stakeholders throughtimely reporting and meaningful analytics.

The Questionmark Perception assessment management system, available as a licensed,hosted or subscription-based solution, enables organizations to create, administer and report onsurveys, quizzes, tests and exams. Complete details are available at www.questionmark.com.The Questionmark blog provides assessment-related news, interviews insights and bestpractices.

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