PRESS RELEASE: TrueAbility and Prometric Partner to Deliver Fully Integrated Performance-Based Assessments

By December 7, 2020Press Release

Collaboration between industry leaders expands access to testing programs incorporating live, emulated environments to verify professional skills and abilities

San Antonio, Texas (December 7, 2020) – TrueAbility®, the hub for validating employability for the future workforce, and Prometric®, a global leader providing end-to-end assessment services, have formed an integration partnership to provide performance-based exams to leading credentialing and licensure organizations, academic institutions and government agencies around the world. The partnership leverages unparalleled technological capabilities to create enhanced value for current and prospective customers worldwide.

“Prometric recognizes the significant value that the TrueAbility solution offers the performance-based assessment market,” said Prometric Chief Client Officer, Sean Burke. “Integration of the TrueAbility platform into the Prometric Assessment System enables IT certification and other test sponsors to greatly expand secure, reliable access to their testing programs through in-center and remote assessment delivery.”

TrueAbility’s performance-based platform gives customers a high-fidelity means to verify and measure a person’s proficiency level in digital skills through demonstration in a real work environment as proof and validation of knowledge and ability. The integration with Prometric gives test sponsors the added flexibility to create exams in multiple assessment formats including performance-based with multiple-choice questions (MCQ), furthering the enhancement of the testing experience.

“Accelerated by recent events, companies are embracing a ‘remote first’ workforce,” said Frederick Mendler, CEO, TrueAbility. “Without traditional in-person interviews to confirm employability skills, companies must rely on objective assessments such as certifications. With Prometric, we are able to expand our global footprint to reach enterprise organizations who need an accurate and cost-effective way to verify software and technology skills like they’ve never been able to do before. This partnership validates the value of hands-on assessments, and together we look forward to continuing to increase the value of certification.”

About Prometric
Prometric, a global leader in test development, test delivery, and candidate services, enables test sponsors worldwide to advance their credentialing programs through test development and delivery solutions that set the standard in quality and service excellence. Prometric offers a comprehensive and reliable approach to advising, developing, managing and delivering programs in an integrated, technology-enabled environment across the world’s most secure testing network, including 14,000 locations in more than 180 countries or through the conveniences of online assessment services. For more information, visit www.prometric.com or follow us on Twitter at @PrometricGlobal and www.linkedin.com/company/prometric/.

About TrueAbility
TrueAbility is validating employability for the 21st century workforce. The company aims to be the de facto platform for IT certification and digital skill assessment, proving an individual can do the job, in the most sought-after fields. Founded in 2012, TrueAbility is privately held and based in San Antonio, Texas. For more information, please visit www.trueability.com.