Date: 29/03/2009

On March 29, 2009, the first public exam of TOEIC in 2009 was administered simultaneously in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, a total of 1500 candidates registered for the listening and reading components of TOEIC exam. This was the first public test of TOEIC in China after ETS and ATA signed the exclusive country distributor agreement earlier this year, consequently, ATA exercised extra care and resources on this exam. Leveraged on ATA proven testing network and rich experience in large scale tests, the exam was successfully administered.

In addition, ATA also successfully administered the first computer-based testing on the speaking and writing (S&W) components of the TOEIC exam. A total of 355 staff from Autodesk participated in the computer-based Speaking and Writing test. Autodesk expressed complete satisfaction on the services of ATA and will conduct another round of TOEIC testing in June to assess the English proficiency of its staff. 

Since March, ATA has provided customized TOEIC testing services for many companies and will continue to cater for the special requirements of its corporate clients by offering tailor-made TOEIC testing solutions in addition to ensuring the success of TOEIC public exams scheduled for 2009.