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Achievement Series by Scantron^® Selected by Indianapolis Public Schools

District to Use Web-Based Assessment Platform in New Benchmark Assessment Program to Help Teachers Inform and Enhance Instruction

IRVINE, Calif. (Nov 27, 2006) - Scantron Corp. today announced that Indianapolis Public Schools, which enrolls nearly 37,000 students across 80 schools, has selected Scantron's Achievement Series™ as the platform for a new district assessment program to help teachers identify student strengths and needs in core subject areas, and to improve data-driven decision making district-wide.

Achievement Series is a content-neutral, highly flexible testing platform that gives educators the ability to score and analyze tests in real time, diagnose student needs, and make informed instructional decisions to improve student achievement. Indianapolis Public Schools will use Achievement Series to administer district benchmark tests to more than 31,000 students in grades two through 12 in English/language arts, mathematics, science and social studies.

"We want to administer assessments to students on a regular basis - every four-and-a-half weeks - to give teachers information they can use to improve teaching and learning. Scantron's Achievement Series solution offers us the ability to do plain paper scanning and provide teachers with immediate access to the test results, said Richard Peters, Ph.D., director of the IPS Research, Evaluation and Assessment Division. "Another issue to consider was cost. Dollar for dollar, we found Achievement Series to be the best value in comparison to the other solutions we investigated.

Sean Ryan, general manager of Scantron's Testing and Assessment division, stated, "The initial roll-out of Achievement Series in Indianapolis is off to a solid start. By the end of the first week, Indianapolis had over 85,000 unique scores in the system. They're definitely on their way to a strong implementation that's sure to result in great instructional and student achievement success.

About Achievement Series

A winner of the 2005 Distinguished Achievement Awards sponsored by the Association of Educational Publishers, Achievement Series from Scantron allows educators to develop and administer tests both online and on paper, capture results, and produce standards-based reports. The system makes it easy for educators to secure timely and accurate assessment data needed to measure growth, inform instruction, and prepare students for district and state-level high stakes tests.

About Scantron Corporation

Scantron Corporation (www.scantron.com), headquartered in Irvine, Calif., helps education and commercial organizations measure and improve effectiveness with assessment and survey solutions. Scantron provides tools for the rapid, accurate and reliable capture of data with innovative software and survey solutions that leverage the company's expertise in world-class forms printing and scanner manufacturing. Scantron is a subsidiary of Harland Clarke Holdings Corp., which is wholly owned by M&F Worldwide Corp. (NYSE: MFW).

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