Draft:Vericant
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Software |
| Founded | March 2011 |
| Founders | Chris Boher Guy Sivan Nicki Fung Kelly Yang |
| Headquarters | , China |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Guy Sivant (CEO) |
| Parent | Educational Testing Service (2021–present) |
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Vericant is a Chinese video application and educational testing company headquartered in Beijing. The company was co-founded in 2011 by Chris Boehner, Guy Sivan, Nicki Fung and Kelly Yang with the goal of reducing application fraud to educational institutions while helping students apply to US schools and universities.
Vericant developed a spoken standardized test to evaluate an applicant’s English speaking proficiency called the Spoken English Evaluation (SEE) in a way to improve the measurement of an applicant's English proficiency beyond traditional pencil and paper exams. Alongside the video application service, the SEE uses a score which determines the applicants true communication skills.
History
Background
During[1] his time as an educational consultant in China, Chris Bohener realized that students expected him to write their teacher recommendation letters and personal statements, a responsibility that puzzled him as it fell outside the scope of a consultant's role. Further investigation revealed that this problem was widespread, resulting in US schools admitting underqualified Chinese students who often struggled academically.
With the goal of creating a more transparent and fair application process, Boehner launched Vericant in early 2010 alongside Guy Sivan, Nicki Fung and Kelly Yang. Born out of the compound of the words "verify" and "applicant," Vericant aims to assist schools in verifying the abilities of Chinese students during the application process by conducting face-to-face interviews and written tests.
ETS aquisition
Vericant was acquired in 2021 by Educational Testing Service (ETS), the world’s largest private nonprofit educational testing and assessment organization.
References
- ^ James M. Acton (13 December 2021). "The U.S. Exit From the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty Has Fueled a New Arms Race". Carnegie Endowment. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.