Draft:Vericant
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Software |
| Founded | March 2011 |
| Founders | Chris Boehner Guy Sivan Nicki Fung Kelly Yang |
| Headquarters | , China |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Guy Sivan (CEO) |
| Parent | Educational Testing Service (2021–present) |
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Vericant is a 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.[1][2]Since 2021, Vericant has been a subsidiary of Educational Testing Service (ETS).[3]
Vericant developed a language proficiency assessment that is based on the conversation in the interview called the Spoken English Evaluation (SEE). Alongside the video application service, the SEE uses a score which determines the applicants true communication skills.[4][5]
History
Background
During 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
- ^ Custer, Sara (8 Sep 2014). "Vericant secures funding to move into HE". The Pie News. Archived from the original on 21 Mar 2016. Retrieved 30 Jul 2023.
- ^ "Vericant Raises Series A to Streamline Foreign Student Applications". edsurge. 8 Sep 2014. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 30 Jul 2023.
- ^ "ETS acquires Vericant". Jones Day. Mar 2021. Archived from the original on Jan 25 2022. Retrieved 30 Jul 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help) - ^ Gupta, Priyanka (Apr 1 2016). "How Vericant Is Defining The Future Of International Admissions?". Ed Tech Review. Archived from the original on 30 Jul 2023. Retrieved 30 Jul 2023.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Vericant Integration". Slate. Oct 12 2021. Archived from the original on Apr 11 2023. Retrieved Jul 30 2023.
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