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pan completes agreement with Gateway.

October, 2003 – Performance Assessment Network, Inc. (“pan”) announced that it has completed an agreement with Gateway to provide facilities and platforms for the pan Testing Center network. Under the agreement, Gateway retail stores throughout North America will be certified to join the network and will begin providing testing session support as early as late October in some locations.

The pan Testing Center network is an international network managed by pan, specifically focused on the delivery of high-stakes, web-enabled certification, pre-employment, educational, and training testing protocols on behalf of enterprise clients. Gateway has state-of-the-art facilities and computerized testing platforms in place, and pan will co-manage these resources, supervise security and performance, and train and monitor the performance of test proctors.

“We are delighted that Gateway is joining our network,” commented pan Testing Center Director Christa Isaacs. “They add new capacity for us to help handle our high-volume certification and pre-employment screening business. We have already trained several sites and are adding them to our online scheduler for active programs like the Transportation Security Administration. Gateway has stepped up to the plate, and we expect a long and fruitful relationship.”

About Gateway

Since its founding in 1985, Gateway has been a technology and direct-marketing pioneer, using its call centers, Web site and retail network to build direct customer relationships. As it transforms itself from being a leading PC company into a branded integrator of personalized technology solutions, the company's line of Gateway-branded products is expanding to include digital TVs, DLP projectors, tablet PCs and systems and networking products and services. The company has grown from $100,000 of revenue in its first year to a Fortune 500 company that is America's second most admired PC company, according to Fortune magazine. Gateway has more than 9,000 employees.

About pan

Performance Assessment Network, Inc. ("pan") is the leading provider of Internet-based testing and assessment solutions with over 5,000 registered corporate, government, and education customers internationally. pan manages professional online assessment programs and titles for dozens of test publishers, corporate clients, and government organizations, administering hundreds of thousands of tests annually. pan also manages a national network of high-stakes testing centers in addition to its internet testing platform, IT professional services, and product distribution businesses. pan is the distributor of online tests for over 40 top commercial test publishers, and also provides consulting for customers requiring in-house test development. Closely held pan is based in Carmel, IN, USA.
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