Fifteen two- and four-year institutions and 10 high
schools nationwide are pilot testing the Core assessment until Feb.

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With content development assistance and
feedback from college and high school faculty, librarians and
administrators, ETS is proud to announce that the Core Level assessment is
ready for pilot testing.ets. (NASDAQ: BBBB) is a leading provider of enterprise software
applications and related services to the education industry. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments
will cause the Company's views to change .

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"We are also glad
to be working closely with WebCT to help define best practices for
deployment with which other institutions can succeed as they move to
Campus Edition 6.

WebCT Campus Edition 6 fulfills customers' top 10 wish list

WebCT has also empowered teachers and learners with a long list of
new, easy-to-use features in WebCT Campus Edition 6, including the 10
most popular requested additions. For more
information, please visit www. With two product suites, the Blackboard Academic
Suite and the Blackboard Commerce Suite, Blackboard is used by
millions of people at academic institutions around the globe, including
colleges, universities, K-12 schools and other education providers, as well
as textbook publishers and student-focused merchants that serve education
providers and their students.

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"With WebCT Campus Edition 6, we are providing significant new
teaching and learning flexibility while enhancing every feature with
unprecedented ease of use," said Carol Vallone, WebCT president and
CEO.

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WebCT Announces the Beta Release of WebCT Campus Edition 6

A beta version is being installed now at a number
of test sites as well as at colleges and universities enrolled in the
WebCT Campus Edition 6 Campus Partner Program, including these new
participants: California State University, Sacramento; Corning
Community College (N ."

About WebCT

WebCT has set the standard for e-learning systems in higher
education .

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WebCT Campus Edition 6 also includes a host of innovations
that will allow faculty members to more easily create engaging course
environments for their students - including new options such as Group
Sign-Up Sheets that instructors can use to streamline collaborative
learning. "We could not be more excited about working together with the
university to enable educational innovations for their faculty, students
and entire campus community. Everywhere.

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An ICT Literacy Assessment - Advanced Level is also available. Founded in 1947 and based in Princeton, New Jersey, ETS develops,
administers and scores more than 24 million tests annually in more than 180
countries, at over 9,000 locations worldwide.

"The Blackboard system was chosen for its broad functionality, large user
base amongst major institutions, an accessible community of expert users
and developers in the Toronto area and its intuitive user-interface; a high
priority for our faculty as expressed in university-wide surveys," said
Professor David Farrar, Deputy Provost and Vice-Provost of Students at
University of Toronto.

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WebCT Campus Edition 6 is based on a new technology infrastructure
that runs on a relational database back end (Oracle or Microsoft SQL
Server) and application server (BEA WebLogic). Among them are enhanced discussion
navigation, easy upload of multiple files, and freezable gradebook
columns.

institutions pursue

This is the first version of the assessment to be
administered to high school students. "Schools
that effectively measure those skills can better evaluate the impact of
existing ICT-based curricula and identify areas in which ICT literacy
resource allocations need to be placed. In serving individuals, educational institutions and
government agencies around the world, ETS customizes solutions to meet the
need for teacher professional development products and services, classroom
and end-of-course assessments, and research -based teaching and learning
tools.
WebCT Campus Edition 6 will be generally available at the end of
the second quarter.

teaching pursue

"Ever since ETS first launched the ICT Literacy Assessment in January 2005,
educators have expressed interest in a version for entry-level college
students that measures their proficiencies as they transition from high
school to college-level work," says Terry Egan, ETS's ICT Project Manager.

About ETS

ETS is a nonprofit institution with a long-held commitment to advance
learning.); Johnson County Community College (Kan.
"We're adopting WebCT Campus Edition 6 because we're excited about
the powerful new features and think our faculty members will be, too ,"
said Mike Cooling, operating system analyst, university computing
services, California State University, Sacramento."

About Blackboard

Blackboard Inc. In addition, the forward-looking statements
included in this press release represent the Company's views as of February
14, 2006 .

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org/ictliteracy. Based in Lynnfield, Mass. Thousands of colleges and universities around the world -
from community colleges to large university consortia - are using
WebCT to expand the boundaries of teaching and learning.webct.

PRESS RELEASE University of Toronto Selects Blackboard for e-Learning

Instructors will benefit from
possibilities for new methods of instruction and more effective and
efficient class administration. However, while the Company may
elect to update these forward -looking statements at some point in the
future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so.

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The ICT Literacy Assessment is a simulation-based test designed to measure
a student 's ability to use digital technology, communication tools and
networks to solve information-oriented problems.

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The ICT Literacy Assessment is made up of 14 short (four-minute) and one
medium (15-minute) task and can be administered in approximately 75
minutes.

Students receive scores that identify their individual performance compared
with other test takers' scores from the same test administration .com

The university also licenses the Blackboard Commerce Suite for its
campus services. Actual results may
differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements
as a result of various important factors, including the factors discussed
in the "Risk Factors " section of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on
November 7, 2005 with the SEC. These
forward -looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the
Company's views as of any date subsequent to February 14, 2006.

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This new infrastructure
provides significant benefits for Campus Edition customers , including
enhanced reliability, security and data integrity.

The University of Toronto buying decision included extensive consultation
with faculty, students, staff, and other universities.

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ets . Blackboard is headquartered in Washington,
D.

collaborative learning

The assessment presents real-time, scenario -based tasks designed to be
highly engaging and valid. 17. They can use results to assess
individual student proficiency, provide support for institutional ICT
literacy initiatives, better plan curricula to address ICT literacy gaps,
and provide evidence to accrediting agencies on student learning outcomes .

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They also
receive feedback on their performance for each of the seven proficiencies
identified in the ICT Literacy framework. The Blackboard Commerce Suite features three enterprise
software applications supporting cashless transactions on-campus,
off-campus and online and allowing for identification and security access.

Any statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and
prospects for Blackboard and other statements containing the words
"believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects ," "will," and similar
expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

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PRESS RELEASE ETS Pilot Tests a New ICT Literacy Assessment for Students Transitioning From High School to College

Test takers are asked to perform information
management tasks, such as extracting information from a database,
developing a spreadsheet, or composing an e-mail based on research
findings. WebCT Campus Edition 6 takes WebCT's
market-leading course management system to the next level, delivering
unprecedented advancements in ease of use as well as cutting-edge
teaching and learning functionality. The Campus Partners
are working closely with WebCT to establish best practices for
upgrading that the entire WebCT community can learn from. "We listened to our customers and applied the creativity that has
made WebCT solutions the most widely used in higher education . (NASDAQ: BBBB), a leading
provider of technology to educational institutions and corporate and
government agencies, announces the University of Toronto, a leading
teaching and research university in Canada , has licensed the Blackboard
Academic Suite, a suite of three integrated software products which
support a Networked Learning Environment.

The university plans to utilize the system immediately to enhance the
student experience by providing improved integration of digital resources,
better communication and collaboration utilities and a consistent,
web-based interface across courses. Founded in
1997, Blackboard enables educational innovations everywhere by connecting
people and technology .C.

online teaching

ETS announced today that students at more than
25 community colleges, four-year institutions and high schools nationwide
are pilot testing a new version of its Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) Literacy Assessment. This new version, called the Core
Level, is designed for students transitioning to
college-level work.);
Southern Texas College; University of Nottingham (UK); and The
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. A Networked Learning
Environment enables students and teachers to learn, connect and share
educational materials and resources from practically any location and at
any time. Innovate.

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"Technology has transformed the classroom , the workplace, the global
economy and our lives, and a student's ability to thrive in a technological
environment has become a critical life skill," Egan continues. The mission of ETS is to advance quality and equity in education
by providing fair and valid assessments, research and related services for
all people worldwide.

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The Core Level assessment is designed for students transitioning from high
school to college, and for first- and second-year students at higher
education institutions . It is
designed for rising juniors at higher education institutions, and for
students transitioning from two-year to four-year institutions.
"The Core Level assessment has been designed specifically for college
freshmen and high school seniors.

Schools and institutions receive score data files that they can aggregate
according to their own analysis needs.

For more information on the ETS ICT Literacy Assessment and access to a
free online demo, visit www.

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The test measures not only
knowledge of technology, but the ability to use critical thinking to
define, access, manage, integrate, evaluate, create and communicate
information in a technological environment.- ---

A host of new features will allow faculty to easily create
engaging course environments; New infrastructure will enhance data
integrity and reliability

WebCT, provider of higher education 's most flexible and widely
used e-learning solutions, today announced a new version of WebCT
Campus Edition(TM)., with offices in North America, Europe and Asia.

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Our
goal is to help improve learning outcomes and make the technology part
of e-learning second nature., WebCT provides a highly flexible
e-learning environment that empowers institutions across the
educational spectrum with the ability to achieve their unique
objectives.
Blackboard Inc.

The Blackboard Academic Suite fosters Web-based and Web-enhanced learning
and is used by hundreds of universities, colleges and K-12 schools in North
America and abroad.

"We commend the University of Toronto for the comprehensive fact -finding
process they embarked upon to make sure they selected the right partner for
their e-Learning initiatives," said Michael Chasen, CEO and President of
Blackboard.