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Originally Posted by libartsmgr
It's probably Prometric's biggest competitor - although they lag way behind in my opinion. Yeah, it probably will be harder to find testing centers. I did a search for test centers in San Antonio (for Microsoft exams since they are most widely available) and only found 2. There are 5 Prometric centers in San Antonio.
Pearson is known for agressively going after business. They probably gave EC a great rate, but in the end, it gives us less choice.
Go to www.vue.com to poke around. They even have the press release on their home page. This must be a coup for them.
Edit - I should add, that I'm not anti-Pearson per se, but I do know they've been trying to get business from Prometric for years. Most companies have to sign exclusivity with their testing centers. It was a big deal when Microsoft went to Pearson AND stayed with Prometric.
Prometric is kinda like Wal-mart - they're established and they're everywhere. Pearson is trying to become Wal-Mart. |
Joanne is right as far as availability. I checked that press release and they mention ECEs will be offered at "Pearson Professional Centers" throughout the world. I checked Florida, and there's only one of these centers in my entire county. I mean, Miami is a fairly large city, and there's only one center in the middle of nowhere. It seems they only have one center in each heavily population area, and that's it.
I'm disappointed... I thought all along that although ECEs are much more expensive than DANTES, at least I didn't have to waste a lot of time and gas driving to a far away center. So much for that...