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October 22, 2007 Questar Assessment, Inc. (OTCBB: QUSA) today announced that Roy Lipner, 52, has been named President and Chief Operating Officer. He will join Questar November 1, 2007 and report to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Andrew L. Simon. He will be based in Questar’s Apple Valley, Minn. office. The position of COO is a new one for Questar, while Lipner assumes the title of President formerly held by Simon. Download Full Article - PDF
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October 15, 2007 Questar Assessment, Inc. (OTCBB: QUSA) announced today that it has launched SSSMART, a unique content-area reading assessment program for Grades 4-8. “We are extremely pleased to be able to provide this innovative, breakthrough solution to help educators provide the
knowledge, skills and strategies that students need to comprehend the content areas,” said Andrew L. Simon, Questar President and CEO. Download Full Article - PDF
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October 08, 2007 Questar Assessment, Inc. (OTCBB: QUSA) today announced that it has been awarded a contract to continue to provide support for the State of Indiana’s Indiana Core 40 End-of –Course Assessment programs for high school students. The new Core 40 program includes the phasing out of the current Graduation Qualifying Exams. Download Full Article - PDF
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September 05, 2007 Questar Assessment, Inc. (OTCBB: QUSA) today announced that company management will host a conference call for investors Monday, September 17, at 11 a.m. EDT to discuss results for the third quarter ended July 31, 2007. A news release detailing the results is scheduled to be issued before the opening of the stock market that day. Download Full Article - PDF
Brewster, NY–
June 14, 2007 Questar Assessment, Inc. (OTCBB: QUSA) today reported strong increases in revenue, EBITDA * (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) and net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2007. Revenues in the second quarter ended April 30, 2007 increased 365% to $16.2 million from $3.5 million in the second quarter of 2006. Revenues for the six months ended April 30, 2007 increased 293% to $25.8 million from $6.6 million in the second quarter of 2006. Download Full Article - PDF
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June 06, 2007 Questar Assessment, Inc. (OTCBB: QUSA) today announced that company management will host a conference call for investors Thursday, June 14, at 11 a.m. EDT to discuss results for the second quarter ended April 30, 2007. A news release detailing the results is scheduled to be issued before the opening of the stock market that day. Download Full Article - PDF
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March 22, 2007 Touchstone Applied Science Associates, Inc. (OTCBB: TASA), one of the nation’s leading providers of educational testing services, announced today that it has changed its name to Questar Assessment, Inc., effective March 16, 2007. The change is intended to unify its several operating units under a single, highly recognizable brand, the Company reported. Effective with the opening of trading today (March 22, 2007), the Company’s stock trading symbol changed to “QUSA”. Questar’s shares are currently traded on the OTCBB of NASDAQ. Download Full Article - PDF
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March 19, 2007 Touchstone Applied Science Associates, Inc. (OTCBB: TASA) today reported strong increases in revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2007. The increase came from both the impact of Questar Educational Systems, acquired on May 31, 2006 and from core operations (revenue sources previous to the Questar acquisition.) Revenues in the first quarter ended January 31, 2007 increased 212% to $9.6 million from $3.1 million in the first quarter of 2006. Download Full Article - PDF
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March 12, 2007 Touchstone Applied Science Associates (OTCBB: TASA) said today it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission notification that the Company will require additional time beyond the previously announced extension period to file its Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2006. The company cited the issues previously disclosed in its press release dated January 29, 2007 as the main cause for the delay. In its latest filing with the SEC, TASA indicated it will file its financial report as soon as certain accounting issues related to the valuation of identifiable intangible assets acquired during Fiscal 2006 can be finalized. Download Full Article - PDF
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March 07, 2007 Touchstone Applied Science Associates, Inc. (OTCBB: TASA) today announced that company management will host two separate conference calls for investors in the next two weeks. Download Full Article - PDF
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February 09, 2007 Touchstone Applied Science Associates (OTCBB: TASA) said today it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission notification that the Company will require additional time beyond the previously announced extension period to file its Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2006. The company cited the issues previously disclosed in its press release dated January 29, 2007 as the main cause for the delay. In its latest filing with the SEC, TASA indicated it will file its financial report as soon as certain accounting issues related to the valuation of identifiable intangible assets acquired during Fiscal 2006 can be finalized. Download Full Article - PDF
Brewster, New York–
January 29, 2007 Touchstone Applied Science Associates (OTCBB: TASA) said today it has notified the Securities and Exchange Commission it will be delayed in filing its Annual Report on form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2006. The company cited the unusually time consuming effort involved to reflect a major acquisition and other previously announced events as the reasons for the delay. In its notice to the SEC, TASA indicated it will file its annual report within 15 days of the original statutory deadline. Download Full Article - PDF
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January 08, 2007 Touchstone Applied Science Associates (OTCBB: TASA) announced today that it has signed contracts worth up to $9.5 million. Included in this figure is a one-year contract to administer the Indiana Core 40 End of Course testing program that contains 2 one-year options. In addition, TASA has been awarded a five-year contract for the English as a Second Language program in Montana, and a pilot writing-assessment program for the English Language Institute at the University of Michigan.
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