BALLARD & TIGHE PUBLISHERS IS A NATIONWIDE EDUCATIONAL TESTING COMPANY. THEY CREATE AND PUBLISH WIDELY DISTRIBUTED LANGUAGE MATERIALS. THE IDEA* KIT WAS FOLLOWED BY THE IPT** FAMILY OF TESTS, A LANGUAGE SYSTEM USED FOR IDENTIFICATION, PLACEMENT, PROGRESS MONITORING AND/OR REDESIGNATION. TODAY, THE IPT TEST IS THE MOST USED LANGUAGE TESTING INSTRUMENT. 8 OF THE 10 TOP 10 DISTRICTS USE THESE IPT TESTS.
I WAS HIRED TO REFORMAT, TYPESET, AND UPDATE QUARK EXPRESS FILES, FOR ALL GRADE LEVELS, CATEGORIES, TECHNICAL & GENERAL MANUALS AND TESTS. OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDED MULTI-PAGE ASSEMBLY FROM QUARK TO ACROBAT PDFS, PROOF-READING, UPDATING STYLE SHEETS, NEW REVOLVING CHANGES, COLOR MATCHING AND IMAGE / FONT PRE-FLIGHT REQUIREMENTS AND IMPORTING CORRECTED TEXT DATA TO MATCH NEW SYSTEM REQUIREMENT UPDATES ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS AND CATEGORIES. THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND ABILITY TO WORK QUICKLY AND STAY ORGANIZED WAS A NECESSITY WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR LARGE SCALE PRINTING OF MILLIONS OF COPIES. -SUPERVISOR NANCY LAFFERTY
