ATA Inc (NASDAQ:ATAI)

ATA, Inc. engages in the business of e-learning solutions based on advanced assessment technologies through providing professional test and assessment services for government authorities, academic institutions, corporate clients, and test candidates. It has one operating segment, Testing and Training Services. Its core technologies are: Dynamic Simulation Technology, Real Environment Technology, Program Language Evaluation, and ATA Mark-up Language. Dynamic Simulation Technology is a state-of-the-art technology that simulates the software running environment and network environment, including software interface, network connections and all visible active objects. Real Environment Technology is based on the real software running environment, and it can track and evaluate what a candidate does on the real software systems. Program Language Evaluation can evaluate programming items in place of manual work, thus enabling testing subjective questions with respect to the programming language in a broader scale. ATA Mark-up Language is a universal format for saving extended and standardized test items and supports both traditional standardized test items and extended standardized test items. The company was founded in 1999 by Ma Xiao Feng and Wang Lin and is headquartered in Beijing, China.