The American Board of Lower Extremity Surgery Signs Agreement with LaserGrade for the Computerized Delivery of the ABLES Certification Assessments.

Vancouver, WA - August 7, 2007 LaserGrade announced today the signing of a new contract to provide computer based test delivery services to the American Board of Lower Extremity Surgery (ABLES).

Established in 2006, ABLES recently acquired the American Council of Certified Podiatric Physicians and Surgeons (ACCPPS) and its innovative certification program, which incorporates surgical case reviews as well as a written examination.

Commenting on the agreement, Howard Lazar, ABLES Executive Director, said, "ABLES is committed to maintaining the highest standards in its certification program and we are delighted to be partnering with LaserGrade for the computerized delivery of our assessments. LaserGrade's experience, affordability, flexibility, security and, most importantly, its commitment to excellent customer service will be of great benefit to ABLES. We are also very excited about LaserGrade's ability to produce and report response data for our psychometric analysis."

Mark Setash, LaserGrade's President and CEO stated, "ABLES is a dynamic organization serving the needs of an evolving profession. LaserGrade is very proud to be partnering with ABLES in the delivery of their computerized assessments and share ABLES's commitment to maintaining the highest standards for its certification program."

About LaserGrade

LaserGrade, with computer-based testing centers across the United States and Canada, is the largest United States owned and operated network in North America. Headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, LaserGrade offers proctored computer-based test administration for licensure and certification examinations using its own secure network and software. Additionally, LaserGrade offers proctored internet testing for test sponsors who may wish to use their own internet delivery platform. For lower stakes testing, candidates may test via any computer by logging on to LaserGrade's secure web- browser.

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About the American Board of Lower Extremity Surgery (ABLES)

Following its founding in 2006, ABLES acquired the American Council of Certified Podiatric Physicians and Surgeons (ACCPPS), a Michigan not-for-profit corporation established in 1987. ABLES is committed to improving the quality and delivery of medical services for the betterment of the public health and welfare, to advancing the art and science of lower extremity medicine and surgery, to stimulating further growth of this specialty profession, and to eliminating unnecessarily restrictive and unfair administrative obstacles to these goals. Its credential-the former ACCPPS certification program-is accepted in many hospitals and MCOs, and has paved the way for changes in the certification processes of other certification boards as well as the regulations of some state licensing boards.