BALTIMORE, MD--(Marketwired - Jan 20, 2015) - Prometric, the trusted leader in high stakes examination, and the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) will lead a security panel discussion focusing on safeguarding test taker personally identifiable information (PII) during the Association of Test Publishers (ATP) 2015 Innovations in Testing conference, March 2, 11:30 a.m., at the Westin Mission Hills hotel, in Palm Springs, California. Prometric and the FSBPT will share insights and best practices that have proven successful through the delivery of more than 400,000 computer-based exams. 

The FSBPT administers the National Physical Therapy Examinations (NPTE) program, partnering with Prometric to conduct four secure windows of testing annually. Candidate information is protected at every stage of NPTE testing, more than 30,000 NPTE exams per year. 

To learn more about the NPTE program or schedule your test, visit www.fsbpt.org.

Prometric continually invests and audits its security infrastructure to provide its clients with secure, fair and accurate exam results. To learn more, read about Prometric's data management credentials or watch Prometric's security capabilities video.

Prometric, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ETS, is a trusted and market-leading provider of technology-enabled testing and assessment. Committed to a set of values that get the right test to the right location at the right time and to the right test taker, Prometric supports candidates worldwide who take more than 9 million tests each year. Through innovation, workflow automation and standardization, Prometric advances test development and delivery solutions that are better, faster and at less expense. Prometric delivers tests flexibly via the Web or by utilizing a robust network of 8,000 test centers in more than 160 countries and on behalf of nearly 400 clients in the academic, financial, government, healthcare, professional, corporate and information technology markets.

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