ACETheExam.com Launches to Give Students an Edge for Final Exams

BOSTON, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- As millions of college students prepare to take final exams this month, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announces a new, online service to help. ACETheExam.com (http://www.acetheexam.com), launching today, offers students practice exams in four popular course areas: Introductory Psychology, US History, Principles of Economics and General Chemistry. Available for .99 cents per topic area, the practice exams were developed by college textbook authors and are designed to mirror real exams given by professors across the United States.

Each practice exam includes 15-20 questions, which cover a key topic in the course of study and are drawn from a typical textbook (students do not need to have a particular textbook to take advantage of the practice exams). The practice exams are self-scoring: when a student presses "submit," the student (and only the student) sees his or her score, including those questions he or she answered correctly and those that were missed.

"The vast majority of students who visit our Web sites do so to take advantage of our self-quizzing tools," said Katie Rose Hope, vice president of marketing for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's College Division. "Self-quizzing is an effective tool for exam preparation and ACETheExam.com gives students that important extra edge as final exam season approaches."

Students who register on ACETheExam.com beginning today through May 28, 2008 will be entered to win Amazon.com and iTunes gift certificates. Winners will be drawn on June 6, 2008. For sweepstakes details, visit http://www.ACETheExam.com.

About Houghton Mifflin Harcourt College Division

The Houghton Mifflin Harcourt College Division publishes textbooks, study guides, online tools and other study-support materials primarily for introductory-level college courses, for students at four-year, community and career colleges and universities. For more information, visit http://www.hmco.com/divisions/college_division.html.

About Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Boston-based Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company is a global education company with approximately $2.5 billion in combined revenue. The Company publishes a comprehensive set of best-in-class pre-K-12 educational solutions, ranging from research-based textbook programs to instructional technology to standards-based assessments for students and educators. The Company also publishes an extensive line of reference works and award-winning literature for adults and young readers. With origins dating back to 1832, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt combines its tradition of excellence with a commitment to innovation. To learn more about Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, visit http://www.hmhco.com.