Andrew S. Rosen, COO, Kaplan, Inc. to Present at Credit Suisse First Boston Conference; Event to be Webcast Live by Credit Suisse First Boston.

Business Editors

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2001

Kaplan, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO), announced today that Andrew S. Rosen, COO, will be making a presentation at the Credit Suisse First Boston Global Services Growth Conference on March 21, 2001 at 2:30 PM Mountain Time (4:30 PM Eastern Time). The presentation will cover Kaplan and its five operating units, Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, Kaplan Professional, The Kaplan Colleges, SCORE! and Quest Education Corporation including information on the current status and prospects for its education and career services businesses

The event will be webcast live by Credit Suisse First Boston and will be available to all through the conference site at http://www.csfb.com/conferences/global_services/schedule.html. The webcast will be available in Real Player and Microsoft Media Player and will take the form of audio stream with synchronized slide presentation.

Mr. Rosen's presentation may contain certain forward-looking statements that are based largely on the Company's current expectations and are to be considered "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results and achievements to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. For more information about these forward-looking statements and related risks, please refer to the section titled "Forward-looking Statements" in Part 1 of The Washington Post Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and the section titled "Risk Factors" under "Shareholder Information" on the The Washington Post Company's website, www.washpostco.com.

Please note: Kaplan is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Washington

Post Company (NYSE: WPO).