Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
(Operator Instructions) Your first question comes from Michael Nemeroff - Wedbush Morgan Securities.
Michael Nemeroff - Wedbush Morgan Securities
One for Mike Chasen and then one for Mike Beach, if I may; Mike, if you could just maybe give us an update on what’s going on internationally, if Mike Beach can maybe tell us what the international growth was in the quarter and then if you could tell us what regions you’re most excited about over the next 12 months. Then for Mike Beach, I know the annual contract value was about 12.5%, 13%. Could you maybe breakout what the ANGEL contribution is and give us the organic growth rate on that?
Michael Chasen
Michael, this is Michael Chasen. So right now our international growth rate in the quarter was about 14%, 15%. When we’re looking at the international opportunity and we continue to see pipelines building across many of our emerging markets. For example, we think Latin America is a key opportunity.
Just this past quarter we had a User’s conference, where we had a not only a lot of good attendance, but a lot of good momentum of institutions that were looking to how to take the next step with their e-Learning Technology. Just two weeks ago, we had our User’s conference in China that we’re also continuing to see a still very early stage for the market, a lot of good momentum and good signs that showed. There might be some real opportunity for longer term.
So we’re excited across a number of both large and small markets, but the thing what I can tell you kind of grouping it all together, there certainly is a global focus on education from the different governments and significant investments that are being made not dissimilar to the focus and investments we’re seeing here in the U.S. Let me actually hand it over to Michael Stanton to talk more about the stimulus piece.
Michael Stanton
In terms of the stimulus, the dollars continue to be focus primarily on back filling state budget cuts. Ahead in 2010, I think when the grant money starts to flow. We continue to believe that we’re very well positioned for those opportunities, but it’s a little bit early at this stage of the game to give with any certainty, what we expect to impact might be and then what was the second part of your question, Michael?
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