Facilitator:
Richard Pierce, Assistant Professor, Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy, Shenandoah University

Title:
Proctored versus non-proctored: How does assessment setting affect student achievement on web-based assessments?

Background:

Armed with honor codes and good intentions, institutions continue to evaluate technologies and assessment protocols to improve academic outcomes and protect academic integrity. As technology evolves, the ability to deliver educational content and assessments also continues to change.

It is within this dynamic context that a recent study conducted at Shenandoah University School of Pharmacy examined the efficacy and impact of current online testing technologies and protocols for proctored face-to-face and non-proctored online distance education assessments in a graduate pharmacy program. This study sought to determine if the assessment setting, proctored in face-to-face or non-proctored in an online distance education setting, impacted student achievement.

Join this session to hear about this study, to discuss testing protocols and how best to compare different administrations of the same test.

 

Kick-off Questions:

• How do you prevent cheating in online testing?
• Does assessment setting (proctored or non-proctored) matter?
• Are there ways to determine if one group of test takers has an unfair advantage over another?
• Where are we eating tonight? It is New Orleans, for goodness' sake!