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Ten Tips to Translate Tests Thoughtfully

Posted on July 25, 2018 (January 6, 2020) by John Kleeman under Articles

Posted by John Kleeman Tests and exams are used for serious purposes and have significant impact on people’s lives. If they are translated wrongly, it can result in distress. As a topical illustration, poor translation of an important medical admissions test in India was the subject of a major law... Read More

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Six tips to increase content validity in competence tests and exams

Posted on August 9, 2017 (July 22, 2021) by John Kleeman under Articles

Posted by John Kleeman, Founder and Executive Director Content validity is one of the most important criteria on which to judge a test, exam or quiz. This blog post explains what content validity is, why it matters and how to increase it when using competence tests and exams within regulatory... Read More

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Seven tips to recruit and manage SMEs for technology certification exams

Posted on July 26, 2017 (July 26, 2021) by John Kleeman under Articles

Posted by John Kleeman How do you keep a certification exam up to date when the technology it is assessing is changing rapidly? Certifications in new technologies like software-as-a-service and cloud solutions have some specific challenges. The nature of the technology usually means that questions often require very specialist knowledge... Read More

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Internet assessment software pioneer Paul Roberts to retire

Posted on March 15, 2017 (July 22, 2021) by John Kleeman under Articles

Posted by John Kleeman We think of the Internet as being very young, but one of the pioneers in using the Internet for assessments is about to retire. Paul Roberts, the developer of the world’s first commercial, Internet assessment software is retiring in March. I thought readers might like to... Read More

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5 methods to use when planning your assessments

Posted on October 5, 2016 by John Kleeman under Articles

Posted by April Barnum In my previous article, I gave an overview of the six authoring steps that can help you achieve trustable assessment results. Each step contributes to the next and useful analysis of results is only possible if all six steps are done effectively. Now, let’s dig into... Read More

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6 Steps to Authoring Trustworthy Assessments

Posted on July 6, 2016 by John Kleeman under Articles

Posted by April Barnum I recently met with customers and the topic of authoring trustworthy assessments and getting back trustable results was a top concern. No matter what they were assessing on, everyone wants results that are trustable, meaning that they are both valid and reliable. The reasons were similar,... Read More

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Develop Better Tests with Item Analysis [New eBook]

Posted on June 23, 2016 by John Kleeman under Articles

Posted by Chloe Mendonca Item Analysis is probably the most important tool for increasing test effectiveness. In order to write items that accurately and reliably measure what they’re intended to, you need to examine participant responses to each item. You can use this information to improve test items and identify unfair... Read More

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7 Strategies to Shrink Satisficing & Improve Survey Results

Posted on June 21, 2016 by John Kleeman under Articles

Posted by John Kleeman My previous post Satisficing: Why it might as well be a four-letter word explained that satisficing on a survey is when someone answers survey questions adequately but not as well as they can. Typically they just fill in questions without thinking too hard. As a commenter... Read More

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Item Development Tips For Defensible Assessments

Posted on June 14, 2016 by John Kleeman under Articles

Posted by Julie Delazyn Whether you work with low-stakes assessments, small-scale classroom assessments or large-scale, high-stakes assessment, understanding and applying some basic principles of item development will greatly enhance the quality of your results. What began as a popular 11-part blog series has morphed into a white paper: Managing Item... Read More

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Online Proctoring: FAQs

Posted on June 7, 2016 (May 20, 2020) by John Kleeman under Articles

Posted by John Kleeman Online proctoring was a hot-button topic at Questionmark’s annual Users Conference. And though we’ve discussed the pros and cons in this blog and even offered an infographic highlighting online versus test-center proctoring, many interesting questions arose during the Ensuring Exam Integrity with Online Proctoring session I... Read More