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Welcoming Steve Lay to Lead Our Open Platform Initiative

Posted on April 9, 2009 (February 18, 2020) by Questionmark under Articles

Posted by Joan Phaup During our recent users conference I had the pleasure of meeting Steve Lay, who is now leading Questionmark's Open Platform initiative. [caption id="attachment_481" align="alignleft" width="135"] Steve Lay[/caption] Steve has extensive experience of open source systems and an in-depth understanding of how awarding bodies, academic institutions and other organizations use and deploy assessments. At the... Read More

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Questionmark Conference: Progress in Criterion Referenced Measurement

Posted on April 9, 2009 (February 18, 2020) by Questionmark under Articles

[caption id="attachment_475" align="alignright" width="88"] Sharon Shrock[/caption] Posted by Joan Phaup A highlight of the Questionmark Users Conference in Memphis was Sharon Shrock and Bill Coscarelli's keynote, "Results You Can Rely On: What We’ve Learned from 25 Years of Criterion-Referenced Measurement." Sharon and Bill took us from the early history of testing to the... Read More

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Checking in from the Questionmark Users Conference

Posted on April 7, 2009 (February 18, 2020) by Questionmark under Articles

Posted by Joan Phaup We are having a great time at the Questionmark 2009 Users Conference in Memphis--and as always a highlight is meeting our customers and learning from them. Yesterday I heard a case study about an innovative certification program for a global tech service workforce, in which the expertise of the workers... Read More

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Some New Questionmark Web Seminars

Posted on April 3, 2009 (February 18, 2020) by Questionmark under Articles

Posted by Joan Phaup We have some new web seminars coming up for those of you who want to go into more detail on particular aspects of using Questionmark Perception. From Item Banking to Content Harvesting: Authoring in Questionmark Perception -- May 7th at 3 p.m. EDT This webinar will demonstrate the... Read More

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No Cheating!

Posted on April 1, 2009 (February 18, 2020) by Questionmark under Articles

Posted by Julie Chazyn Cheating on tests has probably been a temptation since day one. As we start a new month, here’s some news on the subject from our CEO, Eric Shepherd, on his blog:

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Which Question Type To Use?

Posted on March 27, 2009 (February 18, 2020) by Questionmark under Articles

Posted by Julie Chazyn Test writers often say it's hard sometimes to know what question type to use in some situations. I was pleased to find an article by Monique Donahue of the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute on this subject. Monique explains appropriate uses for various question types such as... Read More

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Looking forward to Breakfast Briefings this spring!

Posted on March 25, 2009 (February 18, 2020) by Questionmark under Articles

Posted by Julie Chazyn Come to London, Manchester and Edinburgh in May It won't be long before our UK team sets out on their annual round of Breakfast Briefings in England and Scotland. We started the briefings several years ago and have found they’re a great way to connect with... Read More