ASC News

ASC is quite proud of its innovative software, worldwide presence, and sophisticated psychometric research. We provide a newsletter that details information about new software releases, upcoming conferences and workshops, recent partnerships, and published research. This newsletter is ideal for staying up to date with current happenings in assessment, and how ASC might be able to make your testing program more efficient. Additionally, more discussion is found on the ASC Blog.

2011
August 2011 Newsletter
Headlines: Xcalibre 4.2 released (DIF now available), new line of tests offered, workshop in Brazil, upgrades to FastTEST Web and Iteman 4.

May 2011 Newsletter
Headlines: Xcalibre 4.1 released (polytomous IRT and linking now available), workshop in Brazil, upgrades to FastTEST Web and Iteman 4.

Feb. 2011 Newsletter
Headlines: Xcalibre 4 released, new CAT model developed, workshop in China, strategic partnership.

ASC/4ROI Press Release
ASC has established a formal partnership with 4ROI, a leader in web-based tools and operational support for assessment programs. 4ROI's processing systems and access to a proctored testing center network combined with ASC's psychometric expertise translates to a turnkey solution to certification and licensure testing programs.


2010
Sept 2010 Newsletter
Headlines: Content development now offered, upgrades to FastTEST Web, Iteman 4, and POSTSIM, new figural reasoning test, recent research.

Oct 2010 Newsletter
Headlines: K-12 Content now available, adaptive testing in FastTEST Web, Lertap upgrades, TestAssembler now does IRT, new figural reasoning test, recent research.

Dec 2010 Newsletter
Headlines: ScoreAll 4 released, test and item analysis now in FastTEST Web, Xcalibre 4 coming soon, recent research, upcoming conferences.