ASC’s Blog: Resources on Assessment, Psychometrics, and EdTech

ASC continually posts new resources and articles on our blog, covering industry news, scholarly conferences, and discussions of important psychometric concepts. See the most recent articles in the blog below.

EdTech Expert, Chris Dufour EdD, Joins ASC as Director of Business Development

Psychometrics

Assessment Systems Corporation (ASC) is excited to announce that Chris Dufour, EdD, has joined the team as Director of Business Development. Chris has more than 10 years of experience in building growth for EdTech, SaaS, artificial intelligence,…

Progress Monitoring in Education

Education, Psychometrics

Progress monitoring is an essential component of a modern educational system. Are you interested in tracking learners’ academic achievements during a period of learning, such as a school year? Then you need to design a valid and reliable…

What is a T score?

Psychometrics, Test Development

A T Score (sometimes hyphenated T-Score) is a common example of a scaled score in psychometrics and assessment. A scaled score is simply a way to present scores in a more meaningful and easier-to-digest context, with the benefit of hiding…

Remote Proctoring Software Providers

Psychometrics

There are many remote proctoring software providers on the market, with a surprisingly wide range of functionality. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated this industry even further. Because of this, ASC combed the internet to compile a list…

What is vertical scaling?

Education, Psychometrics

Laila Issayeva, MS Nathan Thompson, PhD Vertical scaling is the process of placing scores from educational assessments measuring same/similar knowledge domains but at different ability levels onto a common scale (Tong & Kolen, 2008). The…

What is test equating?

Credentialing, Education, Psychometrics, Test Development

Laila Issayeva, MSc Nathan Thompson, PhD Test equating refers to the issue of defensibly translating scores from one test form to another. That is, if you have an exam where half of students see one set of items while the other half see…

What is the Positive Manifold?

Psychometrics

Positive manifold refers to the fact that scores on cognitive assessment tend to correlate very highly with each other, indicating a common latent dimension that is very strong. This latent dimension became known as g for general intelligence…

Certification and Licensure – What is the difference?

Credentialing, Test Development

Certification and Licensure are two terms that are used quite frequently to refer to examinations that someone has to pass to demonstrate skills in a certain profession or topic. They are quite similar, and often confused. This is exacerbated…

The Bookmark Method of Standard Setting

Credentialing, Education, Psychometrics, Test Development

Authors: Laila Issayeva, MS Nathan Thompson, PhD The Bookmark Method of standard setting (Lewis, Mitzel, & Green, 1996) is a scientifically-based approach to setting cutscores on an examination. It allows stakeholders of an…

Certification Exams with Remote Proctoring: Best Practices

Psychometrics

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven a surge in the amount of certification exams with remote proctoring. Obviously, the decision to migrate to this model is not one to be taken lightly. This post discusses some of the issues and best practices…

What is an assessment / test battery?

Education, Psychometrics, Test Development

A test battery or assessment battery is a set multiple psychometrically-distinct exams delivered in one administration. In some cases, these are various tests that are cobbled together for related purposes, such as a psychologist testing a…

The Test Response Function in Item Response Theory

Psychometrics

The Test Response Function (TRF) in item response theory (IRT) is a mathematical function that describes the relationship between the latent trait that a test is measuring, which psychometricians call theta (θ), and the predicted raw score…

ASC Speaks on the SaaS Builders podcast

Psychometrics

ASC's CEO, Nathan Thompson PhD, was recently invited to speak on the SaaS Builders podcast hosted by Code Warriors. Listen to Dr. Thompson talk about ASC's next-generation software for item banking, online testing, and psychometrics, and how…

What is a psychometric test?

Psychometrics

Psychometric tests are assessments of people to measure psychological attributes such as personality or intelligence. Over the past century, psychometric tests have played an increasingly important part in revolutionizing how we approach important…

7 creative ways students cheat in online proctored exams & how to stop them

Test Security

Cheating in exams has always been a major concern, even before the major shift to online proctored exams. According to a study done in 2007, 60.8% of college students involved admitted to cheating while a whooping 95% not getting caught! Heartbreaking! Right? Another article also revealed that even renowned institutions such as Harvard and Yale turn out to be fragile when it came to academic integrity. This is just but a tip of the iceberg

ASC’s Blog: Resources on Assessment, Psychometrics, and EdTech

EdTech Expert, Chris Dufour EdD, Joins ASC as Director of Business Development

Progress Monitoring in Education

What is a T score?

Remote Proctoring Software Providers

What is vertical scaling?

What is test equating?

What is the Positive Manifold?

Certification and Licensure – What is the difference?

The Bookmark Method of Standard Setting

Certification Exams with Remote Proctoring: Best Practices

What is an assessment / test battery?

The Test Response Function in Item Response Theory

ASC Speaks on the SaaS Builders podcast

What is a psychometric test?

7 creative ways students cheat in online proctored exams & how to stop them

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