ASC’s Blog: Resources on Assessment, Psychometrics, & 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.
Certification Management System: Streamline Candidate Credentialing
A Certification Management System (CMS) or Credential Management System plays a pivotal role in streamlining the key processes surrounding the…
What is Psychometrics? Improve your tests with data science.
Psychometrics is the science of educational and psychological assessment, using data to ensure that tests are fair and accurate. Ever…
Assessment Development: Using Quality Management Models
Discover how proven healthcare quality management models can improve fairness and reliability in assessments. I spent the first decade of…
How Students Cheat in Online Exams and How to Catch Them
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
AI in Teaching & Learning 2025: Personalized Learning, Smarter Tests, Stronger Guardrails
Why “AI in Education” Matters in 2025 AI in education has moved from experimentation to daily application. Whether you’re a…
Computerized Classification Testing: SPRT, GLRT, and Abraham Wald
Computerized classification testing (CCT) refers to tests or assessments that are delivered to people, obviously via computer, for the purpose…
Selecting the Best Software for Digital Assessment, aka e-Assessment
Digital assessment (DA) aka e-Assessment or electronic assessment is the delivery of assessments, tests, surveys, and other measures via digital…
What is a Microcredential? How are they modernizing workforce development?
Microcredentials are short, focused, and targeted educational or assessment-based certificate programs that offer learners a way to acquire specific skills…
Testing and Certification Platform: The Foundation for Credentialing
A testing and certification platform provides an efficient, scalable, and secure solution for managing the development of credentialing exams, delivering…
Norm-Referenced vs. Criterion-Referenced Testing: Definition and Interpretation
The two terms Norm-Referenced and Criterion-Referenced are commonly used to describe tests, exams, and assessments. They are often some of…
Proxy Test Takers: What are they, and how do we prevent them?
Proxy test takers are someone who takes a test on behalf of someone else, with the goal of doing better…
The Story of the Three Standard Errors
One of my graduate school mentors once said in class that there are three standard errors that everyone in the…
Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT): Introduction, Examples, Software
Computerized adaptive testing is an AI-based approach to assessment that dynamically personalizes the assessment based on your answers – making…
Diagnostic Assessment: The Key to Smarter Learning Strategies
Imagine you are a coach preparing your team for the championship. Would you train them all the same way, or…
Big Data: El Futuro de la Evaluación
Big Data: El Futuro de la Evaluación Las evaluaciones han sido durante mucho tiempo un pilar fundamental en la educación,…
¿Qué son los Modelos de Diagnóstico Cognitivo?
¿Qué son los Modelos de Diagnóstico Cognitivo? Los modelos de diagnóstico cognitivo (CDMs, por sus siglas en inglés) son un…
¿Qué Debería Estar Haciendo la Psicometría?
El Objetivo: Evaluación de Calidad El 31 de marzo de 2017, leí un artículo en The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist (la revista…
Límites de Tiempo en Evaluaciones
Los límites de tiempo son un parámetro esencial en prácticamente todos los tipos de evaluación. Un límite de tiempo es…