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Transform the online testing experience, maximize learners’ potential, and deliver secure and reliable digital assessments. The TAO testing platform gives you the freedom, control, and support to evolve with today's learners.
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Setting the Standard for Excellence in Digital Assessment

Leverage TAO’s centralized assessment software to streamline the accreditation process and ensure your school’s programs are up to standard.
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Setting the Standard for Excellence in Digital Assessment

Bring together the technology you need to create deeper engagement across all parts of your business in one powerful, secure solution.
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Break From Conventional AssessmentTAO is the only testing platform built on open source and open standards to seamlessly integrate with your EdTech tools and evolve with digital expectations.Learn More
Access Open Source InnovationsGain early access to innovative testing solutions and benefit from the contributions of the TAO community. With TAO, open source developments become yours by default.Learn More
Work with the ExpertsWhether you're upgrading your system or just getting started, our team has the decades of industry experience, assessment knowledge, and world-class technology expertise to ensure your program's success.Learn More
Get Started on Your TermsGet started with the TAO online testing platform out of the box, have us customize it to your needs, or enhance the assessment software with your own functionality.Compare Solutions

Accelerating Innovation in Digital Assessment

Our computer based testing platform is ideal for organizations that want the freedom to control their assessment software – from authoring to delivery to reporting – plus the flexibility to choose from scalable solutions to package it together.
Platform Components
Platform Solutions
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Authoring
Empower assessment authors with easy tools, 21st-century item banking, and smart workflows that raise the standard of testing content.
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Rostering & Delivery
Manage and deliver assessments to candidates via test-centers, groups or the LTI standard for a secure, integrated testing experience.
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Reporting
Leverage actionable testing data to drive teaching improvements, enable personalized assessment, and promote better learning outcomes.
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TAO Advance
Bring your assessment delivery to the next level with our cloud-native, 100% accessible test-taker interface designed to meet learners’ diverse needs.
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TAO Grader
In addition to TAO’s automatic scoring capabilities, TAO Grader enables easy and collaborative open response marking to help improve the reliability of test scores.
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TAO Insights
Access dynamic data for on-demand analysis via our API to uncover item trends and pinpoint opportunities to optimize learning.
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TAO Core
Download our open source assessment platform at no cost today and extend the functionality with your own additions to the source code.
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TAO Ignite
Hit the ground running with your testing content using TAO’s turn-key solution to support up to 30,000 deliveries.
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TAO Pro
Our most popular TAO edition offers the same off-the-shelf feature set as TAO Ignite, plus supercharged scalability and dedicated account management.
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TAO Enterprise
Leverage a completely customized, deeply integrated computer-based testing platform and scale your assessment programs to new heights.
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"We are excited about the innovation TAO brings, and how it empowers us to create attractive and engaging items that make these assessments more effective."
The French Ministry of Education
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"The transition to TAO Enterprise and TAO Cloud allows us to make a shift of focus from technical resources and capacity assurance problems to areas of assessment content development – allowing us to search for and develop flexible and enhanced technical solutions for more complex and innovative assessment formats."
Lithuania's National Agency for Education
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"Open Source was not the only factor in the RFP process. We liked TAO’s degree of customization and that it has a demonstrated history of success in other large-scale implementations. Those factors all contributed to our selection of TAO."
National Center and State Collaborative
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"TAO’s Open Source nature gave us maximum integration flexibility, intellectual property ownership, and zero perpetual content licensing fee. This combination of features made it a perfect fit for our needs."
Elsevier
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"Experimenting with TAO has given us a boost of confidence that the Open Source assessment solution is a reliable alternative to those offered by traditional vendors in the market."
The New York City Department of Education
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The TAO Ecosystem

We believe the future of education is an open digital ecosystem that unites technologies and accelerates innovation. See how it all comes together through our testing platform components, services and resources.
Platform ComponentAuthoring
Create Assessments that EngageA range of built-in QTI technology enhanced items, powerful metadata capabilities, and an intuitive user interface gives you the flexibility to create any type of assessment. TAO’s Authoring module is designed to work with the full platform suite, or can also be integrated into your next generation learning environment as a standalone solution.
Platform ComponentRostering & Delivery
Candidate Management & Online Test DeliveryTAO’s Rostering and Delivery components combine to create a robust solution for test-taker management, test center assignment, and online test delivery that seamlessly pairs with the other components of the platform.
Platform ComponentReporting
Data You Can Act OnData in TAO is captured at every stage of the assessment journey to offer holistic insights into everything from test question performance to individual student, institution or district-wide achievement.
Services Suite
Assessment Services Through TAOWe’re here to work with you and offer a variety of services to compliment your assessment software, from fully managed Cloud hosting to custom training to dedicated support packages and partner services.
Knowledge Base
TAO Knowledge BaseLeverage TAO’s technical user resources, training and support materials, including the client support portals, User Guides, Training Center and Community Forum.
Open Source Resources
Resources for ContributorsHave your developers access or modify TAO’s open source code base to run the platform on your terms. Users can also support the greater good by making contributions to language localization efforts.

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