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Digital Assessment Security & Integrity: Drawing the Line

In today’s digital world, online education is here to stay, especially when it comes to testing and assessments. However, as we transition to online testing, it’s essential to distinguish between two pivotal terms: exam security and integrity. Although these terms might sometimes be used interchangeably in the context of digital assessments, they have unique implications. […]

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5 Creative Ways to Assess Student Learning

Assessment is a critical part of the learning process for both educators and students. Through well-planned and delivered assessments teachers can get a complete picture of what a student can and cannot do. With technological advances in online testing platforms and assessment, teachers have access to large data sets that can pinpoint growth and achievement […]

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Implementing Digital Assessment in the Classroom: 3 Key Strategies

The journey towards integrating digital assessments into the classroom setting is often perceived as an overwhelming task by teachers and, especially, students. You might be wondering how you can leverage the benefits of this digital and interconnected era to create a successful environment for digital assessments in your classroom. If this question has been troubling […]

Tech Tips for Becoming a TAO Power User

Following up on the TAO Days conference, we want to provide you with a written way to maximize your TAO testing platform experience by knowing some of the hidden gems of the solution.  We know that content organization plays a crucial role in effectively managing resources and ensuring easy navigation and retrieval of information. This […]

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How Test Question Randomization Improves Exam Integrity

For educators and test creators, improving exam integrity is an ongoing process. As new technologies become available strategies like test question randomization become more valuable in ensuring exams are fair and cheating is minimized. This is especially important when exams are given asynchronously, where one student takes a test before another student.  While it may […]

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3 Tips to Promote Student Confidence in Online Testing

As an instructor or administrator that relies on assessments to teach your students and measure their understanding of the material, it’s important that you get valid test results. However, many students perform poorly on online assessments not because they didn’t understand the material but because they were nervous and lacked the confidence to succeed.  It’s […]

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