Innovations in Testing is ATP’s annual conference, bringing together assessment and technology professionals from around the world. In 2012, we went to this event with just one goal in mind: introduce TAO to a North American audience, and establish ourselves as a viable alternative to the proprietary systems that became the norm during the past […]
We did it! A couple of days ago we left Tudor for our new offices at the Technoport (technoport.lu), a start-up incubator in the South of Luxembourg, and a truly exciting place! Not just because of all the other hi-tech companies here, but also for our new surroundings: we’re right smack in the middle of […]
As some of you may know, TAO originated as a research project between the University of Luxembourg (http://wwwen.uni.lu) and the Research Center Henri Tudor (http://www.tudor.lu/en). As a result of the successful deployment of TAO by OECD (to conduct their large scale, international assessment projects for students and adults – PISA and PIAAC), we started getting […]
We sat down with our psychometricians – Hélène MAYER and Franck GISMONDI – for an interview on their role within the TAO team. (Question) Could you give us a definition of psychometrics? (Mayer & Gismondi) Psychometrics is a discipline designed to develop and analyze psychological and educational measurements. It is dedicated to the construction and […]
Members of our team were in Hungary recently to interview Prof. Benő Csapó about how his team uses TAO to support student learning processes in Hungary. (Question) When and how did you start using TAO? (Benő Csapó) We received TAO from our colleagues in Luxemburg in April 2007. First, we had to adapt it to our technological environment […]
