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Democratizing Access to Secure and Reliable Digital Assessment Solutions

We believe openness sparks innovation and drives meaningful change in education. Through open source collaboration, we’re building a community where everyone can shape and share the tools for online assessment.

Access the Tools Behind Open Digital Assessment

Find everything you need to work with TAO’s open source stack, including technical documentation and platform downloads. Get started for free and join the growing movement committed to transparent, standards-based assessment technology for all.

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Connect with a community of developers to build and share open source tools that power accessible, high-quality digital assessments. Your involvement accelerates innovation and opens doors to more inclusive assessment tools, empowering educators and learners worldwide.

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Explore Key Areas of Innovative Research

Discover how TAO is advancing the future of digital assessment through applied research and open development. From collaborative work with leading research institutes to low-cost, deploy-anywhere assessment solutions, these initiatives explore what’s next in scalable, standards-based digital measurement.

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With openness at the core, TAO offers a platform and community that you can truly make your own.
Community GuidelinesDiscover principles that keep our community safe, respectful, and inspiring for everyone.Learn More
Community ForumMake an impact in open source assessment by sharing your expertise and innovations.Get Started
TAO Platform & InstallationSee what makes the TAO platform tick, access deployment instructions, and get answers to license FAQs.Get Started
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Security PolicyGuidelines and procedures that ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of TAO CE and its associated data.See Details
Privacy PolicyRead about how we protect your information and respect your digital rights.Learn More
Terms of UseUnderstand the rules and agreements that help us keep the community open.Review Terms

Frequently Asked Questions

Our open source Community Forum provides a collaborative space for EdTech developers, open source innovators, and other digital assessment technologists to exchange ideas, get answers to technical questions, and share new platform developments, helping to drive the evolution of TAO for a global community.
TAO Community Edition is an open source assessment platform. Its core functionalities and components are released under the AGPLv3 license.
TAO’s Innovation Labs showcase real-world applications of our open source assessment tools, offering practical insight into new approaches. You can check out some of the projects here.

There are two ways to download TAO Community Edition, the open source version of our assessment platform.
1. Download the platform source code directly via Github.
or
2. Download and install TAO on your local computer via a container.

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