Press Releases & Announcements

LUXEMBOURG – (June 8, 2017) – Open Assessment Technologies S. A. (OAT), the leading full-service provider of open source assessment solutions for education and career advancement, today announced that its TAO platform has been chosen as an assessment solution in the SURF pilot to establish a Dutch Next Generation Digital Learning Environment (NGDLE) for higher […]

Woodside, CA – (Jun 1, 2017) – Open Assessment Technologies (O.A.T.), the leading global assessment solutions company, announced today that it has been chosen by the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) as a member of its Emerging Private Sector Partners (EPSP). SETDA, the principal membership association representing U.S. state and territorial digital learning leaders, […]

EdTech and e-Assessment Awards Choose OAT as a Finalist LUXEMBOURG – (March 20, 2017) – Open Assessment Technologies S. A. (OAT), the leading full-service provider of open source assessment solutions for education and career advancement, today announced that TAO, its open source assessment platform, has been named a finalist for two EdTech awards. These achievements […]

Software & Information Industry Association Includes OAT in its Annual “Trendsetters with Traction: 9 to Watch” Program WOODSIDE, CA – (July 26, 2016) – Open Assessment Technologies Corp. (OAT) – the leading provider of open source assessment solutions for K12, Higher Education and Professional Learning – today announced it has been named a “Trendsetter with […]

We’re thrilled to announce the appointment of Mark Molenaar as Chief Technology Officer at OAT. Mark will lead product strategy and roadmap, oversee TAO technology evolution, and further develop the company’s relationship with the open source community and Ed Tech partners. Mark joins us from Cito, one of the world’s leading testing and assessment companies, […]

ACT to Contribute to TAO Open Source Community and Collaborate with OAT on Industry Standards SAN FRANCISCO, CA and IOWA CITY, IA – (March 15, 2016) – ACT, a leading US provider of college and career readiness assessments and home of the ACT® test, America’s most popular college readiness assessment, has selected Open Assessment Technologies […]

OAT to Participate in Panel Discussion on e-Assessment at the OEB

TAO Takes Home Pair of EdTech Awards in One-week Span, Sets Course for Future Success BELVAL, LUXEMBOURG – (May 18, 2015) – Open Assessment Technologies S. A. (OAT), the leading provider of open source assessment solutions for education and public sector employment, today announced that TAO, its open source assessment platform, earned two major EdTech […]

OAT Brings Their Experience in Open Standards and Collaborative Ecosystems to the Testing & Assessment Community BELVAL, LUXEMBOURG – (May 4, 2015) – Open Assessment Technologies S.A. (OAT) – the leading Open Source assessment platform provider for education and public sector employment – today announced that its Co-founder and CEO, Marc Oswald, will chair the […]

Company’s Open Source Assessment Platform to be the Foundation for the K-12 Common Core Assessment System BELVAL, LUXEMBOURG – (April 7, 2015) – Open Assessment Technologies S.A. (OAT), the leading provider of Open Source assessment solutions for the education sector, today announced that TAO, its Open Source assessment platform, has been selected by the Partnership […]

12% of European students drop out before completing high school, according to Eurostat. This alarming situation is both a cause and effect of unemployment, social exclusion, and poverty, and is therefore a matter for great social concern. Although there are systematic and targeted strategies in place to prevent dropouts, the Comenius Program seeks to reconsider […]

We are delighted to announce that the TAO User Guide is now available online, and also as a downloadable ebook. If you’re new to TAO, this detailed Guide will help you master the basics and explore advanced features so you can start building assessment assets with ease. We’ll show you step-by-step how to download and […]

Company’s Solution is Widely Regarded as Industry’s Most Advanced QTI-Authoring and Test Delivery Solution Available BELVAL, LUXEMBOURG – (December 08, 2014) – OAT, the leading provider of Open Source assessment solutions for Education and Public Sector Employment, today announced that its TAO assessment platform is the first to have achieved QTI compliance in all four […]

We are pround to announce the new TAO 2.6 release! Feel free to log on to the TAO Hub or to the TAO Website in order to download TAO. Our demo server has been updated. You may try it by connecting at http://demo.taotesting.com using the following login/password: demo/demo. This new version brings new possibilities to enhance […]

With TAO version 2.6 RC02, another step towards the final release of TAO version 2.6 has been reached. This release has been deployed on “beta”: http://beta.taotesting.com/ and on “demo”: http://demo.taotesting.com/ public instances The Beta Login/Password is beta/beta The Demo Login/Password is demo/demo If you wish to test this release on your own server, a source […]

TAO 2.6 R.C.1 comes with a bunch of cool new features: Full support for leading Android, iOS Tablets and Smartphones Completely redesigned Item and Test authoring interfaces Much improved Scalability through the support of NoSQL data stores Additional QTI options, as per the QTI 2.1 spec With TAO 2.6 R.C.1, a new step towards the final release […]

TAO 2.6 Beta comes with a bunch of cool new features: Full support for leading Android, iOS Tablets and Smartphones Completely redesigned Item and Test authoring interfaces Much improved Scalability through the support of NoSQL data stores Additional QTI options, as per the QTI 2.1 spec 2.6 Beta download link Disclaimer:  This is not a production release, […]

The past week, TAO and Breakthrough Technologies its partner in the USA were attending the IMS Learing Impact Conferences in New Orleans, Louisiana More information about the IMS Learning Impact conferences

We are proud to announce that Learning Spiral is our new Authorized Partner in India.

TAO Completes Implementation of IMS Global Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI)

NCME’s 76th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia this week!

Looking for a TAO’s Authorized Partner in Israel? We are proud to announce that PsychTech is our new Authorized Partner in Israel.

We are pleased to announce the new TAO 2.5 release! Stay up to date: Download TAO 2.5! Our demo server has been updated. You may try it by connecting at http://demo.taotesting.com using the following login/password: demo/demo. This new version brings new possibilities such as: New Item Formats The item creator of TAO has been revisited to bring […]

St-Julians in Malta, 25-27 September 2013, e-ATP Conference.EU.com TAO is a Sponsor Member! Growing Talent in Europe Gaining Advantage through Assessment Gaining the edge through assessment cuts across everything that supports developing Europe as a global source of knowledge and skills. The 2013 conference, Growing Talent in Europe – Gaining Advantage through Assessment, has been designed […]

Are you looking for a TAO Authorized Partner in North America? We are proud to announce that Inteliglobe is our new Authorized Partner in the United Mexican States

ZIB-Akademie 2013, from 29. Juli – 02. August 2013 am DIPF in Frankfurt am Main, focusing Technology Based Assessment The TAO Team is pleased to contribute to the ZIB-Akademie 2013! Please find below all details on workshops Programm booklet Download PDF Infoflyer Download PDF Your TAO Team

We are pleased to announce the new TAO 2.4 release! The common package: TAO_2.4_build.zip The Windows test package (with the servers): TAO_2.4_with_server.exe Our demo server has been updated. You may try it by connecting at http://demo.taotesting.com using the following login/password: demo/demo. This new version brings new possibilities to enhance community support, among them you will discover: New […]

We are pleased to announce the new version of TAO 2.3.1! The common package TAO_2.3.1_build.zip The Windows test package (with the servers): TAO_2.3.1_with_server.exe Demo server has been updated. You may try at http://demo.tao.lu using login/password demo/demo. This new version brings a new installation procedure integrating a new feedback procedure to enhance community support. We also […]

We are proud to announce TAO v2.2, the latest release of the world’s leading open source assessment platform. Version 2.2 introduces Access Control Layers, which provide the foundation for role-based access to the TAO application. System administrators are now able to define User Profiles that, in the future, will let them grant individual access rights to all application-level functionalities based […]

Please help us test the beta version of TAO 2.2 and report bugs on our Hub. We mainly want to test the new Access Control Feature. TAO 2.2 will be released within two weeks. The Beta version has been deployed on TAO beta website at http://beta.tao.lu/ TAO 1st login : “beta” password : “beta” (and then […]

For the past three months,  the task-force focused on the development of a new functionality in the results extension of TAO in order to support human-based scoring process. Proud of this, we wanted to share with the community information about this new feature which  brings TAO one step ahead and which also improves quality and […]

TAO with the CRP Henri Tudor is now a member of the ATP (Association of Test Publishers). Besides, from February 26 to 29 in Palm Springs, California, the TAO team is planning its first Gold Sponsorship to expose the importance of open-source to address 21st century e-testing needs. Indeed, TAO is currently being used in over 60 countries by […]

TAO is happy to announce that it was once again chosen for the PISA studies (Program for International Students Assessment) of the OECD. Indeed, TAO has participated in those studies since 2009 and still will in 2015 with a growing role. Those studies take place every 3 years. So far, 60 countries were assessed representing […]

We are happy to announce the release of TAO 2.1. Improvements were concentrated on scalability as shown in previous news. The performance of TAO was greatly optimized. We also worked on the QTI authoring tool. Indeed, some features are now more user-friendly (such as the way to create shapes for graphic interactions). We also implemented further options for the use […]

We are extremely happy to announce that the TAO platform has been translated in Swedish and in Arabic. The Swedish version will be available in couple days with TAO 2.1. As for the Arabic version, it requires some work in the style sheets. Therefore, we plan to make it available in TAO 2.2 (by the end […]

Here is a video overview of what makes TAO so awesome and innovative.

TAO 2.1 Beta was released on June 27, 2011 (see the Nightly Build Package). Thank you for helping us test the future of TAO. The official release of TAO 2.1 stable version is planned for the end of July and is focused on scalability (please find more information in the previous news). In the meantime, you are encouraged […]

Our psychometricians – Hélène MAYER and Franck GISMONDI – just gave us an interview on their role within the TAO team. Could you give us a definition of psychometrics? Psychometrics is a discipline designed to develop and analyze psychological and educational measurements. It is dedicated to the construction and the use of tests, questionnaires, personality […]

To contribute to the future of TAO,  please take a couple of minutes to fill out our poll. Many thanks!

We are pleased to announce the TAO 2.0 release, available for download here. This release has 2 objectives: consolidation and openness Openness by the implementation of Computer Based Assessment standards such as QTI, and to allow you to use the the web standards (that is, everything you can find on the web, you can use in […]

TAO is going to run a high stake assessment in Luxembourg from March, 14 through the 28th which is the passage of Pre-post elementary tests (“Passage primaire post-primaire”). It consists of 415 teachers coding their 6,500 students results into the TAO platform.

Last week, members of the TAO team were in Rome and successfully trained 16 countries to use the TAO platform for PISA 2012 (Programme for International Student Assessment).

Please visit our Forum, you’ll be able to find tips, useful information and support. A bank of 100 QTI items is under process… This Forum is yours, please let us know how we can improve it and join us!

We are extremely happy to anounce that Dr Denise Whitelock, director of the Computer Assisted Formative Assessment Project (CAFA) at the Open University has accepted to be our Keynote for the TAO Days. She will give a talk on “e-Assessment for Learning: balancing challenges and opportunities”. Denise Whitlock has played a major role in the development of […]

The TAO Team is happy to announce the release of TAO 1.3: This new version supports 12 QTI items It provides you with APIs supporting XHTML items It no longer uses Flash but XHTML for the Delivery of items. Therefore, TAO 1.3 remains compatible with Kohs, C-test and Hawai items. A Process interface is introduced. It corresponds […]

Members of our team were in Hungary recently and Prof. Benő Csapó gave them an interview on TAO… (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 and then to translate some of its modules into Hungarian. […]

Once again, the TAO Days will take place in a remarkable building: Neümunster Abbey. For those of you who weren’t here last year, the abbey – originally built in 1606 – stands in the Grund District of Luxembourg City. It is beautiful quarter in a valley surrounded by cliffs on the banks of a river. […]

Today, TAO was shooting a video! We described Computer-Based Assessment, TAO assets and our plans for the future. As soon as this video will be released, you’ll be able to watch it online.

The TAO platform has been used for School monitoring in Luxembourg the past years. The goal is to steer the national education system and improve it. Here is the result of a investigation performed in June and July 2010 to see how teachers react to such monitorings.  

EC-TEL is a European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning Sustaining. The CRP Henri Tudor is organizing in collaboration with the University of Birmingham a workshop on formative assessment. The TEFA workshop aims at promoting formative assessment as a component for extending existing or new technology-enhanced learning approaches. The workshop provides an interdisciplinary forum in which scientists and […]

Redmine is a communication tool supporting bug tracking and displaying new features and maintenance projects. It provides a Wiki integrating all the documentation collected, a document library, a Subversion repository, a roadmap, a Gantt chart, news, and much more useful features that you will enjoy. Click and test our new Hub. We hope you will appreciate […]

Last week, members of the TAO team were in Hasselt, Belgium at the International Conference on Interactive Computer Aided Learning (ICL’10). Many thanks to everyone who attended the conference! Last week, members of the TAO team were in Hasselt, Belgium at the International Conference on Interactive Computer Aided Learning (ICL’10). It is an interdisciplinary conference focusing on the exchange of relevant trends […]

The TAO platform will support QTI by the end of the year The IMS QTI (Question and Test Interoperability) simplifies and standardizes the exchange of items, questions and exercises on multiple systems. It enables you to easily import and/or export your data in a standard format. Moreover, it will enable you to edit your items with a dedicated visual tool. […]

The CRP Henri Tudor is organizing in collaboration with the University of Birmingham a workshop on formative assessment. The TEFA workshop aims at promoting formative assessment as a component for extending existing or new technology-enhanced learning approaches. The workshop provides an interdisciplinary forum in which scientists and practitioners can exchange new ideas and applications in this […]