March 14, Caveon will be presenting a webinar covering the 10 Test Security Lessons from the recent Association of Test Publishers conference. Some of these include:
- Methods students use to cheat, how they get caught and the consequences
- Improving the security of online testing
- Enhanced security of item and test design
- Creating security focused test-use agreements
- Methods for detecting cheating through Data Forensic analysis
- How to devalue stolen test content
Additionally on March 21, Caveon General Counsel, Bob Hunt will give an encore presentation of his ATP session: Test-use Agreements for the 21st Century. This 30-minute webinar will address agreements between testing programs and test-takers. Test-use agreements establish enforceable rules regarding ownership, confidentiality, cheating and privacy, but are overlooked or underused by many testing programs facing the common, accelerating threats of test theft and cheating.
To register for Caveon webinars please click here.
Best regards,
Don Sorensen
Vice President, Marketing
Caveon Test Security
801.592.3396
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Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
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Testing Industry News
Performance Testing Council Summit
March 7-9, Pensacola Beach, Florida
Learn about the work of the PTC committees and research covering a range of topics including psychometrics, test design, and interoperability standards for scalable delivery of performance items--areas relevant to organizations in a variety of fields who seek new value for their testing and certification programs.
AERA/NCME Annual Meeting and Exhibition
April 9-13, Chicago, Illinois
The theme of the 2007 AERA Annual Convention is "The World of Educational Quality." This theme can be interpreted in a number of ways and points to both an expanded range of inquiry and an intensified focus on the meaning of quality in education research and practice. NCME Information.
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