Written By: Steve Addicott, Vice President, Caveon Test Security According to some sources, the phrase above originated in ancient China.  And, depending upon who you ask, it reflects either a curse, or a blessing.  The phrase rings loudly these days for all kinds of reasons–political, economic, environmental, etc.  This is particularly true in the testing [...]

Written By: Dr. John Fremer, President, Caveon Consulting Services  These are times of great stress for measurement staff in many kinds of testing agencies, particularly at the state assessment level.  The temptation to “flee the field” must sometimes be strong, when yet another development complicates your work, perhaps a new focus on using student test [...]

Written by: Dr. John Fremer, Ph.D., President, Caveon Consulting Services “Insert Quarter, Avoid Klingons” is cited in Walter Issacson’s biography of Steve Jobs as the complete instructions for an electronic game that caught the attention of Jobs.  According to Issacson, Jobs was very taken by the notion that having a product that you could use [...]

Written By: Steve Addicott, Vice President, Caveon Test Security The internet is the greatest knowledge sharing and communication innovation in our history.  It is pervasive and changing constantly, at electron speed. As the tools and technologies that transform our work and communication evolve, so must the manner in which we use them.  The internet of [...]

Written by Dr. John Fremer Ph.D., President of Caveon Consulting Services Lose some weight? Stop smoking? Be more patient?  These appear on many lists of New Year’s resolutions, but they were not proposed when I asked my Caveon colleagues what we should commit to doing as a company to increase the value of our services [...]