Written By: Dr. John Fremer, Ph.D., President, Caveon Consulting Services My long-term friend and assessment colleague, Doug Rindone, who I have known from his days with the Connecticut Department of Education, was talking about how he evaluated whether a security incident was serious enough to warrant a thorough investigation.  “To me it came down to [...]

Written By: Dennis Maynes, Chief Scientist, Caveon Test Security Last Sunday, a team of journalists at the Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC) published a series of stories describing a gain-score analysis that they had conducted with the intent of uncovering cheating in schools. There were 69,000 schools from over 3,000 districts represented in the analysis. The [...]

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: A collaborative effort from Caveon’s Web Patrol team “I never hear from them anymore.” When was the last time you thought that about someone you know? When was the last time you were the person a friend said that about? In our busy lives we get pulled in so many directions in today’s [...]

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 [...]