The Embrace Change Edition


Dr. David Foster, President & CEO, Caveon
7 Groundbreaking Innovations in Testing History
Change drives improvement in every industry, but what are the seven most groundbreaking innovations in testing's past? Each has had a lasting impact, and one just might change our future...
As I’ve thought about the many innovations that have impacted my life (cell phones, medical advances, and transportation, to name a few), I can’t help but turn my attention to my calling of 36 years – testing. Within the testing industry, I have selected seven incredible innovations that I think have had the biggest impact on this field. I've included a brief description, context, and robust reasoning on why each innovation is one of the greatest of our time. (Note: I will mention if I have personal experience with one of these innovations.)
seven groundbreaking innovations in testing history
1. The MC Question
2. Answer Sheets and Scanners
3. IRT and Adaptive Testing
4. Computerized Testing and Related Expansion
5. The Internet
6. DOMC
7. SmartItems
The MC Question
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Answer Sheets & Scanners
IRT & Adaptive Testing
Computerized Testing
The Internet
Discrete Option Multiple Choice
www.trydomc.com
can be seen in Figure 6. The DOMC format makes the use of testwiseness (the skill of using testing cues to one’s advantage) from multiple-choice questions almost impossible, thereby removing a 5%-10% blight on test scores – scores that the testing industry seemed to have accepted over the decades as a necessary evil. DOMC also reduces security problems and promotes fairness. It has significant support from scientific research and is used successfully in a number of operational testing programs today.Copyright© 2018 Caveon, LLC.
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