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BS7988 – Time for a Review? Christine Ward, Steve Lay, David Keech

BS7988 – Time for a Review? Christine Ward, Steve Lay, David Keech. BS7988 – Time for a Review?. BS 7988, A Code of Practice for the use of information technology (IT) in the delivery of assessments, developed during 2001, published March 2002

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BS7988 – Time for a Review? Christine Ward, Steve Lay, David Keech

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  1. BS7988 – Time for a Review? Christine Ward, Steve Lay, David Keech

  2. BS7988 – Time for a Review? • BS 7988, A Code of Practice for the use of information technology (IT) in the delivery of assessments, developed during 2001, published March 2002 • rapid growth in the use of IT in testing since then • further developments in technology BSI panel considering the need for revision

  3. BS7988 – Time for a Review? Is BS 7988 succeeding in its aim of: • ensuring that delivery and scoring are fair to all candidates • ensuring that the validity of an assessment is not compromised by IT delivery • ensuring that delivery is secure, where this is necessary • establishing consistency across awarding bodies? Or is it inhibiting innovation?

  4. BS7988 – Time for a Review? Is BS 7988 up to date in respect of: • technological developments • developments in CAA methodology, for example types of assessment or item • the ways in which CAA is used • references to other standards and to legislation?

  5. BS7988 – Time for a Review? Should the scope of BS 7988 be extended in any way, eg to include : • psychological or other types of assessment • earlier stages in the life cycle of an assessment • automatic scoring of free text • ‘e-marking’

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