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Testing accommodations in theory are not always so simple in practice. When it comes to online proctored exams, a lot goes into ensuring a smooth experience for test-takers who require accommodations. Dr. Ashley Norris tackles the very practical considerations when putting testing accommodations guidelines into practice for online proctored exams.

Testing accommodations in theory is not always so simple in practice. Especially when it comes to online-proctored exams, a lot goes into ensuring a smooth experience for test-takers who require accommodations. Dr. Isabelle Gonthier and Dr. Ashley Norris tackle the very practical considerations when putting testing accommodations guidelines into practice for online-proctored exams.

When developing an assessment, two major decisions a credentialing organization needs to make are: How many items will be on the exam? and How much time will test-takers be given to complete the exam? These choices can have a significant impact on fairness and validity. Often, once an exam has been administered, many ctest-takers will anecdotally report that they ran out of time and the assessment was unfair. Therefore, an important question to ask is, What can credentialing organizations do in order to investigate and address these concerns? We explore this topic in the white paper.

Taking an exam can be daunting for some, often to the point of developing anxiety. Test anxiety is a legitimate concern and may yield physical and emotional symptoms. The ADAA lists headaches, shortness of breath, nausea, becoming lightheaded and others as physical symptoms of testing anxiety, with “feelings of anger, helplessness and disappointment” manifesting as […]