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Studies have repeatedly indicated that the use of fair and accurate tests significantly increases productivity and organizational effectiveness. AS&K develops fair, valid and accurate tests and certification programs, whether delivered by a dedicated Assessment Operations team. AS&K’s approach to test development includes classical test theory and item response theory approaches to ensure tests are of the highest quality. AS&K develops tests that comport with legal and professional standards including the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGES).
Test Design:
AS&K possesses, manages and builds interactive, multimedia item banks to provide organizations with the many advantages of an item bank approach to testing. Item banks enable multiple test sessions, have higher test security, are easy to update, and support a wider range of an organization’s testing needs than traditional approaches to testing. AS&K develops and supports a wide range of tests including:
- Bio-data tests
- Certification tests
- Cognitive Ability
- Employment tests
- Interviews
- Mastery tests
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- Motivation tests
- Personality tests
- Practice tests
- Training tests
- Waiver tests
- Work simulations
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AS&K has developed tests to measure sales skills, customer service skills, financial product knowledge, pharmaceutical disease state and product knowledge, and others. AS&K manages item banks and administers web-based tests for clients, including wireless and lightguide tests for the National Center for Telecommunications Technology (www.nctt.org).
Assessment Management Services:
AS&K manages all aspects of test delivery leveraging a full service "Software as a Service" (SaaS) approach to testing. The AS&K platform is a customized version of the market leading testing software that is hosted by AS&K and administrated by the AS&K Operations team. The Ops team has been managing global assessment programs for the last seven years and delivers a high level of customer service. In addition, AS&K has a programming team to augment existing functionality and system workflow in accordance with our client's business, end user, and technical requirements. AS&K services include:
- Test Authoring
- Branding
- Scheduling/Registration
- Status Tracking/Notification
- System Administration
- End user support
- Reporting
- Data analysis
- Data warehousing
Test Development Training:
AS&K offers one and two-day training programs to teach those responsible for test development to write test questions, analyze test results, set passing scores and develop fair and accurate tests.
“If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it.” (Lord Kelvin)
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