{"id":470,"date":"2012-11-27T17:01:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sedcclint.com\/american-institutes-for-research-air-online-t"},"modified":"2012-11-27T17:01:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T17:01:00","slug":"american-institutes-for-research-air-online-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sedcclint.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/27\/american-institutes-for-research-air-online-t\/","title":{"rendered":"American Institutes for Research &#8211; AIR Online Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"posterous_bookmarklet_entry\">\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<h3>Online Testing<\/h3>\n<p>An online test should be easy to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.air.org\/focus-area\/educational-assessment\/?id=14#\">install<\/a>, intuitive to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.air.org\/focus-area\/educational-assessment\/?id=14#\">use<\/a>, cost-effective, and more powerful than a paper test. Working together, our test developers, computer scientists, and statisticians have designed a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.air.org\/focus-area\/educational-assessment\/?id=14#\">test delivery system<\/a> that offers innovative, machine-scored items on fixed and adaptive forms.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/assessment.air.org\/online-test-demo\/shell1.html\">Delivering Tests Online<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/assessment.air.org\/online-test-demo\/shell1.html\">Demo<\/a> With little to no training, students can easily take AIR&#8217;s online tests.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Our efficient user interface enables students to clearly show what they know. Our usability feature, available to all students, reduces specific barriers for students with disabilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/assessment.air.org\/OnlineTesting_SecurityProcedures.aspx\">Simple, Effective Security Procedures<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/assessment.air.org\/OnlineTesting_SecurityProcedures.aspx\">Video<\/a> AIR&#8217;s test administrators (TA) workstation simplifies administration security tasks.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Through AIR&#8217;s TA workstation, authorized TAs can easily create and monitor test sessions and view and set test accommodation options.  Authorized district personnel can also take immediate action in the event of security breaches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/assessment.air.org\/ScoringEngineWeb\/DemoDefault.aspx\">Automated, Machine-Scored Constructed Response Items<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/assessment.air.org\/ScoringEngineWeb\/DemoDefault.aspx\">Demo<\/a> AIRs test developers and computer scientists are developing new ways to measure higher level skills on online tests.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Collaborations among mathematicians, content experts and computer scientists yield new ways to assess students&#8217; ability to apply knowledge on computerized tests. AIRs patent-pending model supports rich, diverse and innovative types of items that cost no more than traditional items to develop.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"posterous_quote_citation\">via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.air.org\/focus-area\/educational-assessment\/?id=14\">air.org<\/a><\/div>\n<p>May I introduce you to Utah&#8217;s new adaptive assessment system for both formative and summative assessments. Looks intriguing! I can&#8217;t wait to learn more about it.<\/p>\n<p>See an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/sltrib\/news\/55349773-78\/tests-state-system-students.html.csp\" target=\"_blank\">article from the Salt Lake Tribune about this new system<\/a>. You can also <a href=\"http:\/\/connect.schools.utah.gov\/p340gefcovx\/\" target=\"_blank\">review the USOE Announcement<\/a> of the new adaptive testing system from AIR.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online Testing An online test should be easy to install, intuitive to use, cost-effective, and more powerful than a paper test. 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