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The National Council of State Boards of Nursing set the national standard for nursing licensure with the NCLEX® exam. They update it periodically — sometimes with significant changes to reflect major shifts in p...
Learn how category tagging from ExamSoft can help you educate with intention by connecting exam items to customizable categories, such as learning outcomes and course objectives. With category tagging in place, you’ll...
How Data-Driven Assessment Supports Intentionality in Education Whether planning a course or developing a curriculum for nursing programs, educators have specific goals in mind for student learning. While it can be ch...
The goal of any school or program is to prioritize student performance above all else. This is particularly true for programs in healthcare fields, which are tasked with preparing students to make important, sometimes...
There is perhaps no more harrowing task than building a whole new program from the ground up. There are a number of critical milestones — such as student retention, curriculum coverage, and, crucially for the survival...
Take advantage of pre-written assessments that accurately gauge student learning and competency. Category-based reporting at the program level and student level will measure students’ true mastery of concepts against ...
What is a Mid-Semester Check-In? Many instructors take the opportunity in the middle of the semester to evaluate their students’ understanding and needs. There are several approaches to a mid-semester check-in, includ...
How Data-Driven Assessment Supports Intentionality in Education Whether planning a course or developing a curriculum, educators have specific goals in mind for student learning. While it can be challenging to track pr...
Faced with the limitations of paper-based assessment, the Arab Board of Health Specializations (ABHS) began searching for a more sustainable exam solution. The ABHS selected ExamSoft’s digital assessment platform in e...
Modern workplace dynamics are shifting. Employee demands are changing as individuals are expected to collaborate effectively, even in remote situations, while demonstrating skills and values such as empathy, flexibili...
When we talk about equity in assessment, it’s important to understand what the term equity means. Some educators use equity and equality interchangeably, but there are vast differences between the two terms. Equ...
There are many assessment solutions out there, but before selecting one, it’s important to ask a few crucial questions: Does the solution offer the features and tools that you need, both at the course level and as an ...
In 2014, the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences at Sullivan University decided to optimize testing in its PharmD program. After making the switch from paper-based exams to digital assessment with ExamSoft, the ...
Iraqi medical education group becomes first in the country to adopt ExamSoft Dallas, TX – March 17, 2022 – ExamSoft is pleased to announce that The Authority of Health and Medical Education (MIZAN) has become ExamSoft...
For faculty at many academic institutions, research and publication in peer-reviewed journals is a precursor to employment, a necessary step for promotion, and a requirement to secure and maintain tenure. But the impo...
After two phases of curricular reform, the Dugoni School of Dentistry required a solution to align assessment content with professional competencies and reveal opportunities for improvement. The school paired ExamSoft...
The University of Toledo College of Nursing required a solution to prepare students for the Next Generation NCLEX® and generate the data insights that their LMS-based testing tool lacked. With Clinical Judgment Exams ...
Literature supports the inclusion of multiple-response type questions to assess critical thinking and higher-level cognitive processing in nursing programs. Multiple-response type questions are often developed with fi...