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Topic: Reporting & Analytics
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How Category Tagging Can Help You, Your Students, and Your Program
Category tagging — or connecting individual exam items to specific content areas such as accreditation standards, learning outcomes, and programmatic objectives — is not only beneficial to students, but to exam-makers...
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How to Measure Test Validity and Reliability
Invalid or unreliable methods of assessment can reduce the chances of reaching predetermined academic or curricular goals. Poorly written assessments can even be detrimental to the overall success of a program. It is ...
Case Study
Northern Arizona University — Physician Assistant Program
A data-driven program with a rich culture of assessment, the Physician Assistant program at NAU implemented ExamSoft to gain performance insights for multiple learning outcomes and educational objectives. With the hel...
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5 Steps to Start Your Digital Transformation
Digital transformation, the use of technology to make business processes more efficient, improve user experiences, and meet the cultural demands for equity, is no longer something to be done in the future. After the p...
Case Study
D’Youville College — School of Pharmacy
Since the D’Youville School of Pharmacy opened its doors in 2010, it has recognized the importance of assessment data for achieving programmatic excellence. As the school’s assessment process evolved, faculty in the D...
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Learning Analytics: What Is It and How Can It Improve Learning Outcomes?
Analytics, the science of gathering, organizing, and analyzing raw data in order to draw statistically valid conclusions and make reliable forecasts, has long been a driving force in business. Data analytics has a wid...
Case Study
Rutgers University–Camden — School of Nursing
In 2013, The School of Nursing at Rutgers University–Camden merged with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Stratford. Each nursing program had differing approaches to assessment. As the newly co...
On-Demand Webinars
Navigating Psychometrics with Computer-Based Testing
Webinar: Navigating Psychometrics with Computer-Based Testing In this webinar we explore the complexity of exam item and assessment analysis as it relates to psychometrics. The webinar will also review best practices ...
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From Professional to Professor: What Nurses Need to Know
To be a nurse is to be a teacher. While mentoring the next generation of nurses may be a part of the job on a daily basis in a clinical setting, many nurses want to take their role as an educator to the next level — t...
eBook
6 Essentials of Assessment Data
Gain Deeper Insight into Student Learning Read the ExamSoft eBook, Six Essentials of Assessment Data, for insights into how student assessment and learning analytics can help educators and administrators enhance the e...
Case Study
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
As pharmacy accreditation standards became more stringent, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences adopted ExamSoft to collect and analyze data on student outcomes. ExamSoft delivered on the data and so much m...
Case Study
Arizona College
Founded in 1991, Arizona College currently has eight campuses in four states – Arizona, Nevada, Texas, and Florida and aggressive plans for growth. By 2025, the school plans to have at least 20 campuses dedicated to p...
Case Study
Ferris State University College of Pharmacy Gains Insight to Improve Instruction
Ferris State University adopted ExamSoft to satisfy accreditation requirements. In addition to sailing through accreditation with robust data from ExamSoft, Ferris faculty gained invaluable insights to improve instruc...
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Exploring Assessment Technology’s Impact on Undergraduate Education
Over the previous 40 years, higher education has begun to adopt innovative technologies in an attempt to better educate students and holistically optimize the assessment process. However, many undergraduate programs h...
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Why You Should Use Categories for Curriculum Guidance
If you’re using ExamSoft, then you’re probably already using categories in your exam creation and grading to provide students with more informative feedback. Category tagging proves a powerful tool for directing your ...
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ExamSoft Assessment Solutions
Insights for the EAC 2019 Keynote ExamSoft provides a wide range of assessment tools and capabilities to help support educators with a more reliable assessment process. Britt Nichols, ExamSoft CRO, describes how ExamS...
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How Can Assessment Data Help Drive Enrollment?
Insights from the EAC 2019 Keynote The four main drivers of change in education are largely impacted by truly insightful, actionable data and academic assessment. Britt Nichols, ExamSoft CRO, highlights the various wa...
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4 Demands Driving Change in Higher Education
Insights from the EAC 2019 Keynote The four main drivers of change in education revolve around enrollment, funding, accreditation, and the digital native (i.e. a new type of student). Britt Nichols, ExamSoft CRO, disc...