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ExamDeveloper

Features

No other software provides the complete package to develop high-stakes exams

Exam Design’s ExamDeveloper software is separated into distinct roles that an organization can use to perform one, many, or all exam development activities. Each organization can use among the following that will best meet their objectives.

Security

  • Role-based security with authentication checks during each login.
  • Periodic third-party security audits to verify ExamDeveloper is free from security vulnerabilities.
  • Multiple authentication steps to prevent unauthorized access.

Question Development

  • Create, review, and validate questions based on psychometric best practice.
  • Online collaboration tools to encourage discussion among users. Experienced users can act as "mentors" to those who are new to question writing.
  • Exam AdvisorTM- built-in psychometric advice to improve the quality of the exam questions.
  • Media library allows organizations to easily store, resize, edit, classify, and preview graphics, videos, and documents. 
  • Support for many different question types, including multiple choice, true-false, hot-spot, drag and drop, case-based sets, and extended matching (R-Type) questions.
  • Extensive help for those new to exam development using video tutorials on every page.
  • Multi-lingual spell-checking with a customizable dictionary for every project.

Question Banking

  • Powerful search tools to quickly locate questions in very large question banks.
  • Create "collections" of questions which can be stored, reviewed, or edited later in the future.
  • Batch edit capabilities to make changes to multiple questions simultaneously.
  • Export tools to extract questions from ExamDeveloper at any time in many printable and database-ready formats.
  • Import tools to upload question and project data from any source using Excel templates or the QTI 2.0 XML standard.
  • Import, store, edit, and analyze statistics for both questions and exams (classical and IRT)
  • Set custom statistical "flags" to help users evaluate question performance.
  • Automatically build multiple versions of exams using criteria such as cognitive level, difficulty, and exam blueprint. 

Project Management

  • Project Manager tools which provide complete control over every question in the system.
  • Create project "templates" to make setting and configuring new projects quick and easy.
  • Project Dashboard including intelligent status alerts that change based on the expected project completion date.
  • Elaborate tracking tools that measures the contribution of each user and informs managers about the quality of their input.
  • Auto-Assignment feature to create question writing assignments, greatly reducing project setup time.

Job Analysis

  • Online tools to conduct a online job analysis meeting using psychometric best practice to outline the duties and requirements of a profession.
  • Support for an unlimited blueprint length and number of layers
  • Validate the job analysis outline using rating scales such as importance, criticality, and frequency.
  • Automatically build exam blueprint using panel meeting or practitioner survey validation data.

Standard Setting and Validation

  • Conduct an online standard setting meeting with subject matter experts to determine legally defensible passing point for exam.
  • Document validity of every question on exam using validation ratings and reference lists.
  • Validation Report Option- Organizations can choose to receive a validation report that establishes the validity and integrity of the examination for employment decisions.
  • Validation Guarantee- For organizations that qualify, ExamDesign will provide psychometric support to defend the examination should it be legally challenged.

Questions to ask an exam development vendor:

When choosing an exam development vendor for your high-stakes exam, there are several questions that will help you identify the best application for your organization:

  • Does the software assist in all development steps (job analysis, standard setting, etc) or just question writing?
  • Will you guarantee the legal defensibility of my exam built using your software?
  • Does the software allow multiple users to edit questions at the same time?
  • Does the software automatically suggest ways to improve question wording?
  • What type of import/ export tools does the software provide?
  • Is it possible to create customized report templates that are specific to our organization?
  • How can users validate the quality of the exam questions?
  • Does the software perform statistical analysis for questions and exams?