Eight Years of Improving Security
October is an important month for Caveon. Eight years ago in October, 2003, several assessment industry veterans formed a small consulting
Item Exposure Is Not the Problem — Poor Security Is
Item exposure during an exam in the testing world is often viewed as a bad thing, because it seems obvious that item exposure leads to item
BEAUTIFUL PRAGUE AND A VERY SUCCESSFUL ATP CONFERENCE
The third European ATP Conference concluded the last week in September in the spectacularly lovely city of Prague in the Czech Republic and it
Empowering Schools to Use Data Forensics
It was sometime after we started Caveon, that I realized the primary goal of conducting security analyses was the strengthening of exam security,
Best Practices in Computer-Based and Online Testing
In 2010, a very useful book was published by The Council of Chief State School Officers and the Association of Test Publishers. It is titled
Spurious Investigations Arise From Flawed Statistics
By: Dennis Maynes, Chief Scientist, Caveon Test Security This summer, many cheating investigations of schools based on forensics evidence have
Courage Required
By Steve Addicott, Vice President of Sales, Caveon Test Security Over the past few weeks, I have participated in several planning sessions with
Florida Department of Education Technical Advisory Committee, Tallahassee, FL
November 17, 2011 Caveon’s Dennis Maynes and Steve Addicott will present technical details regarding Caveon’s Data Forensic service.
Western Governors University (WGU) Assessment Evaluator Workshop, Salt Lake City, UT
November 14, 16, 18, 2011 Caveon Vice President Steve Addicott will conduct a series of deep dive presentations into Caveon Web Patrol, a service
Caveon Webinar Series, International Testing Crossing Global Borders While Protecting Your Own
November 15, 2011 Register for Webinar Join Caveon clients CFA Institute and SHL as they share best practices for protecting your intellectual
Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning, Orlando, FL
November 8 – 11, 2011 Caveon President Dr. David Foster is participating in the 17th annual Sloan C Conference.
Institute for Credentialing Excellence, New Orleans, LA
November 8-11, 2011 Caveon will be participating in the ICE’s 2011 Annual Education Conference. We look forward to engaging with our clients,
Florida Education Research Association, Orlando, FL
November 3-4, 2011 Caveon’s Dennis Maynes and Steve Addicott are conducting the keynote presentation for the 2011 FERA conference in Orlando.
CCSSO TILSA SCASS Meeting, Phoenix, AZ
November 1-2, 2011 Caveon’s John Fremer will participate in a special presentation concerning security in K-12 state assessments for the
Adapting Security for Twenty-First Century Testing
By David Foster, President, Caveon Test Security Over 20 years ago, the first high-stakes tests were delivered using computers. The movement of
Exam Security Audit Highlights Challenges and Strengths
NCEES Licensure Exchange October 2004 Volume 8, Issue 4 The stakes are high in protecting NCEES examinations. The value of licensure relies on
Caught in the Middle: Ethical/Legal Mandates and Test Security
By Marcia M Andberg, Marcia Andberg Associates LLC Email: Marcia Andberg Presented at the American Psychological Association Convention,
The Impact of Braindump Sites on Item Exposure and Item Parameter Drift
The Impact of Braindump Sites on Item Exposure and Item Parameter Drift By Russell W. Smith Ph.D., Psychometrician, Thomson Prometric
What Everyone Wants to Know about Cheating in Schools
By Dr. John Fremer There was a time, not that long ago, when state assessments did not create much interest in the media. State assessment
So, Your School was Flagged by an Erasure Analysis, Now What?
By Dennis Maynes A lot of attention has been focused on erasure analyses in 2011. We were all appalled when special investigators in Georgia
Cheating Statistics
This is a listing of various survey results (some scientific — some not) related to test cheating. According to surveys in U.S. News and
Hindsight is 20-20: Introducing the security breach post mortem
Hindsight: Perfect understanding of an event after it has happened; – a term usually used with sarcasm in response to criticism of
The incident of the pilfered test booklet
Georgia bit her lip nervously as she peered out the rear-view mirror of her car. She had already been idling 10 minutes longer than allowed and
Tracking your test booklets using RFID
Last time I discussed where RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) chips are finding their way into schools. I promised I would write about RFID
Chipping children: paranoia or panacea?
The ACLU is opposing a pilot project in Rhode Island to track students as they enter and exit school buses. “Steven Brown, executive
Security insights from ATP 2008
The ATP (Association of Test Publishers) conference this year did everything a good conference should do. We networked. We shared industry
You can manage and you can measure!
The Association of Test Publishers (ATP) Conference of 2008 ended yesterday. As always, it was a good conference. In 2004 we stated, “You
Can you keep cheaters from hurting you?
They say that cheaters only hurt themselves. In all honesty, I think that a cheater said that and we believed him. It is often the case that
The confused controversy of cell phones in schools
The State of Florida recently imposed a cell phone ban on students while taking the FCAT. All the parents of school children in the state
ABC’s for taking a test
Taking tests should be easy and simple. We shouldn’t worry about taking tests, but most of us do. It’s called “test
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