Within traditional high-stakes assessments in Higher Education there are several hidden hurdles which prevent inclusivity and diversity initiatives from taking full effect.
Alice Leigh
Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC)
Zimsec’s aim was to deliver better quality examination content, reduce the risk of leakages and ensure tighter operational control over exam authoring.
They chose GradeMaker Pro because it offered them the flexibility to involve a wide range of contributors in the authoring process, without creating technical barriers to use.
How To Speed Up Exam Typesetting – Without Errors Creeping In
When Automatic Typesetting went live last year, awarding bodies were immediately keen to begin using it to speed up their exam typesetting.
Since then, Exam Coordinators and Administrators have been able to use it to reduce their production times.
Botswana Examinations Council (BEC)
In the space of just two years, the Botswana Examinations Council has made their test development process much more efficient by moving their authoring online. The Botswana Examinations Council is responsible for the conduct and management of examinations and assessments at general education. They give thousands of primary and secondary students the opportunity to gain important qualifications every year. With the support of GradeMaker technology, BEC has been able to successfully digitize their question paper development process. Within GradeMaker Pro they now manage their entire workflow in one place, ensuring the automated progression of papers, from first draft to final […]
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The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) is an internationally accredited examinations board responsible for high stakes school assessments. Zimsec is at the heart of Zimbabwe’s education sector, and is widely regarded as a centre of excellence within Africa. Faster and More Secure Question Paper Development In 2017 Zimsec wanted to strengthen their security, increase the quality of their assessments, and boost the efficiency of their examination production processes. The Zimsec Board and Senior Management therefore decided to find an electronic item banking system. Their aim was to deliver better quality examination content, reduce the risk of leakages and ensure tighter […]
The Botswana Examinations Council Aug 2022
In the space of just two years, the Botswana Examinations Council has made their test development process much more efficient by moving their authoring online. The Botswana Examinations Council is responsible for the conduct and management of examinations and assessments at general education. They give thousands of primary and secondary students the opportunity to gain important qualifications every year. With the support of GradeMaker technology, BEC have been able to successfully digitise their question paper development process. Within GradeMaker Pro they now manage their entire workflow in one place, ensuring the automated progression of papers, from first draft to final […]
AEAA 2022: Experiences from the Question Paper Development Revolution
We are proud to be helping many of these awarding organisations to tackle the biggest challenges to the security and efficiency processes underpinning their question paper development.
Find out more about how these changes have been achieved.
5 tools that will save you months of test development time
The quality assurance that makes great assessments possible also needs efficient management of test development processes.
This is why the most forward-thinking organisations are focussing on improving their workflows with an ‘authoring first’ approach to systems innovation.
The 10 user roles that can make exam authoring 10x smoother
We have recently expanded the range of user roles in our authoring management toolkit. Developed with input from the leading awarding bodies we work with, these tools reduce the admin burden of manually assigning permissions and passing over work.
Smart tools for credible, valid, and reliable assessment in Higher Education
It is the ultimate goal of assessment development that every paper and result be as credible, reliable, and valid as possible.
This is more important than ever in light of the May 2022 revisions to the quality and standards conditions of registration from the Office for Students.