Assessment Industry News

The American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery (ABFAS) have selected the Surpass platform and services to develop the certification exams for their diplomates. ABFAS strives to advance the art and science of foot and ankle surgery, to improve the health and welfare of the public in the United States.…

The Exams Office (TEO), the largest exams officer support organisation in the UK, has contracted with BTL to use the Surpass platform to create their exams. With over 4,500 member centres in the UK (primarily schools), TEO will use the sophisticated content creation options in Surpass Item Authoring to create…

BTL Group Ltd. are delighted to welcome the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK to the Surpass Assessment Management service, assisting with the creation and delivery of on-screen examinations.   The Surpass Assessment Management service was introduced by BTL in 2020 to support organizations with the…

BTL Surpass Inc. and Alpine Testing Solutions, Inc. (Alpine) have formed a ground-breaking partnership that will allow Surpass users to benefit from Alpine’s test development and psychometric expertise as well as its CertMetrics™ Candidate, Credentialing and Exam Data Management system. Through Surpass and CertMetrics, certification boards have access to an…

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has announced that it has contracted with BTL Group Ltd to use the Surpass Assessment Platform to help it deliver the new centralised assessment in Professional Ethics to be sat by pupils during the pupillage component of Bar training. The first such assessment will be taken in April 2022 by pupils who…

BTL Group Ltd. is delighted to announce that the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC®), the premier assessment board across the Caribbean region, has selected the Surpass assessment platform to digitally transform its end-to-end examinations process as part of its commitment to shape the future of education and assessment within the region.…

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has confirmed that it will be working with BTL Group Ltd, to run the common registration assessment sittings it holds jointly with the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (PSNI). BTL will use their award-winning computer-based testing platform, Surpass, as well as test centres across the…