In this podcast, Simon Trevers, Chief Strategy Officer for the Surpass team at BTL, discusses the ongoing challenges faced by COVID and how there is now an opportunity for awarding organisations to make a positive step towards technology. Listen to the full podcast: COVID has been one of the biggest…
This podcast episode is a recording of the presentation given at the Surpass Conference in October 2020 by Amanda Dainis, CEO and Lead Psychometrician of Dainis and Company. Amanda gives and over view of the different stages of the test development process, highlighting considerations for undertaking these activities either in-person…
In this special panel-based webinar, Robbie Burns (Assessment & Quality Lead at ICAS), Ioana Raileanu (Senior Assessment and Quality Specialist at ICAS) and Andy Thomas (Director, PEP Examinations – Evaluation and International Assessment at CPA Canada) join host Jim Crawford (SVP Global Business Development at Surpass) to deliver a globe-spanning discussion about…
For this webinar, Tim Burnett will be joined by Product Owner, Phoebe McLaughlin, and Senior Technical Author, Jack Hobson to discuss and demonstrate the standard setting features being introduced to Surpass. The panel will also be joined by special guest, Amanda Dainis, Lead Psychometrician from Dainis and Company, to provide…

Guest post by Achille Parmentier, Lineup We live in an age of big data, and there’s a chance that your volunteer or SME management program might not be living its best big data life. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Your team should explore opportunities to track and…
Going digital has become the norm for many parts of our lives recently. Since March we have been talking about remote item authoring and remote test delivery, but what happens after you have passed the assessment? Job interviews are increasingly being conducted remotely, so how do you share and verify…
In this podcast, Georgie Page from the Surpass Product Communications and Training Team discusses the improvements that have been made to Linear Optimization functionality in Surpass since it was first introduced a few years ago. The team also discuss the possibilities available with Linear On-the-Fly Testing (LOFT) Technical soundbites are…
In this podcast, Tim Burnett is joined by Amanda Dainis, CEO and Lead Psychometrician at Dainis and Company, and Andy McAnulla, President of BTL Surpass, to discuss the increasing role technology has to play in test development. First, the panel discuss what we mean by test development, and the important…

With the recent global coronavirus pandemic declared, and advice that’s changing by the day to help minimize the spread of the virus, you’re probably thinking about the impact that this will have on the delivery of planned test sessions. As an organization, you’ll be considering your next steps to ensure…

Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT) is a hot topic amongst the assessment community, however, despite its many benefits, it still isn’t very widely used. In this article, we’re going to give you an overview of CAT, a run-down of some of the benefits, and without too much jargon, an overview of…