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Dec 15 2022

Seven themes from the Surpass Conference

By Rosie Sweeney Assessment Industry News, International Testing, Surpass Community

The future direction of the assessment industry, and the importance of incremental progress while learning from others were key themes at this year’s Surpass Conference in October.* Topics included examples of innovation, AI, accessibility issues, and the opportunities and challenges in rolling out on-screen testing more widely. As Surpass Assessment…

Jul 07 2022

Eight trends in e-assessment at EAA

By Rosie Sweeney Assessment Industry News, International Testing, Surpass Community

The future of e-assessment was a recurring theme at this year’s E-Assessment Conference in June. Topics covered everything including examples of innovation, and from AI to the digital divide and barriers to the wider rollout of on-screen testing.* Read on for eight trends affecting the assessment industry right now. 1.…

Oct 07 2021

Seven trends in assessment from Europe and beyond

By Rosie Sweeney Assessment Industry News, International Testing, Surpass Community, Surpass Community Guest Post

Guest author: Tim Burnett, Product Marketing Consultant, Chair of the e-Assessment Association and Vice-Chair of the EATP Authenticity in testing and the increasing importance of the user's voice were some of the key trends to come out of the European Association of Test Publishers (EATP) conference this September. Furthermore, it’s…

Sep 02 2020

ATP Global Conference Session Preview: BTL Surpass Sponsor Session

By Kerry Paulazzo Archive

In our final session preview ahead of this year’s ATP conference, we give an overview of our sponsor session, which takes place at 9.30 am (ET) on 14th September. Sponsor Session Advanced item banking in Surpass: SME management, standard setting, and what the future holds In this session you’ll hear…

Aug 27 2020

ATP Global Conference Session Preview: JAWS doesn’t bite! Experience test delivery with assistive technologies

By Kerry Paulazzo Archive

There’s just 2 weeks to go until the Global ATP Conference, and we’ve already given you a preview of our sessions on ‘Assessing the Delivery Divide’ and ‘Remote means more than delivery’. We’ll also be presenting on assistive technologies, which will be available on-demand throughout the conference from 14-18 September.…

Aug 18 2020

ATP Global Conference Session Preview: Remote Means More Than Delivery

By Kerry Paulazzo Archive

This year’s ATP Global Conference is just a few weeks away and the Surpass Team are busy preparing a number of presentations and product demonstrations for the event. The conference takes place virtually from 14-18 September with a packed program of presentations, discussions and demonstrations. In our last article we…

Aug 05 2020

ATP Global Conference Session Preview: Assessing the ‘Delivery Divide’

By Kerry Paulazzo Archive

This year’s virtual ATP Global Conference incorporates ATP’s Innovations in Testing Europe, Asia, India and the Middle East/Northern Africa conferences, for a one-of-a-kind global perspective on assessment. From 14-18 September, there will be a packed program from industry thought-leaders with a variety of session formats. As platinum sponsors of the…

Mar 27 2019

Online Invigilation with The Association of Corporate Treasurers

By Kerry Paulazzo Archive

Over the last few months, The Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) has been spearheading use of BTL’s newly launched Online Invigilation Service, an innovative approach to remotely-based candidates, using dual camera monitoring technology. The introduction of Online Invigilation expands BTL’s existing Test Delivery Services, which already includes the largest computer-based…