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Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK select Surpass and the BTL Online Invigilation service to deliver MRCP(UK) written exams Blog Post

[…] service was introduced by BTL in 2020 to support organizations with the administrative tasks required to securely deliver assessments onscreen, such as paper to onscreen test conversion, candidate exam registration, and the generation of results and test performance reports. BTL will deliver the MRCP(UK) Part 1 and Part 2 written […]

BTL delivers its 10Millionth exam through Surpass: The Assessment Platform Blog Post

[…] Surpass Editions, a secure cloud-based solution which has enabled new organisations, from professional awarding organisations to universities across the globe, to deliver high-stakes assessment and tests securely and with confidence. The education sector is seeing many great changes and technology acting as an enabler to better standards of learning and […]

Surpass Community Webinar – How we improve the User Experience through testing Blog Post

[…] new products. Gain a fascinating insight into how the User Interface of Surpass is designed to create an intuitive, stress free experience for item writers, test administrators, and candidates with Lee and Richard from BTL’s Design Team. Over the course of the discussion the pair discuss the design principles used […]

Surpass Joins the International Language Testing Association Blog Post

ILTA promotes the improvement of language testing throughout the world. Saltaire, West Yorkshire, UK, 15th April 2021 – Surpass is pleased to announce it has joined the International Language Testing Association (ILTA) as an institutional member. ILTA is an international group of language testing and assessment scholars and practitioners who […]

Surpass Community Webinar – Accessibility and Inclusive Design in Examinations Blog Post

[…] ongoing developments with regards to current and future WCAG guidelines. They also discuss how specific accessibility requirements are becoming more common in the world of testing, before talking about the concept of ‘inclusive design’ being more than a box-ticking exercise, as well as our social obligations as we work towards […]

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2021: An assessment year in review Blog Post

[…] Surpass Conference in October, with highlights including Sean McDonald from telc Language Assessments explaining how Surpass has played a key role in their project to test in 24 languages across Europe. You can watch all the presentations and case studies from some of the organizations currently using Surpass, at conference.surpass.com. […]

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BTL invests significantly in jobs and growth with £10m this year Blog Post

[…] the tools and expertise needed to move offline paper-based exams into an onscreen (online or offline) environment, BTL has allowed many organisations to continue delivering tests throughout the pandemic. Online invigilated tests in particular rose 6,500% at BTL in 2020/21. The pandemic’s impact on in-person events has led to a […]