Building Smart(er) Tests 2.0: Building an Adaptive Assessment Ecosystem for Learning

Offentlig prosjektsammendrag

For decades, e-assessment solutions have focused on assessment of learning, that is, providing insights into student performance. Yet, we believe that tests must serve a pedagogical purpose too. Assessments, homework assignments, and coursework should not only measure performance; rather, they should contribute to the learning process in new, innovative ways. Concurrently, assessments should be balanced, fair, secure, motivational, and reliable. To realise this ambition, Inspera is investing in the development of novel adaptive technologies. Combining insights from cognitive psychology, psychometrics, and deep learning, our three-year R&D project aims to research and implement novel item banking and test construction functionalities. We aim to develop a comprehensive item banking and automated test construction ecosystem for formative and summative assessment that is suitable for K-12, Higher-Ed, and professional certification. At Inspera, we believe that the innovations that we will realise in this project will advance test-driven learning by vastly reducing the costs of item writing and test construction, and allow more education organisations to reap the rewards of adaptive testing.