Professionals across India would
benefit from an improvement in the fairness and validity of exams, according to
Gary Gates, a senior executive at global computer-based testing company Pearson
VUE.
Dr Gates, senior vice president –
global business at Pearson VUE, said: “India has experienced rapid economic
growth for some time now, and competitive professionals are keen to gain
qualifications across professions such as law, healthcare and accounting. But
in order for them to succeed and for qualifications to be recognised on a
global scale, exam standards must improve.
“There have been media reports about
issues involving the quality and validity of exams – along with prominent cases
of exam fraud – and the best way to combat this is by developing valid, fair
and reliable exams according to global assessment best practices.”
To help guide exam owners in applying
these best practices to their own programmes, Dr Gates and Divyalok Sharma,
senior director – client development at Pearson VUE India, will be hosting a
special event on how to raise India’s assessment standards.
Mr Sharma said: “India is a success
story in terms of professional assessment, but clearly much more can be done to
raise standards. There are concerns about the effectiveness of a test in
fulfilling the primary objective of being a legally defensible measure of a
specific competence. It is crucial to address the challenges test owners in
India face to meet the 21st century assessment needs of professionals, and
through the application of measurement science and now computer-based testing,
this can be achieved.”
Topics to be discussed at the event
will include how to develop a fair, valid and reliable exam, as well as
security, transitioning from pen-and-paper to computer-based testing and the
New Age Examination platform.
The event, Improving India’s exam
standards through global best practices, takes place at the India Habitat
Centre, New Delhi on 23rd February at 8:30am. See the website http://bit.ly/2jF2umw for further details.
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