Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, COLRS - Online@Illinois Springfield

Online Learning Update - a blog published daily since 2001 by Ray Schroeder, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Springfield

Tuesday, January 15, 2002

http://www.cetis.ac.uk/content/20011205145403/viewArticle

New BSI guidelines 'herald coming of age' of computer-assisted assessment
Scott Wilson, CETIS staff

The increased use of computers in assessment has brought with it new concerns over issues such as fairness and security. Responding to these and other concerns, the British Standards Institute (BSI) has issued a new draft set of guidelines that provide a minimum set of requirements for organisations making assessments using computers. The new draft standard, "Code of Practice for the use of IT for the delivery of assessments", also known as BS 7988, provides guidelines for fairness, security, authenticity, and validity of assessments....

 



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