CETIS Briefing Paper 2011:B02.

IMS Question and Test Interoperability v2.1

Link: IMS Question and Test Interoperability v2.1 (pdf).

Providing a decade of interoperable assessment, IMS Question and Test Interoperability is a widely used specification for managing and sharing assessment material. Now that we are near the release of the final version of QTI v2.1 this paper provides an overview of the specification, outlining [...]

CETIS Briefing Paper 2007:B05.

What is assessment item banking?

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A CETIS Briefing paper on item banks, collections of assessment items and associated software to enable the storing of content to support the assessment of student learning. An assessment item is a complex object, consisting of a question [...]

CETIS White Paper 2007:WP02.

Assessment Item Banks and Repositories

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This paper aims to inform those with an interest in repositories in general, and those with an interest in assessment item banks, about the similarities and differences between [...]

CETIS White Paper 2007:WP01.

Assessment item banks: an academic perspective

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This paper discusses assessment item bank that can be used by academics to share assessment content within or across a range of institutions. The concept [...]

CETIS Briefing Paper 2005:B02.

What is IMS Question and Test Interoperability?

Link: What is IMS Question and Test Interoperability? (pdf).

A briefing paper about IMS Question and Test Interoperability (QTI), which is a specification for a standard way of sharing assessment data.

No longer current.

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Assessment tools, projects and resources

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Summary: A listing of tools, projects and resources relevant to assessment