New Release from ATP

Proctoring Best Practices

The Association of Test Publishers and the National College Testing Association (NCTA) has released its co-authored publication, Proctoring Best Practices, now available in the ATP Bookstore and also on Amazon. 

ATP Security Co-Chair Rory McCorkle of PSI noted that the publication was a joint effort between ATP and NCTA and he thanked the contributions of James Wollack, Ph.D., Director of the NCTA Board of Directors and an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; NCTA Chairs, Steve Saladin, Ph.D. and Francesca Taylor; as well as applauding the efforts of the ATP Proctoring Subcommittee members, who were instrumental in bringing the publication together. 

According to the introduction, "This guide is intended to identify best practices in test proctoring, which may differ from practices currently used by certain test publishers, sponsors, or test centers. While the nature of individual testing programs is highly variable, they all operate on the same general principles. Thus, this guide should be applicable to test administration across a wide variety of programs (e.g., admissions, certification, licensure, credentialing) and settings (e.g., professional, educational, employment). In making determinations about what constitutes best practices, the sponsors of this guide gave primary consideration to those practices that promoted test security, maintained standardization, facilitated accessibility, and ensured the fair and respectful treatment of all test takers."