Support for innovation in the assessment domain

Needs of end users

In fact, this requirement of end users is constantly changing. This is closely related to various social and technological developments. What’s more, new insights are constantly emerging when it comes to testing and/or valuing knowledge. It is not without reason that there is a recurring (social) discussion about the way testing is done and its value. Think about the testing of knowledge, skills, competencies and talents and how these are assessed.

New generation, new technical possibilities

Now the assessment domain has traditionally been quite conservative. This is based on the assurance of quality, integrity and reliability. But innovation can also mean improvement! Certainly in our dynamic society with a generation of young people who have grown up with a variety of technological and innovative possibilities. In addition, changes are occurring in what we want to test. Time for new insights and to challenge traditional views. The challenge is to create support so that these changes are actually implemented.

Innovating the assessment format and set-up.

In short, maintaining testing as part of lifelong learning requires innovating the form and structure of testing. This also applies to the use of (digital) tools that make the testing process more efficient, easier to access and safer. Digital support also ensures that the range of testing is increased. You can also think of innovative applications such as machine learning (AI) to improve the quality of testing based on already available data. Or what about automatically composing content based on that same data? The developer then only needs to perform quality checks on a random basis.