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Test Security: A Look Behind the Scenes

Joy Matthews-López, Ph.D.

Please give a warm welcome to our newest contributor to From the Item Bank, Joy Matthews-López, Ph.D., senior psychometrician at PTI. Her inaugural blog post, recently featured in the current edition of ICE Digest, will be a first in a series of blogs on test security.

Test security touches nearly every aspect of the testing process. From test design, to score production, to communication with examinees, the overarching umbrella of test security is in play before, during and after tests are administered. The purpose of this blog post is to highlight security policies and procedures across the test-taking landscape. It also provides a glimpse behind the scenes and shares insights to best practices in the area of test security from both the psychometric and legal perspectives.

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