Post on 08-Jul-2020
CvTE and Facet
Nynke de Boer
Manager computer based exams
Bart Ratgers – architect Facet
COLLEGE VOOR TOETSEN EN EXAMENS
• Exam board of the Ministry of Education in the Netherlands
• Based in a monument in the beautiful city of Utrecht
CVTE – SCOPE OF WORK
The CvTE is responsible for the content of all national exams and tests within the Dutch Education System
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Primary / Elementary school
HAVO
VMBO Pre-vocational
VWO
MBO Vocational
HBO Bachelor
WO Bachelor University
CBT
Paper
Numeracy exam
Final general exams
Literacy and Numeracy exams
Age
DTT - Diagnostic assessment
Final tests
8000 locations
CVTE – SCOPE OF WORK
The CvTE is responsible for the content of all national exams and tests within the Dutch Education System
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Primary / Elementary school
HAVO
VMBO Pre-vocational
VWO
MBO Vocational
HBO Bachelor
WO Bachelor University
CBT
Paper
Numeracy exam
Final general exams
Literacy and Numeracy exams
Age
DTT - Diagnostic assessment
Final tests
8000 locations
NT2 – Dutch as a second language
SUMMATIVE EXAMS AND TESTS
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Primary / Elementary school
HAVO
VMBO Pre-vocational
VWO
MBO Vocational
HBO Bachelor
WO Bachelor University
CBT
Paper
Numeracy exam
Final general exams
Literacy and Numeracy exams
Age
DTT - Diagnostic assessment
Final tests
- Summative - High stake - Less innovative items
NT2 – Dutch as a second language
DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT
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Primary / Elementary school
HAVO
VMBO Pre-vocational
VWO
MBO Vocational
HBO Bachelor
WO Bachelor University
CBT
Paper
Numeracy exam
Final general exams
Literacy and Numeracy exams
Age
DTT - Diagnostic assessment
Final tests
- Diagnostic - Medium stake - More innovative items
KEY PLAYERS
• College voor Toetsen en Examens
– Responsible for exam and test content
– Facilitates schools to provide a flawless delivery
• Cito
– Primary content provider
– QTI and DEP (Dutch Exam Profile)
• Bureau ICE
– Content provider NT2
• DUO
– Executive agency for the ministry of Education
– Development and hosting Facet
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DELIVERY SCHEDULE CBT 2015-2016
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Total CBT deliveries this year is 1,5M. Expexted in 2020 is 2,5M.
Number of deliveries per week
THE SYSTEM
For delivering 2-3 million CBT per year we needed a new system • Stable, well secured, able to allow large numbers • Open source and multi platform • Proper item display • Minimal effort for schools • Online ánd offline • Fit within the governmental architecture, using open standards
where possible • Possible to link to existing systems • No exceeding of costs!
Decision was made in 2007
to create our own system
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THE SYSTEM
For delivering 2-3 million CBT per year we needed a new system • Stable, well secured, able to allow large numbers • Open source and multi platform • Proper item display • Minimal effort for schools • Online ánd offline • Fit within the governmental architecture, using open standards
where possible • Possible to link to existing systems • No exceeding of costs!
Decision was made in 2007
to create our own system
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QTI
• QTI was chosen from the start to ensure interoperability with other content providers
• QTI didn’t cover all requirements for us
– Proper item display (pixel perfect)
– Innovative items
– Specific adaptive testing
– Tools
– Specific metadata
• Solution - DEP
– Dutch Exam Profile
– Registered as official Dutch Standard at Edustandaard in 2015
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QTI - WISHES
– Make QTI more widespread to ensure better interoperability
• Make it obligatory for government organizations in the Netherlands to include QTI in RFP’s?
– Improve ease-of-use of QTI
– Enhance QTI with relevant DEP-content to make it richer and more interoperable.
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