Awarding bodies that deliver medium to high-stakes assessments, corporate training departments running internal certifications, and colleges and universities delivering summative exams can now import results directly from a Perception repository, view item and test statistics, drop or change questions and pass scores, check the results, and then publish them into a locked-down format when ready.

"In a perfect world, all assessments would be fair, reliable and valid", commented Questionmark CEO Eric Shepherd. "All test takers would enter a test having received exactly the same level and quality of instruction. There would be no ambiguously worded questions. There would be no data entry errors resulting in mis-keyed choices. And candidates would never feel compelled to appeal the results of a test."

"But even when the soundest test development, administration, and scoring procedures are used, there is always a possibility that circumstances within or beyond an organisation's control will warrant the review and potential modification of results to provide information and certificates that fairly reflect what was being measured. The RMS enables organisations to analyse, edit, and publish assessment results in an informed and defensible way."

The RMS provides fully integrated item and test statistics, enabling a complete view of how a test is performing. Questions with poor or borderline performance are flagged with colour-coded icons, enabling the user to spot potential problems quickly.


Using standard web browsers such as Internet Explorer or Firefox, RMS users can:

• Review test items and drop, credit, or alter scoring
• Review test results and define a pass or cut score
• Get a real-time preview of how proposed changes will impact overall item statistics and test reliability
• Publish results into a flat file database for easy access by reporting tools
• Maintain changes within an audit trail to aid legal defensibility.