We make tests smarter, faster, and fairer.

Assessment Systems provides scientifically-based software & consulting to help the world’s best testing organizations develop & deliver psychometrically sound assessments.

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Psychometrics:

The Science of Assessment

You need assessments that are based on decades of scientific research. Ensure that your decisions about students or candidates are based on reliable, valid, and defensible data.

Contact us and discover how we can make your tests Smarter, Faster, and Fairer.

A Comprehensive Ecosystem

Why have different platforms for item banking, test delivery, reporting, and certification management?

We’re automating the process.

LET’S AUTOMATE

What can we do to help?

Keep your test secure

Configure security with remote proctoring, lockdown browser, or proctored test centers

Grow your certifications

Automate the candidate experience, allowing you to focus on your mission

Build better tests

Make SMEs more efficient with always-on item banking and advanced psychometrics

Save money on reports

Develop professional psychometric reports in-house with Iteman for CTT and Xcalibre for IRT.

Reduce testing time

Dramatically reduce testing time with computerized adaptive testing and item response theory.

Manage test sites

We don’t lock you into using our test sites – use your own, our secure centers, or both.

Internationally Recognized Expertise

Want to learn more about psychometrics? Check out some of our free resources

Free Software Tools

Learn and apply Classical Test Theory or Item Response Theory

Scholarly Research

We’ve presented in dozens of conferences, workshops, and scholarly journals.

Psychometric Glossary

If you are new to the field of assessment, you will love this overview.

Our Blog

Frank discussions of measurement topics and news in the assessment world

White papers

Learn more about important issues, including CAT, accreditation, and item writing

Upcoming conferences

Want to stay up on current trends and best practices? Meet people in the same boat as you? Attend some of these.

Our Clients

Over the years we have helped hundreds of clients across every industry imaginable with psychometrically valid tests. Regardless of the size of your organization, we have flexible fully managed online testing solutions that will fit your specific needs.

Certification & Licensure

A comprehensive ecosystem to manage a credentialing organization.

K-12 Education and University

Improve student learning and motivation.

HR & Pre-Employment

Make better selection decisions with better assessments, including CAT.

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WHAT IS FASTTEST?

FastTest is a highly comprehensive and configurable online testing ecosystem designed to provide psychometrically valid assessments for any academic or occupational discipline.

ALWAYS ON

Secure and cloud based – staff and examinees can log in from anywhere. Or, restrict IP address so they can’t!

COMPREHENSIVE

Validity is about supporting the entire assessment lifecycle, from item authoring & review, to test publishing, to secure delivery, to reporting.

MOST ADVANCED SYSTEM AVAILABLE

Do you want to develop the best assessments possible for your organization? That is all we are about.

35 YEARS EXPERIENCE

We’ve been doing this since the 1970s, when we were founded out of the University of Minnesota.