Myth #1: The Internet is NOT Secure
Delivering a test in a secure proctored testing center via the internet is the MOST secure form of computer-based testing. First, the standard security measures taken by a testing center are still enforced. Next, during the delivery of the test, the user cannot move outside the testing environment, the system is completely locked down. Finally, your item bank is centrally stored. This is a huge security enhancement. Your bank is encrypted and protected in a secure data center. During the test, each item is transmitted to the test taker item by item in a 128-bit encryption mode. Your maximum exposure is one item, which is being transmitted in encrypted form over multiple routers, making it virtually impossible to capture.
Myth #2: The Internet is NOT Reliable
In testing centers using the internet, the connections are permanent, high speed connections. These connections are the same type of connection used by businesses every day to deliver services to their customers. In this delivery environment, internet delivery is as reliable as electricity. You can expect it to work, and it will.
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Myth #3: The Internet is Slow
Delivery center networks comprised of high speed internet connections can deliver test using the internet with performance equal to (or better than) the performance of a Windows based delivery system. In addition, our data center is highly scalable, allowing us to almost instantaneously increase our capacity and performance.
Myth #4: The Internet Cannot Deliver Advanced Item Types
You are virtually unlimited from a functional perspective. Not only is HTML and XML more powerful than the proprietary test delivery systems used by offline vendors, this technology is improved every day, as it is used by businesses world-wide. Internet delivery fully supports adaptive delivery, IRT scoring, item branching, simulations, point and click, essays, word processing features, tabbed scenarios, and integrated applications.
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