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The Smarter Assessment Podcast

Assessment Systems

The Smarter Assessment Podcast is dedicated to modern technology in the world of Psychometrics, like AI, machine learning, remote proctoring, and item response theory. Learn how these advancements make tests smarter and more accurate in fields across Education, Credentialing, and Workforce Skills. Assessment is a critical aspect of EdTech, HRTech, Medicine, and more - but often does not get the attention that it deserves!

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00:30:27

Best Practices for Remote Oral and Practical...

The Smarter Assessment Podcast ·

2025/10/09

Oral and practical assessments have long been a part of the educational process, especially for complex or hands-on professions. This video discusses best practices to deliver such assessments online, while maintaining security and validity. Presenters: Patrick Ochoa - VP of Partnerships at Assessment Systems https://assess.com/ Kaiti Hofer - Director of High-Stakes Assessments at MonitorEDU https://monitoredu.com/

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00:34:58

E10: Protecting Test Integrity, with Kranthi Bathula...

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2025/07/17

The integrity and security of assessment is essential, both to protect the investment you made in your exams, as well as to trust the scores that are the result. Remote proctoring, aka online or virtual proctoring, is a cost-effective yet high-quality way to provide this safeguard. Of course, the effectiveness can be improved by following some best practices! Join us for a conversation on this topic with Kranthi Bathula, CTO and Co-Founder of Proctor360. Proctor360 is a leading remote proctoring

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00:57:37

E9: Market and Grow your Credentialing Program, with...

The Smarter Assessment Podcast ·

2025/07/17

A credentialing exam is a product that needs to be marketed and sold, as is the case for ancillary products like practice tests or study guides, but most credentialing organizations need some help! In this webinar, discover why many credentialing organizations are leaving money on the table with outdated marketing approaches and learn the game-changing strategies that industry leaders use to drive stronger growth. Industry expert Amanda Crowley discusses how to revolutionize your candidate

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00:56:11

E8: Resilience in the Workplace, with Alina Oshyna of...

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2025/07/17

In this webinar, we discuss non-cognitive pre-employment testing, specifically the assessment of resilience, with Alina Oshyna, the founder of PsyLab (https://en.psylab.dp.ua/). Psylab is a factory of behavior modelling assessments that has come out with the industry-leading resilience assessment but is developing a wider range based on market requirements.Alina has an extensive background in psychometrics and human resources, including experience from Silicon Valley startups to governmental

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01:02:27

Improving HR Recruitment with Smarter Assessment:...

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2025/02/27

Assessment is a key part of human resources, especially in the selection of employees. Pre-employment tests with strong validity and reliability are essential to recruitment, by flagging those candidates that have the requisite skills and knowledge to succeed in a job, as well as harder-to-assess traits such as integrity, conscientiousness, and culture fit. This webinar will feature two experts in pre-employment assessment, Clinton Kelly and Jason Schaefer of ioPredict (https://iopredict.com),

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00:55:20

Remote Proctoring_ How to improve convenience without...

The Smarter Assessment Podcast ·

2024/11/06

In this episode, we have a panel discussion with three experts in the field of online proctoring:Don Kassner - CEO of MonitorEDU Scott Crumpler - Global Marketing Director of Proctor360 Mike Murphy -CEO of ProctorFree

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00:32:06

Test Publishing Quality Control for Computer-Based...

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2024/11/06

In this episode, we hear from Belinda Brunner, an experienced test development manager and certification program manager. She'll be talking about the role of quality control in the test publication process.

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00:58:08

Accreditation, Certification, and Certificates:...

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2024/11/05

Confused about the different terminologies regarding workforce credentialing? Wondering how to build a certification that is aligned with international standards? Have a certification or certificate that you would like to get accredited, but not sure where to start? Wondering how the concept of credentialing will evolve as our economy continues to evolve? We will discuss all these and more! About the speaker: Joy Matthews-Lopez, PhD, is an experienced psychometrician and former chair of the

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00:47:11

Manny Straehle, PhD - Competency Modeling and...

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2024/10/31

In this episode, we talk about competency modeling and professional credentialing with Manny Straehle, PhD GSIF, as well as his experience in the world of psychometrics.Manny Straehle, PhD GSIF is the Founder and President of Assessment, Education, and Research Experts (AERE, https://www.aerexperts.com/), and an internationally-recognized expert on assessment, credentialing and competency modeling. He has a PhD from Temple University and a MA from New York University.

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00:54:39

A History of Computerized Adaptive Testing with Prof....

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2023/03/26

Prof. David J. Weiss is widely regarded as the father of computerized adaptive testing (CAT), leading much of the seminal research in the 1970s. That research is one of the early applications of AI and machine learning in assessment, and also of the use of computers. Listen to his story of how he got interested in psychometrics, measurement, and computers, how the early research started, and what has kept him researching to this day.Prof. Weiss is the longtime director of the Psychometrics PhD

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00:15:03

What is Psychometrics? [Ep 1]

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2023/02/16

What is Psychometrics? It's a pretty cool-sounding name, and one that is often misunderstood. This episode provides a brief introduction to the topic, and about the practitioner, a Psychometrician. Here are some of the aspects covered: - Definition, including what is NOT psychometrics - Brief history of the field - Where psychometrics is used - Real-world issues that psychometricians work on to ensure fair, valid tests - How to join the band!

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