COTS 2018

COTS 2018 took place in Park City, Utah on October 10-12, 2018.

Experts from over 80 organizations across five countries gathered together to learn about the latest research in test security. Attendees benefited from over 50 educational sessions designed to facilitate open, honest discussions.

You can download the COTS 2018 program here.

Presentations

Below is a list of presentations made available by conference attendees.

Alana Chamoun, Benjamin Hunter, and Cary Straw: A Tale of Two Investigations. When Seemingly Unrelated Investigations Converge into One Lengthy Court Battle (pdf)Download

Sarah Toton, Tara Williams, Chris Foster, David Foster, and Alison Foster Green: A Panel on SmartItems and Their Surprising Effects on Test Security (pdf)Download

Ardeshir Geranpayeh, Ray Nicosia, Rachel Watkins Schoenig, and Camille Thompson: Exam Security. The Next Frontier (pdf)Download

Kpayah Tamba and Benjamin Hunter: 30 Seconds to Launch - How Okta Took an Out-of-the-Box Idea and Blazed Their Own Certification Trail (pdf)Download

Brooke Dresden and Nicole Tucker: Memorizing Your ABCD's - Detection of Item Pre-Knowledge and Application for Future Item Development (pdf)Download

Christine Gee: The Higher Stakes of Online Higher Ed - She Said, He Said (pdf)Download

Murat Kasli and Cengiz Zopluoglu: Do People with Item Pre-knowledge Really Respond Faster to Items They Had Prior Access - An Empirical Investigation (pdf)Download

Christopher Seay: Creating a Resource for State Assessment Test Security Policies and Procedures-Three Examples from States (pdf)Download

Chunyan Liu, Dan Jurich, and Kimberly Swygert: Compromised Item Detection Using Item Response and Response Time (pdf)Download

Craig Walker: Oklahoma's perspective on Test Security (pdf)Download

Danielle Lee and Hong Qian: Application of a Sequential Procedure for Detecting Compromised Items to a CAT Licensure Exam (pdf)Download

David Foster: Testwiseness and Cheating - Two Major Scourges Affecting the Valid Use of Test Scores (pdf)Download

David Foster: The History and Future of the Selected Response Format and Its Effects on Test Security (pdf)Download

Marcus Scott, Sarah Toton, and Dennis Maynes: A Brief History of (Response) Time (pdf)Download

Sarah Toton and Dmitry Belov: A Study of Modern Detectors of Examinees with Pre-Knowledge Using Real, Marked Data (pdf)Download

Emily Scott and Jennifer Geraets: Adapting Your Test Security Program for New Products and New Modes of Delivery (pdf)Download

Sandip Sinharay and Jens L. Jensen: The Modified Signed Likelihood Ratio Test and its Application to Detect Cheating (pdf)Download

Jessica Fenby: Michigan's perspective on Test Security (pdf)Download

Jessica Fenby: Creating a Resource for State Assessment Test Security Policies and Procedures-Three Examples from States (pdf)Download

Joe Grochowalski: Network Analysis for Test Security Investigations (pdf)Download

Sebastiaan de Klerk: The Prevention and Detection of Test Fraud - Two Empirical Studies on Educational Data Forensics (pdf)Download

Patsy Kenner: Who Needs a Test Security Handbook (pdf)Download

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