iTester iTester

Full Assessment Cycle

eMetric’s iTester system is an integrated, web-based platform that supports both formative and summative assessments for statewide, district, and school level use. The platform provides easy-to-use capabilities for item authoring, item selection, form construction, student data management, test scheduling and administration, scoring, and reporting.

Key Features

Key Benefits

Fully Featured

iTester Client

Extensive list of built-in tools.
Built-in tools include basic, scientific, and graphing calculators; ruler; protractor; formula sheets; highlighter; answer cross-off; scratch pad, and more.
Support for a wide variety of items.
The iTester Client support multiple choice, fill-in, grid-in, open-ended, graphing, custom, and interactive items.
Numerous auxiliary features.
Auxiliary features include computer adaptive testing (CAT), text to speech, student feedback, audio playback, ELL testing, and sectioned tests.
Cached test content.
Test Accelerator allows test content to be cached so schools do not have to rely on a slower internet connection.
Online Scoring.
iTester supports real-time machine scoring of multiple choice, fill-in, and grid-in item types and can export other item types, such as constructed response items, for human scoring.
Security.
Security features include kiosk mode operation, 128-bit AES content encryption and SSl user authentication, RAM-only runtime, network-independent runtime, and autosave/backup of student responses.
Intuitive, user friendly interface for students of all ages.
The iTester Client features large descriptive navigation buttons in a configurable, controlled environment. The result is an intuitive interface that is appropriate for students of all ages.

iTester Administration

Conveniently managed test administrations.
Conveniently activate assessment administration for selected students statewide or for individual classrooms.
Customizable hierarchy of accounts.
A hierarchy of accounts provides the ability to grant appropriate access to educators from the classroom level to the state level.
Reporting and Data Analytics.
eMetric’s Data Interaction (DI) solution is designed to provide iTester administrators with fully featured summary, roster, or individual student reports.

iAuthor

Easy item authoring and form construction.
iTester’s web-based interface allows users to easily style, format, and design items.
Support for a variety of item types.
iTester supports multiple choice, fill-in, grid-in, open-ended, graphing, and custom and interactive items.
Extensive supplementary design options.
For each item created, the user is able to define scoring rubrics, answer keys, strand and sub-strand information, and tool requirements (e.g. whether a ruler, protractor, etc. is needed for the item).

Benefits Explained

Intuitive, user friendly interface for students of all ages.
The iTester Client features large descriptive navigation buttons in a configurable, controlled environment. The result is an intuitive interface that is appropriate for students of all ages.
Formative and summative assessment administration.
iTester is an integrated web-based platform that supports both formative and summative assessments for statewide, district, and school level use.
Easy to use, customizable reporting and data analytics.
Data Interaction (DI) is designed to provide iTester administrators with fully featured summary, roster, or individual student reports. eMetric will work with clients to finalize the scoring process, report templates, delivery timing (including real-time reporting), and reporting features so that scoring and reporting best serve the assessment program.

Demo

Please contact eMetric to sign up for a demo of iTester.

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Requirements

iTester Client:
Java Runtime 1.5+

iTester Administration and iAuthor:
Internet Explorer 7+
Firefox 3.0+
Safari 3.1+
Google Chrome