Proctor Certification Committee

Part of NCTA's mission is "the promotion of professionalism and quality in the administration of testing services and programs."  An ad hoc committee is designing an exam with Meazure Learning to evaluate and certify proctors who are meeting certain standards. Co-Chairs Dr. Cindy James and Dr. Sara Rieder Bennett co-presented with Meazure Learning psychometrician Andrew Dedes during the 2022 Annual Conference to update members on progress:

“Introducing the NCTA Proctor Certification Exam”

A standing Proctor Certification Committee was formed on August 18^th, 2022 in the Professional Services Division to develop policies and procedures for proctor certification. Members interested in volunteering can contact [email protected] for further information.

NCTA does not provide training resources to prepare for the exam. However, a non-exhaustive list of references used in the development of exam content is available here:

• NCTA Professional Standards and Guidelines (member login required)
• NCTA blog “The Value of Testing” (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13613787/)
• NCTA Proctoring & Monitoring Definitions (open access)
• Proctoring Best Practices (ATP & NCTA) (free to members, hardcopy can be purchased)
• Journal of NCTA (open access)
• NCTA webinar series (member login required)
• Caveon:  The Lockbox Blog (Available:  https://caveon.com/insights/)
• The Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (available for free download)
• APA’s “The Rights and Responsibilities of Test Takers: Guidelines and Expectations”
• The National Council on Measurement in Education Assessment Glossary
• ATP Security Survey Report
• Testing Times by Gordon Stobart
• James Lang, Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty
• Olson, J. F., and Fremer, J (2013). TILSA Test Security Guidebook
• P. Ericsson & R. Haswell (ed), Machine Scoring of Student Essays: Truth and Consequences
• W. Willingham & N. Cole, Gender and Fair Assessment
• Jim Wollack and John Fremer (2013) The Handbook of Test Security.
• Cizek, Gregory J. (1999). Cheating on Tests: How to Do It, Detect it, and Prevent it
• International Guidelines
• Bristol, T. (2017). Test and Examination Security Technology. http://www.jtln.org/article/S1557-3087(17)30131-2/pdf