QUSA News Alert Questar Assessment (QUSA) 0.0900 02/15/2015
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Questar Assessment to Develop and Administer the District of Columbia's Field Test for Middle School Social Studies
PR Newswire - Wed Dec 17, 9:00AM CST
The District of Columbia Public Schools' Office of Teaching and Learning has chosen Questar Assessment Inc. to develop assessment items to be administered online for social studies assessment for sixth, seventh and eighth graders. The company will be developing new items and test forms that will measure student mastery of required D.C. Social Studies Content Standards, Common Core standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, as well as the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards.
Questar Assessment Welcomes Jeffrey Zibley as Its New Vice President of Human Resources
PR Newswire - Thu Dec 11, 9:00AM CST
Questar Assessment Inc., a leading educational assessment provider for states, school districts and higher education institutions, announced today that Jeffrey Zibley has joined the organization as its new Vice President of Human Resources.
The Questar® Assessment System Certified by the IMS Global Learning Consortium
PR Newswire - Thu Nov 20, 10:00AM CST
The QTI (Question and Test Interoperability)/APIP (Accessible Protocol (APIP) Alliance -- a subgroup of the IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS), a membership-based group dedicated to fostering the open digital innovation revolution in education -- awarded the Questar Assessment System APIP v1 Content Package Conformance in September 2014 and the APIP v1 Delivery Conformance in November 2014.
Questar Assessment to Administer South Dakota's Online State Test of Educational Progress in Science
PR Newswire - Thu Oct 30, 9:00AM CDT
The South Dakota Department of Education has chosen Questar Assessment Inc. to administer the online versions of its Dakota State Test of Educational Progress (DSTEP) and Alternate (DSTEP-A) science assessments for grades five, eight, and 11. The assessment contract encompasses three testing cycles -- 2015, 2016, and 2017 -- and will evaluate the progress of approximately 10,000 students per grade, or 30,000 total, each year.
Questar Assessment Welcomes Keith Koch as Its New Chief Technology Officer
PR Newswire - Wed Oct 08, 9:00AM CDT
Questar Assessment, Inc. (Questar), a leading educational assessment provider for states, school districts, and higher education institutions, announced today that Keith Koch has joined the organization as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
Questar Assessment to Administer Online Field Test for ELPA21 Consortium
PR Newswire - Wed Aug 27, 9:00AM CDT
The English Language Proficiency Assessment for the 21st Century consortium (ELPA21) has chosen Questar Assessment, Inc. to produce a field test to collect information that will be used to guide the development of its first English Language Proficiency (ELP) Assessment.