London, October 2005 - The Norwegian testing services organization Datakortet has engaged testing and assessment software provider Questionmark to provide a test center administration for use at some 400 test centers in the country. Datakortet administers many exams in Norway including the European Computer Driving License (ECDL) exam, which tests basic computer skills.
The ECDL is widely used in most European countries as a certificate of competence in information technology. Outside Europe the programme is called the International Computer Driving Licence. The total number of participants enrolled in the program exceeds five million people, and more than twenty million tests have been administered.
In addition to providing Questionmark's Perception software for authoring, delivering, and reporting on these certifications and practice tests, Questionmark will deploy an administration system to schedule tests at multiple centers, regulate retakes, create customized registration screens, check screen resolution and browser viability before tests start, and log in test monitors or proctors for certification exams.
Perception also brings to Datakortet a number of innovative assessment authoring features and question types that range far beyond traditional multiple choice or fill in the blank. For example, Perception makes it easy to create questions rapidly that incorporate Macromedia Captivate and Flash to provide interactive, simulation-based questions, which are ideal for accurate testing of IT application skills.
