- My company uses tests already, what’s different about
Brainbench assessments?
Brainbench provides a unique online delivery, reporting, and employee
communications system that facilitates organizational skills inventory management.
This skills measurement system is enabling leading organizations, like IBM, Wells Fargo and
Government agencies, to measure and improve the skills that
drive their success.
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- What are the advantages of Brainbench assessments?
Brainbench assessment solutions provide precise metrics to help companies
and their employees track and improve professional skills, with the features
companies need to achieve lasting bottom-line results.
- Advanced reporting features to support strategic business decisions
- Tests cover 600 of today’s crucial skills and abilities
- Custom test development to support proprietary product releases
- Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT) technology dynamically adapts to test-taker
responses
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- What are Brainbench assessments like?
Brainbench assessments are developed, validated, and reviewed by professionals
in each subject area.
Most Brainbench tests are delivered as Computer Adaptive Tests (CATs). Our personality assessments are not
CAT. For the CAT tests, the difficulty
level of the items is adjusted according to the question response of the test-taker.
This provides two advantages - 1) individuals are not repeatedly asked questions
that are too difficult or too easy for their particular skill level and 2)
the true ability of the test-taker can be more effectively assessed. The adaptive
test engine produces scores that are reflective of the number of questions
answered correctly and the difficulty level of those questions.
Assessments are scored on a scale of 1 to 5. For employees of corporate clients,
Brainbench can provide optional certification based on test scores. A score
of 2.75 or higher is required for certification by Brainbench, with a score
of 4.0 or higher required to be certified at the Master level. Scores are
available as soon as the test is completed.
Brainbench tests generally consist of multiple-choice questions. The questions
are designed to test real-world knowledge, as opposed to academic or "book"
knowledge. You can expect to see sample code, images and scenarios associated
with many of the items. Each question has one and only one correct answer.
The tests do not penalize for guessing, so individuals are encouraged to make
educated guesses in situations where there is uncertainty as to which answer
is correct. Brainbench assessments range in lenght from 10 - 50 questions,
and take 15 minutes to 1 hour, depending upon the individual.
Lastly, questions are timed, typically 3 minutes each maximum. A warning will flash
on the screen when there are less than 30 seconds left for a given question.
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- How can I overcome employee apprehension about testing?
Keep employees informed. Skills measurement will help employees validate their
knowledge, improve their performance, and achieve recognition. Brainbench
provides a variety of awareness tools to help make assessment a positive
part of your company culture including: print communications, an online
customized interface, an e-newsletter, and employee incentive and recognition
programs.
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- What is Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)?
As test-takers respond to "questions", a computer-adaptive test
"adapts" itself to test-takers by selecting the next item to be
presented on the basis of performance on preceding items.
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- Why is CAT better than static testing?
The advantages of CAT include:
- CAT requires fewer test items to arrive at a more accurate estimate of
test-takers' proficiency than pencil-and-paper tests.
- CAT allows test-takers to receive immediate feedback on their performance.
- Each test-taker is administered a different set of test questions enhancing
the test's security.
- CAT scoring takes into account not just the number of questions answered
correctly, but which items were answered correctly.
- A test-taker who correctly answers a more difficult set of questions will
score higher than a test-taker who correctly answers an easier set of
questions.
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- What companies are using Brainbench?
Brainbench supports organizations large and small. Clients hail from the Fortune 500 (IBM, Microsoft) to the
Federal Government (NASA, Department of State) to education (Virginia Department of Education, University of Texas) to small and
mide-size businesses.
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