TDA awards BTL 3 year e-Assessment contract for test development
BTL Group Ltd, a leading independent learning and assessment solutions provider, is pleased to announce the award of a new 3-year contract with the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) for the content development of the Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) skills tests.
The QTS skills tests comprise one of the largest and longest
running e-assessment programmes of its kind, with over 30,000
candidates each year taking over 100,000 tests in numeracy,
literacy and Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
BTL has been producing QTS skills tests content since 2003. The
new 3-year contract will see BTL develop highly innovative and
interactive content using their award-winning content production
system, CP3, for the numeracy and literacy tests and their powerful
Flash-based ICT simulation desktop, The Virtual DesktopTM, for the
ICT tests.
The content for the QTS skills tests will be developed in
conjunction with AlphaPlus (who will be authoring the test
content).The QTS skills tests will then be deployed in a 3rd party
delivery system, proving that BTL content is truly flexible and
reliable.
Jeremy Coninx, Director, Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Market
Management, at the TDA said:
"We are delighted to award this new contract to BTL. Their
innovation, flexibility and experience makes them an ideal choice
as test content developer for the QTS skills tests."