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Related Weblinks Administration and Alignment Standardized testing is the procedure to ensure that tests are administered under uniform conditions. The belief is that standardization assures that the test is aligned with assumptions about its content and normative stability. Unless it is administered under standard conditions, we cannot ensure that it is aligned to external guidelines – such as might be issued by Ministries of Education. A very important person in this equation is the individual who actually runs the testing room. This person is variously called either a 'proctor' or an 'invigilator'. Other various terms or mixes of terms exist. For example, in the ESL Placement Test (EPT) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a doctoral student in language testing serves as the 'Administrator' of the exam – she runs all aspects of the testing, including supervision of the test room. If it is a large testing session, she has helpers in the room, who are called 'test proctors'. The terms for such an individual vary, but the responsibilities can become quite complicated – particularly if the test designers believe that control is essential for standardized administration. Here is a splendid example of highly standardized guidance for a test invigilator, taken from the General Educational Development (GED) system – through which a person can obtain a secondary school degree without having attended high school in the USA. A UK corporation called Edexcel has developed an online invigilator training system for its testers. We are certain that if you dig through the files at your school, you will also find examples of invigilation guidance – some very detailed, and perhaps, some that is less detailed.
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