We at Pedagogue Solutions
hope you had a restful and enjoyable holiday. As we
begin 2007 we thought it would be an appropriate time
to share with our friends in the assessment community
some of our 2006 accomplishments and what we look forward
to accomplishing in 2007.
As many of you know 2006 was a year of
transition for us. For many years we had essentially
been in two businesses: eLearning and on-line testing.
After a long and careful analysis we decided in late
2005 to exit the eLearning business and focus on what
has always been our core competency: on-line testing.
Because we were able to fully focus on this one area,
our testing business has grown faster than any of us
could have predicted.
Perhaps our fastest area of growth was
in the global marketplace. Pedagogue was built from
the ground up as an enterprise, global system, and during
this past year our clients put these features to good
use. By the end of 2006 we were delivering tests in
eleven languages to almost 60 countries.
As the only truly 21 CFR Part 11 compliant
testing system (it has been rigorously validated by
more than half a dozen companies) we did an increasing
amount of testing in regulated areas of the life sciences.
In 2006 we delivered significant numbers of tests in
manufacturing, operations, clinical research and compliance,
in addition to our “traditional” marketplace
of sales training.
This past year witnessed an accelerating
movement towards strategic assessment in the form of
valid, defensible outcomes measurement. As the recognized
test validation experts in the life sciences we reviewed
thousands of test questions for validity, and consulted
with half a dozen companies on test development methodology.
Our workshop on Best Practices in Test Development
was in high demand in 2006.
And what about 2007? After months of intense
design work, we have an exciting new release (Version
9.0) coming in the second quarter of 2007. It will have
important new features, found in no other testing system,
linking instruction, assessment and certification. Both
our PedagogueDirect clients and our licensed clients
will be learning about these features in the coming
months. We think you will share our enthusiasm.
Wishing you a healthy and prosperous 2007.
Warm regards,
Steven B. Just,
President |
