Test Development

Cito has long-standing experience in developing theoretical and practical tests, as well as tests that combine theory and practice. The tests are useful instruments in determining the direction an individual employee should take. Tests can be used to determine the starting level, the progress made and the attainment level.

Aims and wishes

Before we start developing a test, we do a stocktaking of the employer's aims and wishes. We then translate these into measurable objectives and develop a tailor-made test. Of course, the test will be subject-specific or job-specific. It could be either paper-based or computer-based.

Areas of test development

Focused on	Goal	Test objectives
Production companies	Continuity of production process	Company-specific skills and knowledge
Temporary employment agencies	Insight into quality of temporary employee	Basic knowledge and skills employee
Training institutes	Raising quality of examinations	Reliability and validity of examinations
Companies in general	Raising language skills	Language skills of employees

An example from our practice

For Organon, a pharmaceutical company, Cito develops test questions on training manuals. As the manuals are used all over the world, the tests are in English. We perform an extra check on the test questions, as English may have different shades of meaning in the various countries where the manuals are used.