8:00 am - 12:00 pm | Golf Tournament |
2:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Registration Open |
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | First Time Attendee Reception and Remarks |
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Innovations in Testing Opening Reception |
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7:15 am - 8:15 am | European Division Breakfast Meeting [More Info] |
7:15 am - 8:15 am | Session Coordinator Breakfast [More Info] |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast with Exhibitors |
7:30 am - 7:00 pm | Registration Open |
8:30 am - 10:00 am | OPENING KEYNOTE: Human-Centered Innovation [More Info] |
10:00 am - 10:15 am | Coffee Break with Exhibitors |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | A Testing Estuary: Blending Multiple Choice with Performance-Based Testing and Newest Online Proctoring Technology [More Info] |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | An ATP Cross-Divisional Brainstorm: Are Neuroassessments the Next Disruptive Innovation in the Testing Industry? [More Info] |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | Automated Scoring: An Introduction for Certification and Licensure Testing Professionals [More Info] |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | Behavioral Skills Essential to Work Success [More Info] |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | Executing a Security Strategy for Global Testing [More Info] |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | FEATURED FISHBOWL SESSION: Collaborative Assessments [More Info] |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | FEATURED SPEAKER SESSION: The Transition from Computer to Mobile and Tablet-Based Testing: Misinterpretations, Implications and Pitfalls [More Info] |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | FEATURED SPEAKER SESSION: Which Test is Best? Exploring New Ways to Assess Continuing Competence [More Info] |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | How to Make Your Program Shine: Communicating the Value and Impact of Certification [More Info] |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | Legal Risk Points in Talent Assessment: Overview and Update [More Info] |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | Navigating the Politics of Privacy in Testing [More Info] |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION: (American National Standards Institute):How to Achieve and Maintain ANSI Accreditation under ISO/IEC 17024 [More Info] |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION: (ATA Inc.): Selecting the Right Talents from Millions of Graduates Every Year [More Info] |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION: (ETS): Opt Out: An Analysis of Issues [More Info] |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | Technology-Enhanced Items: When to Use, How to Develop, How to Evaluate [More Info] |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | The Shanghai Experiment: Item Writing in the SMEs’ Native Language [More Info] |
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Coffee Break with Exhibitors |
11:45 am - 12:45 pm | Adapting to Change: Implementing and Maintaining an Adaptive Testing Program [More Info] |
11:45 am - 12:45 pm | Designing Usable Item Types and Software Using Lean Principles [More Info] |
11:45 am - 12:45 pm | Do Failing Candidates Rely on Subscore Information? Evaluating a Widely-Held Assumption [More Info] |
11:45 am - 12:45 pm | Dumping the Dopes Who Use Braindump Sites: How IBM Turned the Tables Using Data Forensics [More Info] |
11:45 am - 12:45 pm | FEATURED SPEAKER SESSION: Evidence-Based Assessment [More Info] |
11:45 am - 12:45 pm | FEATURED SPEAKER SESSION: Support Personalized Learning by Accelerating the Transition to e-Assessment via a Highly Interoperable Assessment Ecosystem [More Info] |
11:45 am - 12:45 pm | FEATURED SPEAKER SESSION: Walking the Fine Line between Sufficient and Excessive Testing [More Info] |
11:45 am - 12:45 pm | FISHBOWL SESSION: Blast from the Past or Meeting the Future? [More Info] |
11:45 am - 12:45 pm | Google Glass, Bluetooth and Spy Glasses…..Oh My!!!!! [More Info] |
11:45 am - 12:45 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION: (B Virtual Inc.): Online Student ID Proof, Verify and Authenticate – A Case Study in Biometric Software Innovation and Service Integration [More Info] |
11:45 am - 12:45 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION: (The College Board): Issues in Redesigning Existing Assessment Programs [More Info] |
11:45 am - 12:45 pm | Remote Scoring vs Remote Proctoring: An Alternative Approach to Dispersed Testing for High Stakes Assessment [More Info] |
11:45 am - 12:45 pm | The Drag and Place Item Type and Its Many Uses [More Info] |
11:45 am - 12:45 pm | Use of Learning Maps in Assessment Development [More Info] |
11:45 am - 12:45 pm | Workforce Skills Credentialing – Developing the Right Credential [More Info] |
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm | Education Division Luncheon [More Info] |
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm | International Luncheon [More Info] |
12:45 pm - 2:00 pm | Lunch with Exhibitors |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Badges of Honor and Profit [More Info] |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | FEATURED SPEAKER SESSION: Evolution and Revolution in Individual Clinical Intelligence Testing [More Info] |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | FEATURED SPEAKER SESSION: Talent Analytics in the Reputation Economy [More Info] |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | FISHBOWL SESSION: Finding the Gap: How to Diagnose and Address Hard to Write Blueprint Areas [More Info] |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Have Content, Will Travel [More Info] |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Let the CAT out of the Bag: Making Adaptive Testing More Accessible and Feasible [More Info] |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION (Internet Testing Systems): What’s New in Online Assessment Services [More Info] |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION (Pearson VUE): Test Security: Keeping Ahead of Evolving Security Threats [More Info] |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION: (Professional Testing, Inc): Management Systems What? Internal Audit Who? Document Control System Why? Help! [More Info] |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Test Security SMACKDOWN! [More Info] |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | The Next Generation of On-Line Selection Systems [More Info] |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | The ROI of Exam Development [More Info] |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Universal Design, Accessibility and Fairness: Implications for Test and Item Development [More Info] |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Want to Know What They Think of your Certification? Just Ask! [More Info] |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Workforce Credentialing and Employment - A Personalized Approach [More Info] |
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Dessert with Exhibitors |
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Accommodations on High Stakes Tests: Legal and Practical Considerations [More Info] |
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Bob’s Your Uncle et voilà: If Only Globalizing your Assessments were that Simple! Globalization Case Studies from the World of Assessment. [More Info] |
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | FEATURED SPEAKER SESSION: Bad News and Good News About Global Workforce Skills Credentialing…News and a Report [More Info] |
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | FEATURED SPEAKER SESSION: Text Mining for Assessment of Writing and Social Positioning [More Info] |
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | FISHBOWL SESSION: Herding Cats - How to Keep Track Of Your Test Security Incidents and Report Your Results [More Info] |
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | How to Prepare to Take a Constructed-Response Examination: A Tool that Provides Candidates Valuable Insight as to how the Examination is Scored. [More Info] |
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Lessons Learned from Global Job Task Analysis: Taking a Certification Program to the Global Market [More Info] |
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Mobile Testing: Love It or Hate It, It’s Time to Learn How to Manage It [More Info] |
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION (Prometric): Prometric and BTL – A Case Study Approach of “Buy Vs Build” to Drive Technology-enabled Business Growth [More Info] |
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION: (Kryterion, Inc.): Secure, Rapid Growth [More Info] |
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Shutting the Barn Door after the Horse has Bolted [More Info] |
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Test Security and Big Data [More Info] |
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | The Great Experiment: Microsoft and GMAC Explore Innovative Global Business Strategies Using Online Proctoring Solutions [More Info] |
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | The Moving Target: Maintaining Exam Validity in Rapidly Changing Disciplines [More Info] |
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Virtual Item-Writer Training: The Role of Assessment [More Info] |
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | ePOSTER SESSION: A DIF Analysis Using Task Analysis Data to Differentiate Similar Job Roles [More Info] |
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | ePOSTER SESSION: Adaptive Assessment Future Best Practice: From Foundation to Scripting and Advanced Item Types [More Info] |
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | ePOSTER SESSION: An Automated Quality Control System to Routinely Monitor Continuous Mode Tests [More Info] |
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | ePOSTER SESSION: Best Practices for Simulation Authoring [More Info] |
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | ePOSTER SESSION: Demystifying Measurement Equivalence: A Comparison of Equating and Examination Form Assembly Methods [More Info] |
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | ePOSTER SESSION: Effects of Retesting on MC Items [More Info] |
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | ePOSTER SESSION: Establishing Performance Standards on Continuing Education Through Computer Simulation [More Info] |
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | ePOSTER SESSION: How to Get Detailed Diagnostic Reports: Testing Diagnostic Hypotheses [More Info] |
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | ePOSTER SESSION: Improving the User Experience: Testing the Usability of a Widescreen Interface and a Decision Support Tool in Medical Certification Exams [More Info] |
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | ePOSTER SESSION: Innovations in Standard Setting for Adaptive Assessments - The Interval Validation Method [More Info] |
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | ePOSTER SESSION: Item Sensitivity Review: Design Guidelines and Application [More Info] |
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | ePOSTER SESSION: Open Badges: How IBM launched an Open Badge Initiative [More Info] |
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | ePOSTER SESSION: Pulse of Security in Testing: ATP Survey of Security Practices [More Info] |
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | ePOSTER SESSION: Results from the Big Five Inventory-44 Soft Skills Measure with Youth in 2 Emerging Market Countries [More Info] |
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | ePOSTER SESSION: The Impact of Using Automated Scoring of Written Responses for a Multilingual High-Stakes Medical Licensing Examination [More Info] |
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | ePOSTER SESSION: Using Assessments in the Education Channel [More Info] |
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | ePOSTER SESSION: Validity Research: International Application of the WorkKeys System for Global Workforce Skills Credentialing [More Info] |
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | ePOSTER SESSION: Web-based Formative Assessment: An Innovative Way to Assess and Improve Patient-Physician Communication [More Info] |
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Reception with Exhibitors and ePoster Sessions |
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7:15 am - 8:15 am | Clinical Division Breakfast [More Info] |
7:15 am - 8:15 am | Workforce Skills Credentialing Breakfast [More Info] |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast with Exhibitors |
7:30 am - 5:15 pm | Registration Open |
8:30 am - 10:00 am | Hackathon Part I [More Info] |
8:30 am - 10:00 am | WORKSHOP: Competency Modeling and Job Analysis for Certification and Licensure Tests [More Info] |
8:30 am - 10:00 am | WORKSHOP: How to Identify, Develop and Implement Innovative Items [More Info] |
8:30 am - 10:00 am | WORKSHOP: Real-World High-Stakes Test Security Investigations [More Info] |
8:30 am - 10:00 am | WORKSHOP: Standard Setting Essentials and an Evidence-Based Approach for Determining if its Time for a Reset [More Info] |
8:30 am - 10:00 am | WORKSHOP: The Innovation Challenge [More Info] |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Break in Exhibit Hall |
10:30 am - 12:00 pm | Hackathon Part II [More Info] |
10:30 am - 12:00 pm | WORKSHOP: Accommodating Test Takers: Hot Developments, Case Studies, and Practical Tips [More Info] |
10:30 am - 12:00 pm | WORKSHOP: Essential Policies and Practices for Test Score Validation [More Info] |
10:30 am - 12:00 pm | WORKSHOP: International Testing – The Things a Test Security Professional Needs to Know [More Info] |
10:30 am - 12:00 pm | WORKSHOP: Masterclass in Creating Technology Enhanced Items [More Info] |
10:30 am - 12:00 pm | WORKSHOP: The Media is Knock, Knock, Knocking at Your Door…Now What??? [More Info] |
10:30 am - 12:00 pm | WORKSHOP: Understanding the Requirements of the Revised Accreditation Standard ISO/IEC 17024 - What are They Asking for Anyway? [More Info] |
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Asia Division Luncheon [More Info] |
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Certification and Licensure Division Luncheon [More Info] |
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | Lunch with Exhibitors |
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION: SARAS Blended Assessments – A quick, hassle free, low cost solution for blended test delivery [More Info] |
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION: Advances in Real-Time Proctoring and Test Delivery for Summative Assessments [More Info] |
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION: Connecting Careers and Your Credential with Digital Badging from Acclaim [More Info] |
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION: Everybody Can Build Tests – Automatically Generated Assessment Designs [More Info] |
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION: FastTest: A Comprehensive System for Assessment [More Info] |
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION: Get Rid of Paper! Online Tools to Make Committee Meetings Easier [More Info] |
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION: Innovative Opportunities for Diagnostic Assessment: A Demonstration of PARCC’s Newest Tools [More Info] |
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION: Metacog - Observing How Students Solve Problems (Not Merely the Final Answers) [More Info] |
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION: NBCOT Navigator: A Glimpse into a Game and Simulation Continuing Competency Portal [More Info] |
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION: PAN’s Ultimate Talent Measurement Platform: A Showcase of the Self-Authoring Tool and the Workflow Tool [More Info] |
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION: Q-interactive: Reimagining the Practice of Clinical Assessment [More Info] |
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION: Reflective Practice Exercise for Engaged Continuing Competence [More Info] |
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION: RPNow: Anytime-Anywhere Remote Proctoring for Secure and Convenient Online Exam Delivery [More Info] |
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION: Secure, Flexible Delivery Using Live Online Proctoring [More Info] |
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION: Share and Share Alike Using Online Exam Development Software [More Info] |
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION: Site Readiness Tools [More Info] |
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION: TRANSOM Your Window Into Test Results [More Info] |
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Architecting the Next Generation of Performance Based Testing [More Info] |
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Career Technical Education: Why Won’t Curriculum Assessments Adequately Prepare your Students for Industry Certification Exams? [More Info] |
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | CBT Event Testing: Testing Candidates Where They Work, Study or Congregate [More Info] |
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | FEATURED SPEAKER SESSION: The Complete Equation for Workforce Skills Credentialing [More Info] |
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | FEATURED SPEAKER SESSION: The World Out There - HR Management and Tools in Emerging Countries [More Info] |
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | FISHBOWL SESSION: Improving Reports for Testing Programs [More Info] |
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Is Remote Proctoring Really Less Secure than In-Person Proctoring? [More Info] |
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Lessons Learned in Developing and Implementing a Global Certification Program [More Info] |
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Leveraging Role Delineation Studies to Define a Career Framework [More Info] |
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Passing Standards for Multilingual and International Examination Programs [More Info] |
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION (Alpine Testing Services): Building a High-Performing Test Development-to-Delivery Ecosystem: Maximizing Technology and Integration Benefits [More Info] |
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION (Examity): Online Test Security: An Enhancement to Your Test-Takers’ Experience and a Complement to Testing Centers [More Info] |
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION (PSI Services LLC): The Next Generation of Testing: How Remote Proctoring and Performance Testing can assess the 21st century candidate [More Info] |
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Tablet-Based Administration of the Brief Assessment of Cognition: Adaptation of a Traditional Pen and Paper Assessment [More Info] |
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | The Use of Automated Video Selection in the Public Sector [More Info] |
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | What's in Your Program Toolbox? [More Info] |
2:15 pm - 4:15 pm | Dessert with Exhibitors |
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm | IGNITE SESSION: Risk Analysis - How Safe is Your Certification Program? [More Info] |
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm | IGNITE SESSION: Disruption in the Credentialing Space: Why Is It Happening and What Should We Do About It? [More Info] |
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm | IGNITE SESSION: Four Innovative Ways to Lead and Facilitate SME Groups in the Assessment Industry [More Info] |
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm | IGNITE SESSION: Rating Using Paired Comparisons [More Info] |
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm | IGNITE SESSION: Structured Blueprint Review: Setting the Foundation for Test Development [More Info] |
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm | IGNITE SESSION: The ABC’s of Digital Badges [More Info] |
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm | Ignite Table Discussion |
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | A Case Study – Considering Security from Program Inception [More Info] |
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Anthropological Test Design - Going Beyond Minimum Competence [More Info] |
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Balancing Act: Maintaining Rigorous Security While Providing a Positive Candidate Experience [More Info] |
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Career Readiness and the Need for Credentials in the 21st and 22nd Century [More Info] |
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Does Your Exam Accommodate Accommodations? [More Info] |
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | FEATURED SPEAKER SESSION: Highlighting Proctoring Best Practices [More Info] |
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | FEATURED SPEAKER SESSION: Theory and Practice of Principled Assessment in Licensure [More Info] |
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | FISHBOWL SESSION: Is My Validation Valid? Challenges and Approaches to Identifying Appropriate Validation Methods [More Info] |
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Noncognitive Assessment: Emerging Applications in Talent Development and Credentialing [More Info] |
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION: (Yardstick, Testing and Training Experts): Going AIG: How to Transition Your Item Development Program [More Info] |
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Psychometrics of Online Proctoring (OP): Comparing OP and Test-Center Deliveries [More Info] |
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | The Best of Both Worlds: Leveraging TEIs Without Sacrificing Psychometrics [More Info] |
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Translation Project Plan for Global Programs [More Info] |
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Sponsor Thank You and Debrief Reception |
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Industrial/Organizational Reception |
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7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Security Committee Breakfast [More Info] |
7:30 am - 12:30 pm | Registration Open |
8:45 am - 9:45 am | "So You Really Want to be Assessed by Us? Assess Yourself First!" [More Info] |
8:45 am - 9:45 am | Assessing Your Risk: Why Security is Not One Size Fits All. [More Info] |
8:45 am - 9:45 am | Development and Validation of a Computerized Virtual Reality-Based Assessment of Functional Skills [More Info] |
8:45 am - 9:45 am | FISHBOWL SESSION: Leader2Leader 3.0: What are your Challenges in Running a Credentialing Business? [More Info] |
8:45 am - 9:45 am | From Idle to Thriving: Grow your Certification Program with Marketing Automation and Nurturing Campaigns [More Info] |
8:45 am - 9:45 am | New Data for Old Objectives [More Info] |
8:45 am - 9:45 am | Performance Based Testing for the Masses: Microsoft’s Journey to Real-World Assessment [More Info] |
8:45 am - 9:45 am | Situational Judgment Tests: Applications and Research [More Info] |
8:45 am - 9:45 am | Using Latent Class Analysis in Test Construction: New Insights into Test Takers [More Info] |
8:45 am - 9:45 am | What Should Managers and Executives Know When Translating and Adapting Assessments for a Global Market? [More Info] |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:00 am - 11:00 am | Authentications vs Identification: E-Learning Identities [More Info] |
10:00 am - 11:00 am | Design Considerations for Express Scales in a Digital World [More Info] |
10:00 am - 11:00 am | FISHBOWL SESSION: Thinking in New Boxes: Thought Provoking Conversations for Certifiers [More Info] |
10:00 am - 11:00 am | How Third-Party Review Can Help Improve Alignment in an Assessment Program: Tales from Both Sides [More Info] |
10:00 am - 11:00 am | Meeting in the Middle - An Update: A Tale of Changes Made by Two Large-Scale Licensure Examinations [More Info] |
10:00 am - 11:00 am | Technology as a Game Changer: The Evolution of Testing and Crystal Ball View of the Future [More Info] |
10:00 am - 11:00 am | The Good, the Bad and the To-Be-Determined of Digital Credentials [More Info] |
10:00 am - 11:00 am | The Progress and Promise of Open Source Technology to Support State Assessment Systems [More Info] |
10:00 am - 11:00 am | Two Tips for a Healthy Heart: Or How to Identify Problem Areas and Maintain a Healthy Item Bank. [More Info] |
10:00 am - 11:00 am | What's the Right Answer? Autograding of Open-Ended Math Questions [More Info] |
11:15 am - 12:30 pm | CLOSING SESSION: Reclaiming the Conversation: Influencing How the World Talks and Thinks about Testing [More Info] |