Interactive Fact Sheets
As a leader in online assessment, the Pacific Metrics online systems have been valued by our clients for over ten years. Our solutions are currently being used in both the high-stakes and formative markets. The solutions are designed for both school and home environments. This allows the student to use a consistent learning tool, regardless of the setting.
Pacific Metrics' solutions are scalable and secure, capable of supporting states, districts, or schools. Should a client have special requirements, the solutions are rapidly customizable due to the architecture utilized.
Pacific Metrics provides a suite of assessment products and services to meet your specific needs, schedules, and requirements. With our proprietary technologies, test delivery is reliable and reports are accurate and timely. All Pacific Metrics solutions are enhanced by qualified program management, outstanding client services, and a highly responsive account team.
Services Offered
- Online item development environment
- Practice tests/formative/summative assessments
- All content areas
- Support all common items types (SR, CR, short-text, fill-in-the-blanks, etc.)
- Online reporting including data mining tools/custom reports
- Rapid development and deployment
- Subcontracting/partnerships for major statewide programs
Benefits
- Significant reduction of costs and time
- High-value/low-cost business model
Major Clients
- Louisiana Department of Education
- Data Recognition
- Corporation California schools and districts
Pacific Metrics has provided machine scoring solutions to our clients for over five years. The solutions are powered by our proprietary ORCA™ platform, coupled with robust and proven technology (Natural Language Processing technologies). This allows us to score a complete range of item types including:
Our solutions are scalable and secure, as well as capable of supporting states, districts, or schools.
Should a client have special requirements, the solutions are rapidly customizable, due to the architecture utilized. Our solutions are server-based and can be integrated with online testing platforms using an API.
Pacific Metrics offers flexibility in scoring models, depending on client needs. We can configure our system to score all responses or only responses that can be scored with minimal error. We provide monitoring services during scoring to ensure the solution is functioning as it should.
Pacific Metrics machine scoring solutions are enhanced by qualified technical staff, qualified program management, outstanding client services, and a highly responsive account team. We are constantly working to improve our machine scoring system to better suit client needs, and are open to collaborations regarding new solutions.
Services Offered
- Scoring validation
- Prompt calibration
- Proof-of-concept studies
- Operational scoring
- Rater monitoring
- Monitoring reports of machine scoring performance
- All content areas supported
- All assessment purposes supported
- All assessments (practice/benchmark/formative/summative)
- All content areas
Benefits
- Lowered scoring costs
- Immediate scoring turnaround time
- Handscoring validation
- Flexible scoring configurations
The Pacific Metrics Research Team is nationally renowned for its work in theoretical and applied psychometrics. Past and current work includes policy-level roles on major statewide and national testing programs, membership on various state technical advisory committees, and major contributions to the field of educational measurement.
Services Offered
- Technical design for large-scale assessments
- Policy consulting
- IRT calibration and equating
- Adaptive testing design
- Statistical consulting
- Multi-dimensional IRT and scoring applications
- Custom psychometric software
- Simulation studies
- Validity and reliability studies
- Standard-setting services
- Item banking/item management
Major Clients
- Louisiana Department of Education
- Delaware Department of Education
- National Assessment Governing Board
- Data Recognition Corporation
Leading Researchers
Dr. Howard C. Mitzel
Dr. Alan Nicewander
Dr. Matthew Schulz
Dr. Sue Lottridge
The Pacific Metrics Development Team applies extensive backgrounds in both high-stakes and formative assessment to provide a broad range of services to clients in all major subject areas. Our rapid turnaround times support the fast-paced, deadline-intensive environment of our clients, and our deliverables meet the highest standards of quality.
Services Offered
- Full-service test item development
- Instructional materials development
- Editing and review
- Translation services
- Art and production services
- Workshop facilitation and staffing
- Subcontracting for major statewide programs
Major Clients
- Louisiana Department of Education
- McGraw-Hill Digital Learning
- CTB/McGraw-Hill
- Riverside Publishing Company
- Harcourt Assessment
- Data Recognition Corporation
Our Staff
- Classroom expertise
- Advanced degrees in subject areas
- Experience with major test publishers
- Expertise in all major subject areas
- Efficient and reliable
As a technology-based company, Pacific Metrics solutions have been utilized and valued by our clients for over ten years. Our solutions are currently being used for psychometrics and item development, as well as test delivery, scoring, and reporting.
Designed utilizing a modular approach, Pacific Metrics solutions are scalable and secure, capable of supporting states, districts, or schools, in addition to valued business partners. Due to the architecture utilized, the solutions are rapidly customizable.
Services Offered
- Custom programming in Java, C, C+, PHP, Perl, Flash
- Online assessment and reporting including: data mining tools/custom reports
- Psychometric software
- Multiple solution integration
- Technology consulting
- Rapid development and deployment
- Implementation services
Benefits
- Reduce development costs
- Improve go-to-market timing
- Proven packaged solutions/front-to-back/single source
- Flexible business models
Data Sheets
Listen to Stella Gibbs, Executive Vice President of Business Development discussing Pacific Metrics' automated scoring system. This interview will air starting January 2012 on Delta Airlines' radio show "Executive Report".
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