1. BS7988 – Time for a Review? Christine Ward, Steve Lay, David Keech

2. BS7988 – Time for a Review? BS 7988, A Code of Practice for the use of information technology (IT) in the delivery of assessments, developed during 2001, published March 2002 rapid growth in the use of IT in testing since then further developments in technology BSI panel considering the need for revision

3. BS7988 – Time for a Review? Is BS 7988 succeeding in its aim of: ensuring that delivery and scoring are fair to all candidates ensuring that the validity of an assessment is not compromised by IT delivery ensuring that delivery is secure, where this is necessary establishing consistency across awarding bodies? Or is it inhibiting innovation?

4. BS7988 – Time for a Review? Is BS 7988 up to date in respect of: technological developments developments in CAA methodology, for example types of assessment or item the ways in which CAA is used references to other standards and to legislation?

5. BS7988 – Time for a Review? Should the scope of BS 7988 be extended in any way, eg to include : psychological or other types of assessment earlier stages in the life cycle of an assessment automatic scoring of free text ‘e-marking’