McCann Associates is an innovative leader in the development and deployment of high-stakes and diagnostic professional and educational assessments for public and private organizations. Using award-winning, web-based technology and traditional paper and pencil methodologies, clients throughout the world depend on McCann to create, deliver, score and report, hundreds of thousands of assessments a year. Dedicated to excellence in testing, McCann's consulting team provides expertise across all psychometric and test development services including program needs analyses, job analyses, test specification development, item writing workshops, test creation and review workshops, cut score study workshops, item analysis and test validation studies for linear and adaptive testing models using classical test theory and item response theory, as appropriate.
Committed to meeting the needs of various clients and markets, McCann leverages patented artificial intelligence technology, natural language understanding and web-based learning objects to empower clients to manage every aspect of their program from online item writing, item review, test creation, delivery and scoring. And that's not all. Recognizing the changing needs to deliver and score sophisticated items, McCann uses the world's best essay scoring engine to provide immediate, reliable and valid scores on constructed response items and offers enhanced add-on modules to allow organizations to compliment their core testing needs with practice assessments, virtual scoring, online training modules, pre and post test materials, online course materials and catalogs, on-the-fly data fields, and surveys.
Professional organizations enjoy McCann's Certification and Licensure Modules, which empower them to easily and effectively transition paper and pencil assessments and in-person workshops online, such as item writing, test creation, and test review; to add practice tests for worldwide distribution through our online store; to deliver high-stakes examinations in secure test centers located throughout the United States; to access their examinee test scores 24/7 with no need to "wait" for a transfer file; and to customize modules based on their program specific needs.
