NOCTI/The Whitener Group Introduces QuadNet™
A Complete Online System for Assessment Management, Delivery and Reporting

NOCTI/The Whitener Group recently unveiled QuadNet, bringing together all of its online systems under one common infrastructure. QuadNet allows customers to easily manage a localized and/or statewide testing program.

Comprised of both a secure online delivery and management system, QuadNet offers customers many easy-to-navigate features with the protection of advanced encryption technology. QuadNet’s test delivery engine has been enhanced with a new look and the option to provide text-to-speech capability for special needs students. Site coordinators will benefit from enhancements to the Client Services Center including additional resources, intuitive navigation and options to export score report data to a variety of programs including Excel and PDF.

“What a difference the new Client Services Center has made! With nearly 400 students testing online each spring, I appreciate being able to go to the Client Services Center, and with a few clicks, set the test up, generate scores for instructors, and provide our administrators with the information they need,” says veteran Site Coordinator and Tech Center principal Ed Stanton, New Jersey. “I also appreciate that if I have questions, I can call and talk to a ‘real’ person.”

NOCTI/The Whitener Group continues to provide exemplary customer service with real-time response and personal technical support via a toll-free dedicated support line. A team of professionals is available to assist and expedite solutions for your online testing experience.

NOCTI provides curricular and instructional improvement tools for secondary and post-secondary institutions. In addition to over 75 standardized assessments, NOCTI also works with customers to create customized solutions. Services include job and task analysis, assessment construction, assessment delivery, score reporting, score interpretation and professional development workshops. The Whitener Group, a subsidiary of NOCTI, addresses the needs of business/industry by offering customized solutions to enhance workplace productivity.

Whitener Group Serves Partners in Business through Industry Resource Centers

The Whitener Group’s Industry Resource Centers (IRCs) are charged with creating strategic workforce solutions for their service community. Their mission is made more challenging by the complexity of the public workforce system and the need to build partnerships among the many different entities they serve.

Currently The Whitener Group has over 38 IRCs throughout the county. Although the majority of the IRCs are located at community colleges, there are several organizations involved in workforce development that have been approved to serve as IRCs. The IRCs utilize a wide variety of occupational assessments to provide solutions for their constituents.  Assessments are available online or in paper/ pencil format. The assessments are used for various purposes such as a pre-screening tool for hiring employees or as a leveling tool to re-position current employees. Many of the IRCs use the assessments to identify training gaps and provide the remediation necessary for employee success.

Joe Peschel from Owens Community College’s Industry Resource Center (IRC) in Ohio provides an opportunity for individuals to take a Whitener Group assessment at his school’s testing facility. These individuals, job applicants referred to Owens by a local business specializing in automotive supplies for the Detroit Three, are evaluated for hire based on their test scores and other qualifications. “The partnership we have with business works well for both of us-we can provide assessment services using The Whitener Group products to assist them in their human resource needs, they can get the information easily to make decisions on personnel,” said Joe Peschel. “It is critical to these companies that the tests are nationally validated, reliable instruments, which is exactly what The Whitener Group offers.

The Whitener Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of the NOCTI company, and is dedicated to serving business and industry assessment needs.

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NOCTI's 2008 Quarterly Professional Development Web Seminar Schedule

NOCTI offers educational opportunities on topics of interest related to assessment. If you are interested in any of the 2008 Web Seminars listed below, please contact Lana.Ford@nocti.org to register. All Web Seminars are scheduled on Tuesdays at 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time and last approximately one hour. There is no charge. Call 1-800-334-6283 or email today to reserve your spot!

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