About Us
The Association of Test Publishers (ATP), founded in 1992, effectively advocates the test publishing industry and promotes its members’ interests in legal, regulatory, and professional arenas. It also promotes generally accepted guidelines for psychometrics, test delivery, test security, e-testing, interoperability, privacy, test adaptation, localization, and other areas related to the testing process. A non-profit organization, ATP represents providers of tests and assessment tools and/or services related to assessment, selection, screening, certification, licensing, educational or clinical uses.
India-ATP (India - Association of Test Publishers), a Regional Division of the Association of Test Publishers (ATP), provides a forum focused on positively influencing consumers and government agencies in India to establish policies and guidelines that are advantageous to all of the stakeholders in the testing process.
I-ATP Activities
I-ATP protects the rights of qualified professionals to access test and assessment tools and educates the public about the importance of testing to society. The division is central in reviewing testing guidelines, highlighting best practices, and developing guidance documents to ensure quality.
I-ATP promotes ethical behavior within the testing community to protect test publishers, users, and test takers.
I-ATP is developing clear and effective communication with its member organizations and responds promptly to industry-wide testing issues (e.g., test security guidance, interoperability, performance-based assessment). I-ATP uses its advocacy activities to recruit members and to develop outreach to the test publishing community. I-ATP is developing the capability to monitor government activities related to the test publishing industry. Besides monitoring such activities, I-ATP is developing mechanisms for disseminating information to members and other organizations to ensure the appropriate response is prepared promptly.
Educational activities emphasize the societal value of professionally developed tests and the importance of safeguarding tests as the intellectual property of test publishers. One aspect of education is to establish a leadership position in the development of industry guidance documents (i.e., test security, innovative item types) and to become the primary source of industry information (i.e., industry trends) for different constituent groups (policymakers, parents, general public). These educational and training programs emphasize quality and continuous improvement in all areas of the testing process. In addressing these needs, I-ATP seeks cost-effective and technologically driven methods to deliver programs to members and non-members alike. When feasible, I-ATP pursues educational and training programs in cooperation with other associations interested in the testing process.
Networking and exchanging information with member and non-member organizations are critical activities for I-ATP. Members are actively involved in the division’s direction, providing valuable input to help shape divisional activities and culture.