Professional Services

Services

01

Assessment Development

From initial program design through continuous exam maintenance cycles, Alpine's test development team partners with your SMEs to build and validate assessments that are defensible, relevant, and aligned with your program goals.

Capabilities

  • Program design, redesign, & audits
  • Job task analysis & review (JTA/JTR)
  • Competency analyses
  • Exam specification, test definition, & blueprinting
  • Item writing & psychometric screening
  • Performance-based item design & scoring
  • Item review (congruence, accuracy, bias)
  • Cueing & overlap
  • Translation & localization oversight
  • Item bank maintenance
02

Psychometrics

Exam validity exists along a spectrum supported by a body of evidence, not a single statistic. Alpine's psychometricians advise on and design analytic approaches aligned with the intended uses and interpretations of your program's exam scores, conducting and validating the analyses that support the accuracy, consistency, and fairness of your program's resulting decisions.

Capabilities

  • Standard setting
  • Item & form-level analysis (CTT & IRT)
  • Forms assembly & balancing
  • Equating & scaling
  • Item banking & anchoring
  • Score report creation
  • LOFT/CAT algorithm & calibration support
  • Concordance studies
  • Psychometric consulting
  • Validity & reliability studies
03

Exam & Program Security

Security is a practice, not a passive reaction. Alpine helps programs prevent exposure, mitigate risk, detect anomalies, and enforce policy building proactive defenses and responding to incidents with measured, evidence-driven action.

Capabilities

  • Data forensics & anomaly detection
  • Candidate collusion monitoring
  • Item exposure analysis
  • Security audits & risk assessments
  • Policy & procedure development
  • Incident response & investigations
  • Proctoring vendor evaluation
  • Program security roadmaps
04

Accreditation Support

Accreditation is a milestone, not a formality. Alpine helps your program pursue ANSI/ICE 1100, ISO 17024, or NCCA accreditation or prepare for a renewal by assembling the evidence and narrating it in the language accreditors expect.

Capabilities

  • Readiness assessments
  • Documentation review
  • Gap analysis
  • Technical report authoring & auditing
  • Committee & policy guidance
  • Re-accreditation preparation