Eight standards rolled out in 2006 by the Auditing Standards Board are sparking a cultural shift for auditors. The standards—Statement on Auditing Standards nos. 104–111—are designed to enhance ...

Many facets of our daily lives depend on standards. Standards influence the products we use, the foods we eat, how we communicate, our means of travel, our modes of work and play, and many other ...

Computer-based testing gives 9-year-old Sailor Hulbert a headache. This year, she has to sit in front of a screen and click through questions three times instead of bubbling in a test booklet once.

The American Society for Testing and Materials recently updated its standard for conducting Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, and it specifies what constitutes “good commercial and customary ...

This self-assessment tool has been developed to help trust teams assess and provide board-level assurance on the safety, quality and delivery of non-elective care in the first 72 hours in hospital, ...

Three years before the common assessments are fully operational and rolled out, we see ripples from the common standards affecting assessment. Take as one example the many questions hovering about ...

In many of our schools today there is a very tight fit among standards, testing and punitive accountability for teachers and schools. This has turned out to be a toxic mess leading to cheating and ...

75% of an organisation’s total expenditure is spent on people, making them the most expensive asset 75% of an organisation’s total expenditure is spent on people, making them the most expensive asset.

Patients hospitalized with advanced cirrhosis, a chronic and degenerative disease of the liver, are at increased risk of death. The tools currently used to assess that risk are limited in predicting ...