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Rudy Crous

Rudy Crous is a Corporate Psychologist and the Co-founder & CEO of Compono, a next-generation work platform transforming how organisations engage, hire, develop, and certify talent. With deep expertise in culture, competence, and performance, Rudy works with businesses and governments to drive smarter people decisions—seamlessly connecting education, work, and capability to build thriving teams, workplaces, and communities.

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Assessment Design Matters: Choosing the Right Question Type for the Decision You Need to Make

A good assessment is not just a collection of questions. It is a structured measurement process.

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Why We Do Not Start With Proctoring

When customers ask why an assessment platform does not automatically include proctoring, the question usually comes from a good place.

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Part 5: Cognitive Load: Do Not Make the Assessment Hard for the Wrong Reason

This is Part 5 of the 'Better Assessment Design Series: Why Good Tests Are About More Than Questions and Scores.' Click here for more in the series....

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Part 10: Assessment Design Is Decision Design

This is Part 10 of the 'Better Assessment Design Series: Why Good Tests Are About More Than Questions and Scores.' Click here for more in the series.

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Part 9: Data Design: If You Only Design for a Score, You Only Get a Score

This is Part 9 of the 'Better Assessment Design Series: Why Good Tests Are About More Than Questions and Scores.' Click here for more in the series.

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Part 8: Assessment Alignment: When the Learning, the Test and the Result Do Not Match

This is Part 8 of the 'Better Assessment Design Series: Why Good Tests Are About More Than Questions and Scores.' Click here for more in the series.

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Part 7: Fairness and Bias: Giving Everyone the Same Test Does Not Always Make It Fair

This is Part 7 of the 'Better Assessment Design Series: Why Good Tests Are About More Than Questions and Scores.' Click here for more in the series.

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