The expertise centre for securing and advancing the quality of examination.

RCEC, Research Centre for Examination and Certification, is the leading expertise centre for securing and advancing the quality of examination. As an audit organisation, we assess the quality of educational tests and exams. From our position as an advisory organisation and academy we support institutions in the formal school system and in the field of commercial education and in-service training with the construction, administration, scoring and evaluation of tests and exams. In this way we do justice to decisions by, about and for talent.

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Audit

Use the RCEC quality mark to demonstrate that your organisation offers tests and exams in accordance with the highest quality standards.

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Advice

We support your organisation with practical research, data-driven innovation and psychometric
services.

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Academy

We offer intra-company and online
training tailored to your needs
on qualitative exams and applied psychometrics.

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Latest news

Investigation into unwanted predictability in ADR Basic Certificate, Small Vessel Licence 1 and 2 and Road Goods Transport Part 1 theory exams

Thursday 18 July 2024

Periodically, CBR’s CCV division has its theory exams tested for unwanted predictability in the exam questions. In the most recent study, RCEC, Research Centre for Examination and Certification, analysed thousands of questions from the exams for ADR Basic Certificate, Small Vessel Licence 1 and 2 and Road Goods Transport Part 1. The aim of this

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In memoriam Prof. dr. ir. Theo Eggen

Friday 5 July 2024

On June 26, 2024, Prof. dr. ir. Theo Eggen passed away. Theo was one of the founders and for many years a driving force behind the Research Centre for Examination and Certification. With his vast wealth of knowledge and insight, he made a significant contribution to assuring and advancing the quality of examinations, both in

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Follow-up investigation into unwanted predictability in Central Bureau for Driving Licences theory exams

Wednesday 15 May 2024

RCEC’s earlier conducted research on predictability in the item banks of the theory exams for car, motorbike and moped of the Central Bureau for Driving Licences (CBR) has been followed up. This time, RCEC analysed the texts of thousands of exam questions in the study. No satisfactory result without knowledge and understanding The aim of

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