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Medical and professional assessment

RitePath Assessment Suite

Secure assessment design, delivery, review and credentialing for examiners and examinees.

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Item characteristic curves Three S-shaped curves showing how the probability of a correct answer rises with candidate ability, with the cut score marked. −3−2−1012300.51 Ability (θ) P(correct | θ) CUT SCORE
Fig. 1 — Item characteristic curves: how the probability of a correct response rises with ability.

Examiner Portal

For authors, reviewers, psychometricians and examination administrators. Design blueprints, author and review items, assemble and deliver examinations, analyse results and issue credentials.

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Examinee Portal

For candidates. See your scheduled assessments, check your system, read the rules, sit your examination, and view your released results and certificates.

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  • Role-based access
  • Complete audit trail
  • CTT and IRT reporting
  • QR-verified credentials

VII

stages, from blueprint to verified credential

1PL–4PL

item response theory models for calibration

5

recognised standard-setting methods

9+

free educational tools for teachers and candidates

The assessment lifecycle

From blueprint to credential, in one governed workflow

RitePath brings every stage of a high-stakes examination into one place. Each stage has its own workspace, its own permissions and its own audit trail.

  1. BlueprintMap specialties, competencies, learning outcomes and cognitive levels.
  2. AuthorWrite, tag, reference and version items with rationales and media.
  3. ReviewPeer and subject-expert review with recorded decisions.
  4. AssembleBuild fixed or adaptive forms from approved items only.
  5. DeliverSecure, timed delivery with accommodations and live monitoring.
  6. AnalyseClassical test theory, item response theory and standard setting.
  7. CredentialCertificates with QR verification, expiry and recertification.

Psychometric evidence

Measurement you can defend

Every RitePath examination is built and analysed with the methods examination boards rely on, so each pass–fail decision rests on evidence, not assumption.

Examination blueprintA grid of organ systems against cognitive levels. Darker cells hold more items, so the balance of content and thinking skills can be checked at a glance.RECALLAPPLICATIONANALYSISTOTALCardiovascular49524%Respiratory37419%Renal & urinary26416%Nervous system36316%Endocrine25314%Haematology24211%16 items · 22%37 items · 50%21 items · 28%74 items
Fig. 2 Examination blueprint: content areas against cognitive level.

Blueprinting. Every form is checked against its blueprint, so each examination samples the curriculum in the agreed proportions.

Person–item (Wright) mapCandidate abilities on the left and item difficulties on the right, on the same logit scale, showing that item difficulties cover the range of candidate ability.−3−2−10+1+2+3i1i2i3i4i5i6i7i8i9i10i11i12i13i14i15i16i17i18CUT SCORECandidates (ability θ)Items (difficulty b)logits
Fig. 3 Person–item (Wright) map on a common logit scale.

Targeting. Item difficulties are placed on the same scale as candidate ability, showing that the test measures well across the range that matters.

Test information and standard errorTest information peaks near the cut score, where the standard error of measurement is lowest, so pass–fail decisions are made where the test is most precise.CUT SCORE−3−2−10123Test informationStandard error (SEM)Ability (θ)
Fig. 4 Test information and standard error across ability.

Precision. Information is concentrated around the cut score, where measurement error is lowest and decisions are most consequential.

Educational tools

Free tools for teachers and candidates

Analyse a test, set a pass mark, build a blueprint, explore item response theory, plan your revision or pace your exam day. The tools run in your browser, and your data stays on your computer.

For teachers and examiners

AIG Tool — Automatic Item GeneratorGenerate single-best-answer questions from case templates: stories with placeholders, patient ages and sex, and question types with lead-ins, keys and distractors. Every item is checked against the NBME item-writing guide and tagged with its topic, organ system, competency and Bloom level.Quiz Compiler LightTurn your questions into a secure, self-contained quiz file: import from Word, Excel, PDF or CSV, add candidates, and build one password-protected quiz with shuffled questions and options for each candidate.Quiz Compiler MultilingualThe full quiz compiler, in English, Arabic, French and Spanish: build secure, self-contained exam files with five kinds of question, sections, a blueprint, study resources and a detailed candidate report.Item Analysis CalculatorPaste a score or response matrix and get difficulty, discrimination, KR-20 reliability, distractor analysis and flagged items.IRT Item Curve ExplorerSee how discrimination, difficulty, guessing and slipping shape item characteristic and information curves under 1PL–4PL models.IRT Calibration & AnalysisA seven-step IRT workbench: Rasch to 4PL and graded-response calibration, item and person fit, Wright map, DIF, equating, bank linking, cut scores, form assembly and CAT simulation.See all

For candidates

Flash Card LightTurn your notes into interactive flash cards: drop in a Word, text, PDF, CSV or Excel file and numbered pictures, and download a deck you can study anywhere, even offline.Flash Card ProUp to 500 flash cards per deck with pictures, sound and video, hints, explanations and checked references, organised by topic, with smart review that brings each card back when it is due.Revision Study PlannerBuild a week-by-week revision plan weighted by the exam blueprint and by how confident you feel in each area.Exam Pacing CalculatorKnow exactly how long you have per question and where you should be at each checkpoint, including extra time.Score Report ExplainerUnderstand what a score means: the classification band, your margin from the pass mark, and the effect of measurement error.See all
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Why RitePath

Built for high-stakes medical examinations

Security by design

Role-based access keeps authoring, review and scoring keys away from candidates. Examinees never see the item bank, review discussions, scoring keys, psychometric data or unpublished content.

Psychometric rigour

Item statistics, reliability, distractor analysis and IRT calibration support defensible pass marks and fair, comparable results across forms.

Governance and audit

Every sign-in, decision, release and certificate is recorded. Versioning preserves prior keys, rationales and reviewer decisions.

Plans

A plan for every examination team

Free

Explore RitePath

$0

Available now: Quiz Compiler Light and the free educational tools.

Educator

For individual teachers

$12 per month

The full Quiz Compiler for your own classes. Coming soon.

Department

For teams and small schools

$49 per month

Shared item bank, review and certificates. Coming soon.

Enterprise

For colleges and large schools

$2,000 per year

Both portals, full psychometrics and branding. Coming soon.

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