EMC SOLE SOURCE DECLARATION.pdf
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This document is a Sole Source Declaration from Exam Master Corporation regarding their assessment platforms, Exam Master Online and Academic Manager, which are being considered for sole source procurement by the University of Southern Mississippi Physician Assistant Program. The platforms offer a unique combination of features not available from a single vendor, including custom content selection, diagnostic reporting, competency assessment integration, and collaborative faculty tools. The related state and local contract opportunity is a notice of proposed sole source purchase (Bid RFx: 3150005631) for these Exam Master products by the State of Mississippi, with Forrest County as the jurisdiction. The opportunity is open for comments and objections until 8:00 a.m. Central time.
The declaration outlines the key unique characteristics of the Exam Master platforms, such as the ability to create custom quizzes and exams, provide detailed analytics, and integrate with the XComP competency assessment platform. Exam Master also claims to offer a proprietary set of over 3,600 USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 test questions developed exclusively by the company. No other pricing, funding, or incumbent information is provided in the document.
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Exam Master Corporation | PO Box 9326 | Newark, DE 19714 | Phone 1‐800‐572‐3627 www.exammaster.org
April 2, 2024
Chris Tuey, MCIS, MPAS, PA-C Program Director USM Physician Assistant Program Gulf Park Campus - WAB
Exam Master Sole Source Declaration
~ Confidential1 ~
In response to requests for certification of market uniqueness and exclusivity, the following is hereby submitted as a good faith declaration related to Exam Master’s testing and content management platforms.
Exam Master provides a unique combination of platforms, features and content that is not available from a single vendor under a single software license. These include the following:
Platforms:
Exam Master Online – A system for enabling student self-study, testing and review that contains a powerful exam engine, a content selection system, and detailed diagnostic reporting. While some features of Exam Master Online may be found in other resources, to our knowledge there is no other platform that offers all of these features together.
Academic Manager – A system for enabling faculty to create quizzes, exams and study blocks for students, and includes an exam manager, a content manager, a class manager and a reporting module. While some features of Academic Manager may be found in other resources, to our knowledge there is no other platform that offers all of these features together.
Unique Characteristics of Exam Master Online
Offers four levels of content selection.
Offers test, study, review and learning modes.
Provides a “user-created” flash card module.
Permits students to submit direct (to publisher) feedback on each question.
Offers the ability to annotate questions.
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Unique Characteristics of Academic Manager
Allows faculty to edit Exam Master-provided content.
Provides a full set of available item types including the advanced multiple response item type and free response item type with grading and mapping rubrics.
Enables both faculty and program collaboration and sharing of content.
No other academic testing system integrates with the XComP competency assessment platform.
Offers a complete set of exam statistics Offers detailed diagnostic scoring on a per user and per class basis.
Offers complete item analysis.
Includes an integrated electronic monitoring solution.
Allows exams to be assigned in a study or review mode only.
Unique Attributes of both systems working together o Few if any academic testing systems allow faculty to see results from both assigned examinations and student-created tests and quizzes.
o Includes a proprietary set of 3600+ USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 test questions developed exclusively by Exam Master
This is only a partial listing and description of unique and distinguishing features of Exam Master’s assessment platforms. Beyond the scope of what is described here, we make no representations about other products or technologies that might be available to the client.
Respectfully submitted:
Matthew J. Bader Managing Director Exam Master Corporation PO Box #9326 Newark, DE 19714 800-572-3627 www.exammaster.org
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