The Surpass Innovation Award spotlights members of the Surpass Community who showcase unique ways to overcome assessment challenges, driving forward new ways of working and a cutting-edge approach to creating and delivering online examinations.
The awards are held every two years at our in-person Surpass Conference. If you are a member of the Surpass Community and are interested in entering for the next Surpass Innovation Award, please contact your Surpass Customer Success Manager. Sign up to the Surpass Community mailing list to stay up to date.
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SAICA impressed judges with their practical and innovative approach to delivering high‑stakes accountancy exams. Using Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) delivery with secure Word and Excel simulations in the Surpass Platform, SAICA enables postgraduate accountants to sit real‑world assessments over extended exam windows.
CFO and Company Director, Jim Crawford congratulated Nombuyiselo Tsukudu and Zanele Radebe on SAICA’s well-deserved win at the 2024 Surpass Conference.
SAICA assess postgraduate accountants at various stages on their journey to achieving chartered status, culminating in the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) examinations. SAICA deliver secure tests using Bring Your Own Device and secure Word and Excel simulations, allowing their exams to be sat over a period of eight hours in challenging circumstances with regard to network and power supply. It’s a fantastic, innovative solution that provides modern, secure assessment in challenging technological conditions.
Trinity College’s ‘Integrated Skills in English’ (ISE) is an adaptive test in the Surpass Platform that assesses all 4 language skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening). Based upon and linked to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), it is recognised by governments and institutions as solid evidence of English language proficiency. There are many innovative aspects to the Trinity test, in particular:
WSET deliver 12 globally recognized qualifications across wine, spirits, sake, and beer, from beginner to expert level. The Surpass online secure browser delivery option makes their onscreen exams more accessible to a wider range of customers – a way for the exam device to be locked down at the start of the exam without having to do any setup on the exam device beforehand. It provides a flexible user-friendly platform, ultimately enhancing the candidate’s assessment journey.
Michigan Language Assessment won the inaugural Surpass Innovation Award for their innovative MET Go! Digital test, which uses the Surpass Platform to test all four key areas of language testing (speaking, reading, writing and listening) on-screen.
Co-CEO Andy McAnulla and Account Director Shannon Starrs congratulated Lynne Frederickson on MLA’s well-deserved win at the 2022 Surpass Conference.
