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Mega test center refers to examination halls that are equipped with computers to enable Computer Based Testing for large cohorts of students. Mega Test Center distinguish themselves from regular Test Centers by the number of test-takers that can concurrently take the same test.

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Typical regular test centers are operated by Pearson VUE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_VUE or Lamark [http://www.lamark.com/] (Netherlands). In those centers, typically 15 to 20 computers are located and operated by dedicated personell. Tests developed by commercial test publishers are offered to their candidates to be taken according to their own schedule. For that purpose test publishers have systems in place in which candidates can select their desired exam and can select a test location as well as a test time-slot.

Mega Test Centers are operated mainly by Institutions for Higher Education. The purpose of a Test Center is to accommodate for all candidates (a cohort) that follow a pre-planned course with a fixed end date and communal exam. The fixed end date and communal exam is obligatory because (in particular in Higher Education), exams must be protected from exposure prior to the exam to prevent fraud and prevent exhaustion of test construction effort.

Since approximately 2008, Mega Test Centers are developed and put into use in a growing number of Dutch Higher Education institutions. Notable are the following:

Saxion Hogeschool - 150 computers ~ since 2008 - Alexander Kremers, Heino Logtenberg

Hogeschool Rotterdam - 150 computers ~ since 2010 - Sander Schenk, Michiel Duyvenstein

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen - 290 computers ~ in operation since juni 2012 - Sake Jager, André Roozendaal

TU-Delft - 1 X225 and 1 x 250 computers - in operation since 1 oktober 2012 - Meta Keijer-De Ruyter

VU Amsterdam - 385 computers - in operation since february 2013 - Silvester Draaijer

In de VS is het soms nog grootschaliger, maar dan heel domeinspecifiek en met studentenlaptops (specifiek Rechtendomein).