Audience

K12 schools requiring a solution to support student skill development and accurately meet state standards

About TAO Platform

TAO, from Open Assessment Technologies, is the leading open source digital assessment solution for education and career advancement, with over 100 million test deliveries in more than 30 languages worldwide. Modular, customizable and interoperable by design, TAO empowers you to break free from the confines of proprietary silos, eliminate expensive licensing fees, take full control of your testing resources, and enjoy enterprise-level support. TAO is a commercial-grade assessment solution consisting of powerful next-generation components that can be deployed as-is, modified with new features, and integrated with other tools and administrative systems. TAO has robust tools to support the full digital assessment lifecycle but is also designed to support future innovation thanks to an extensible source code. The platform is built around an extension management engine, which allows plug-in of additional capabilities modifying existing functionality, or adding new functionality.

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Pricing

Pricing Details:
TAO offers solutions tailored to match the scale of your deployment, ranging from our free, open source edition, TAO Core, to our out-of-the-box cloud-native offerings, TAO Ignite and TAO Pro, to a completely customized solution with TAO Enterprise.
Free Version:
Free Version available.

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Ratings/Reviews - 3 User Reviews

Overall 2.3 / 5
ease 2.3 / 5
features 2.3 / 5
design 2.3 / 5
support 1.7 / 5
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Company Information

Open Assessment Technologies
Founded: 2013
Luxembourg
www.taotesting.com

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Play Video TAO Advance for online test delivery. Provide a 100% accessible test-taking experience for students. Configure advanced test interactions using TAO PCIs. Simplify exam grading with TAO's tools for automatic and human scoring.
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Platforms Supported
SaaS
Windows
Mac
On-Premises
Training
Documentation
Live Online
In Person
Videos
Support
Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
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TAO Platform Frequently Asked Questions

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TAO Platform Product Features

Assessment

Certification Management
Individualized Assessments
Multi-User Collaboration
Proctoring
Scoring
Skill Testing
Surveys
Test / Quiz Creation

Exam

Assessments
Automatic Grading
Certification
Online Tests
Question Bank
Question Branching
Question Randomizing
Quizzes
Results Reporting
Scheduling
Time Limits
User Management
Weighted Questions
Paper Tests
Surveys

Online Proctoring

Automated Proctoring
Browser Patrolling
Candidate Authentication
Real-Time Proctoring
Remote Proctoring
Reporting / Analytics
Biometrics
Facial Recognition
Live Proctoring
Real-Time Communication / Chat
Recording / Storage

TAO Platform Reviews

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  • A TAO Platform User
    Educator
    Used the software for: 6-12 Months
    Frequency of Use: Weekly
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 26 - 99
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "NOT the leading open source assessment solution"

    Posted 2023-07-16

    Pros: Their commercial software is somewhat comparable to other commercial softwares listed here. And appears to offer much the same features.

    Cons: That this statement about open source software somehow implies this is a better choice then the others listed here.

    Overall: This is called 'open washing', where you put forth a semi-functional open source version of your product which gives you the appearance of supporting open source software and being a 'good community player', so people gravitate to your software. There is minimal community behind your open source product and it is only feasible for use for small groups being quizzed. No info. is provided for use past 100 simultaneous users which makes it impractical for most uses. There is no activity on your community blog which speaks volumes about your open source offering.

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  • Amber S.
    Programmer/Analyst
    Used the software for: Less than 6 months
    Frequency of Use: Monthly
    User Role: User, Administrator
    Company Size: 500 - 999
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    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Tao Open Source - is not a commercial grade product "

    Posted 2023-04-12

    Pros: Nice that they have an open source product. Adequate for quizzing small groups of users when the results are not important.

    Cons: Their open source offering has a limit on the number of users and is not suitable for actual testing, only for simple quizzing (where is the ability to Resume a test if the users computer goes down? What do we tell the student?). PHP 7.x is end of life and should not be used. The QTI question format they use locks you into a limited, specific group of vendors (mostly commercial). QTI, the open standard they refer to is only endorsed by a very small group of commercial vendors worldwide (<800).
    Enterprise level support is only available if you pay. Where is the support for the Open Source version?

    Overall: Another vendor with an 'open source' hook to draw you in and then their website mainly describes their commercial product but does not say feature X is only available in their paid cloud product. How come their Open Source version is not here on sourceforge so we can see it's popularity and users comments in regards to it.
    'With over 100 million test deliveries in more than 30 languages worldwide' you would think there would be a few reviews praising it. Don't see that anyone has added new functionality to the open source version in the last decade. Don't tarnish the Open Source ethos by offering incomplete solutions and never adding to them. Apache is Open Source not TAO.

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    Reply from TAO Platform
    Posted 2023-04-17
    Hi Amber, We release new features to the TAO Core, our open source platform edition annually. Our latest open source release, TAO 3.6 was released in January 2023 and can be accessed here: https://www.accelerate.taotesting.com/core-docker-install There is a long list of new features, including the upgrade to PHP 8. You'll need to reinstall this environment to take advantage of the new features: https://www.taotesting.com/user-guide/tao-core-2023-release/ Our open source platform is ideal if you have the IT infrastructure to host the system in place, as we do not provide hosting or live support for this edition. We do offer paid support packages, however. Our cloud based platform editions are also completely hosted by OAT with account management for large-scale deployments where you're looking for additional support. Regarding open standards, the benefit of QTI - the Question and Test Interoperability standard - ensures that your content is 100% interoperable and can move with you, unlike proprietary vendors that actually lock you in to their specific format. This makes it difficult to maintain the value of your content should you need to move it into another platform. Especially as the industry pushes more toward incorporating these open standards in an effort to eliminate data silos and reduce You can also compare all of the features across our editions here: https://www.taotesting.com/products/#see-features I hope this helps. Please feel free to contact us to learn more about any of our support services or paid platform editions.
  • Bob H.
    Educator
    Used the software for: Free Trial
    Frequency of Use: Yearly
    User Role: Administrator
    Company Size: 1,000 - 4,999
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "The 'leading open source digital assessment solution' is a little misleading. "

    Posted 2023-04-10

    Pros: That they do offer an open source product and do support a standard for question interoperability. Their offering is better than many others in this area.

    Cons: Their open source product is not an 'assessment solution' as there is not any analysis of the results provided. Considering the goal of assessment is the 'results', this is the most important information that needs to be conveyed by the software. Support of a single question standard limits your ability to move to other open source systems that may offer additional features.

    Overall: One of the better open source 'exam solutions'. Little development of new features in their open source version has occurred in many years as is typical of a commercial vendor.

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