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Confidently write and deliver all NCLEX® item types with Elsevier’s Assessment Builder

Save time and effort with clear and dynamic authoring templates and an Elsevier item bank that make it easier to create both traditional NCLEX questions and Next-Generation NCLEX (NGN) item types.

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Simplify the item writing process

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Hit the ground running with expert item-writing guidance and resources. You’ll save countless hours of time and be able to write quiz and exam questions that effectively prepare students to succeed on the NCLEX. 

  • In-app item templates walk you through writing all standard NCLEX and NGN item types for both standalone and unfolding case studies. 

  • NGN item bank allows you to choose from prewritten RN and PN item types that can be customized to meet your needs. 

  • Walkthroughs and tutorials offer instructions for effectively using the tool to write NGN items. 

Manage Items Effortlessly with Advanced Search and Tagging

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Instantly locate specific items or content with handy tagging, searching and filtering options that put the information you need at your fingertips. 

  • Tag and categorize the items you create in Elsevier’s Assessment Builder using predefined sets of taxonomies for clear and effective organization. 

  • Filter and search to effortlessly navigate your assessment banks by keyword or by taxonomies and categories for quick retrieval. 

Enhance exam delivery and security

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Easily integrate Elsevier’s Assessment Builder into your workflow through your LMS or the Evolve LMS. 

  • Formative and summative assessment management allows you to create, edit, delete, and assign quizzes and exams, manage student and course assignments, and sync scores to your LMS gradebook.  

  • Elsevier’s Secure Browser helps prevent cheating by delivering exams in a locked environment that requires a code to enter the exam for enhanced security.  

Get valuable data and insights

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Find out how your students — and your items — are performing after every exam. 

  • Comprehensive reporting captures assessment reliability, as well as student and class scoring and performance for each clinical judgment skill and NGN item type. 

  • Item analysis provides actionable data on the effectiveness of assessment items, helping you identify areas of strength and weakness to inform instructional decisions and improve learning outcomes.  

  • Regrade and Sync ensures fair, accurate scoring by letting you adjust questions post-exam using analysis data and automatically updating results across dashboards and gradebooks. 

Why choose Elsevier's Assessment Builder?

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Dynamic authoring templates

Clear, dynamic traditional NCLEX and NGN authoring templates
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NGN item bank

Prewritten, customizable RN and PN unfolding and standalone case studies from all item types.
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Deliver assessments

Administer summative and formative exams to students.
LMS Integration

LMS Integration

Allows for managing course assignments, writing and deliver items, and synching with your LMS gradebook.