Cor Sluijter has 35 years of experience in developing paper and computer based assessment instruments, for both the private and public sector in the Netherlands. He is the former director of the department of Psychometrics and Research of Cito (2014-2020). As director of Cito’s department for Professional Exams, Middle and Higher Vocational and Scientific education (2004-2014), Cor was, among other things, responsible for the development of compulsory computerized (adaptive) entrance tests for the Teacher Colleges for Primary Education in the Netherlands, and for the introduction of computerized exams for Dutch and arithmetic in Middle Vocational Education. Prior to that he supervised the transition of Cito’s Student Monitoring System for primary education from paper based to computer based.

 

Currently, Cor is a part time senior consultant at Cito’s international department for Training and Consultancy. He has several other positions. He is a member of the Advisory Board on Competencies in Financial Services and external member of two Exams Board at Tilburg University. Cor is a Fellow of the Association for Educational Assessment Europe since 2014. He holds a PhD in Social and Behavioral Sciences from the University of Amsterdam, a master’s degree (cum laude) in Psychology and majored in research methodology.