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{{Infobox company
| name = NOCTI
| logo = NOCTI-Logo--Navy.png
| type = [[Non-profit|Not for profit]]<br /> [[501(c)#501(c)(3)|501(c)(3)]]
| foundation = (1966, incorporated 1973)
| location_city = [[Big Rapids, Michigan|Big Rapids]], [[Michigan]]
| location_country = USA
| key_people = John Foster, President & CEO
| industry = [[Educational assessment|Assessments]]<br />[[Online assessment]]<br />[[Performance test (assessment)|Performance Testing]]
| subsid = Nocti Business Solutions
| homepage = {{URL|nocti.org}}
| footnotes =
}}
'''NOCTI''' (National Occupational Competency Testing Institute) delivers a battery of [[Educational assessment|assessments]] or [[Standardized tests]] for students studying career and technical programs in [[high schools]] and technical colleges in the United States.
The assessments, based on a job and task analysis process, incorporate input from [[subject-matter expert]]s (SMEs) representing regions of the United States in secondary and [[post-secondary]] education as well as business and industry. The assessments are updated on a regular basis and are aligned with [[O*NET]], national academic standards (math, science, and language arts) as well as [[business and industry]] standards. When appropriate, customized assessments may be developed to meet the educational needs of a specific region or a state.
A number of the assessments are linked to industry certifications programs.
==History==
NOCTI originated in 1966 funded by a grant from the US Commissioner of Education to Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nocti.org/History.cfm/history/|title=NOCTI History|publisher=NOCTI|accessdate=2008-11-24}}</ref>  Due to the lack of vocational technical (currently referred to as career and technical) educators, a consortium of states was identified to develop assessments that would validate knowledge and skill sets of individuals coming from the workforce working toward a degree in career and technical education.  NOCTI developed both written/multiple choice and performance/practical tests to assess teacher candidates.  These assessments were given in a paper/pencil format at testing sites across the nation and scored at the NOCTI headquarters.
1972 NOCTI is established as a permanent organization, including a constitution, by-laws, and operating policies.<br />
1973 NOCTI is established as a not-for-profit corporation at Educational Testing Services (ETS) in Princeton, New Jersey.<br />
1975 NOCTI becomes independent from ETS and moves to new headquarters in Albany, New York.<br />
1979 NOCTI expands its original mission of teacher candidate testing to secondary and post secondary student testing also <br />         known as SOCAT (student occupational competency assessment testing)
1983 NOCTI relocates to Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan.<br />
1985 NOCTI - Industrial assessments added to NOCTI's battery of assessments.<br />
1995 NOCTI moves to its current address at 500 N. Bronson Avenue in Big Rapids, Michigan.<br />
1999 NOCTI - The Whitener Group is established as a wholly owned subsidiary of NOCTI to address the growing demand by business <br />         and industry NOCTI type assessments and services.
2003 NOCTI develops online testing platform to allow secondary and post secondary testing to be completed via the Internet.  <br />         Currently both online and paper/pencil testing are available to clientele.
2006 NOCTI aligns all standardized assessments to the national academic standards for math, science and language arts.<br />
2007 NOCTI converts all standardized assessments to Text-to-Speech technology to address assessment accommodation needs.
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