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progress testing education assessment principle measurement students progress time eg start graduation progress testing offers valid longitudinal formative measurement growth cognitive skills individual students within subjects test well tool educators monitor potential educational gaps mismatches within curriculum relation basic veterinary learning outcomes six veterinary educational establishments denmark finland germany hannover netherlands norway sweden established cooperation european association establishments veterinary education eaeve common veterinary item repository used progress testing european veterinary education establishments vees linear well computer adaptive covering eaeve veterinary subjects theoretical day one competencies first blueprint created suitable item formats identified quality assurance process reviewing approving items established items trialed create database validated calibrated items responses subsequently psychometrically analyzed according modern test theory total 1836 items submitted 1342 approved reviewers trial testing 1119 students study years partners vees participated one six item trials 1948 responses collected responses analyzed using rasch modeling analysis itemfit differential item function itemresponse characteristics total 821 calibrated items various difficulty levels matching veterinary students abilities covering veterinary knowledge domains banked item bank ready used formative progress testing european veterinary education paper presents discusses possible pitfalls problems solutions establishing international veterinary progress test