At the Europe ATP conference in Athens Greece, Chad participated in a symposium with Ellen Forte (edCount) and Barbara Donahue from the Standards and Testing Agency in the UK. The symposium focused assessment literacy and how working with constituents to enhance their assessment literacy can help to build greater cohesion and consistency in testing programs. (more…)
The Nevada Department of Education has released the 2018 Nevada External Outcomes Evaluation. This report was a co-venture of ACS Ventures, the Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment at the University of Nevada Las Vegas and MYS Project Management and is focused on the evaluation of state funded programs designed to strengthen education in the state. (more…)
At the 2018 ICE conference, Jaime and Chad presented with Grady Colson Barnhill from the NCCPA. ACS completed a job analysis for physician assistance with NCCPA and this session focused on how the results from this job analysis were used to identify the foundation or core concepts necessary to include the credentialing examination. (more…)
At the 2018 CLEAR conference in Philadelphia, Susan discussed some fundamental principles regarding score reporting to candidates. The paper discussed best practices that should be followed in the development of any score reporting program as well as some common pitfalls that organizations frequently encounter and how to avoid them. (more…)
At the 2018 Innovations in Testing in conference, Drew was part of a symposium that included Liz Summers from edCount and Stephen Sireci from the University of Massachusetts – Amherst. Each presenter focused on issues in standard setting, and how to best address challenges that organizations face when setting cut scores for their assessment program. (more…)
