At the 2015 ICE conference, Susan, along with Jared Zurn from NCARB, presented a paper focused on the development of new item types. Jared and Susan discussed ways that cognitive labs could be used to streamline the process of piloting new items and also provide critical information for the program. (more…)
At the 2015 CLEAR conference, Susan discussed legal and fairness issues associated with score reporting. Susan was joined by Peter Mackey from the CFA Institute. A number of critical questions about score reporting were addressed as well as reviewing critical standards that need to be met. (more…)
At the 2015 NCME conference, Drew participated in a session focused on the completion of independent evaluations of assessment programs. His presentation discussed completing a “formative evaluation” which is focused on program improvement. The results and findings are a little less formal, and are primarily used internally to help set priorities and allocate resources. (more…)
At the 2015 NCME, Drew and Susan presented a paper focused on the use of international assessments (i.e. TIMSS, PISA) as benchmarks during standard setting. While these assessments can certainly provide useful information, their paper focused on the development of a framework that could guide when these assessments can and cannot be used. (more…)
