Category Archives: Conferences

by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village ITC Conference: ITC Symposium on “Testing and Society”: Friday July 9, 2021, 6.30 pm CEST cApStAn co-founder Steve Dept is honoured to have been invited to be part of a prestigious panel of experts, moderated by Avi Allalouf, at the ITC Conference 2021. The panel …

“Are decisions based on tests justified? A critical discussion of their implications for society in both historical and international contexts at ITC Conference 2021”

by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village ITC-ATP Guidelines for technology based assessments A Panel Discussion on the International Test Commission (ITC) and Association of Test Publishers (ATP) Guidelines for Technology-based Assessments is scheduled for Saturday 10 July at the ITC (virtual) Conference 2021. The ITC-ATP Guidelines for Technology-based Assessments provide information …

“Proud of cApStAn’s founder, Steve Dept’s contribution to the ITC-ATP Guidelines for technology based assessments”

by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village Standardized tests are used in a variety of contexts: admission to university, certification or hiring. Fairness, validity and reliability are objectives that every testing organisation claims or strives to address. Leaving aside the challenges of delivering assessments in multiple languages, how do you address cultural …

“Addressing suitability, sensitivity and portability of constructs in tests developed in a single language (and delivered across different countries — or not)”

An assessment is designed within a given cultural environment. If you plan to administer the test in regions with different cultural backgrounds, how do you evaluate the cultural divide? Try a cultural review, even if the test is to be delivered in English only but, say, in the UAE or in South Africa. Culture may …

“Suitability, Portability and Sensitivity – What a Cultural Review will Tell You about Your Assessment”

by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village We are living in exceptional and challenging times: the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world dramatically, forcing a large number of industries to resume operations online. The conference ecosystem, in particular, has been severely disrupted by the pandemic. However, at least some of those have …

“How virtual conferences can play a key role in the democratization of knowledge”

by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village The E-ATP conference was a vibrant event, bustling with awareness of disruption in the testing industry and eagerness to board the train to transform assessments. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, brain science, big data, personalized and adaptive learning, rapidly changing skills and other technology, combined with …

“Highlights from the E-ATP Conference in Madrid”

Test Localization in Talent Management: How A Testing Organisation and a Linguistic Quality Assurance Specialist Joined Forces Carefully crafted assessment tools often depend on subtle wording choices, which are expected to trigger certain reactions in respondents (or not). This is part of the psychometrician’s craft. The psychometrician can hardly be expected to consider possible repercussions …

“E-ATP 2019, Madrid, Room Comendador, Thursday 26 September, 15:15-16:15”

If you are attending the 8th Conference of the European Survey Research Association, ESRA, in Zagreb (July 15-19) do take the time to visit our booth and meet cApStAn CEO Steve Dept and questionnaire adaptation specialist Elica Krajčeva. Both are field practitioners, and at this edition of the Conference, on July the 17th, they will present …

“Meet us at ESRA 2019 at the Questionnaire translation sessions on Wednesday 17 July”

by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village If you are attending the 8th Conference of the European Survey Research Association, ESRA, taking place in Zagreb, July 15-19, do take the time to visit our booth: meet cApStAn CEO Steve Dept and questionnaire adaptation specialist Elica Krajčeva. Both are field practitioners, and at this …

“Meet us at ESRA 2019 at the Questionnaire translation sessions on Wednesday 17 July”

by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village Assessments often depend on subtle wording choices, which are expected to trigger certain reactions in respondents (or not). For example, do you think the question “Should there be a trade-off between accountability and purposeful action?” could be translated into different languages and elicit similar response …

“Why psychometricians and linguists need to join forces to improve the validity of multilingual assessments – E-ATP 2019”

cApStAn Linguistic Quality Control is thrilled to co-chair a coordinated session at the NCME (National Council on Measurement in Education) conference in Toronto this week. The symposium “Test Adaptation, Translation errors, and Linking across Languages in International Large Scale Assessments” (ILSAs) will be held on April 8th and is co-chaired by Kadriye Ercikan, Vice President …

“National Council on Measurement in Education conference in Toronto, Canada”

There is a growing interest and awareness of the need for a robust translation/adaptation design when administering tests in multiple languages and that this was reflected in the recent ATP Innovations in Testing 2019 conference program. cApStAn LQC is proud to be gold sponsor of this exceptional forum and we were delighted to present with …

““Translation is Not Enough: Preparing Your Exam for a Global Environment””