Category Archives: Conferences

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””

Multilingual assessements will be a hot topic at ATP Innovations in Testing 2019 (March 15-20, Orlando, US) as there is a growing awareness of the need of a robust translation/adaptation design when administering tests in multiple languages. Advances in test adaptation and state-of-the-art translation technology have changed the paradigm. cApStAn has organized, coordinated and supervised …

“Planning to go international with your tests and assessments? Don’t miss our session at ATP 2019”

by Devasmita Ghosh, Enterprise Growth @cApStAn We at cApStAn had the opportunity to attend the ICE Exchange ‘18, Institute of Credentialing Excellence’s annual conference in Austin this November. With 750 attendees, it was a new record for the ICE and the perfect platform for us to meet and learn from the best and the brightest in …

“cApStAn’s experience at the ICE Exchange 2018, Austin”

by Steve Dept – cApStAn partner Dublin, Lisbon, Amsterdam, and now Athens. This was cApStAn’s fourth participation in a conference of the European arm of the Association of Test Publishers (E-ATP). Why would a linguistic quality control agency participate in a test publishers’ conference? A high-level conference at that, with 327 attendees (of which 24 were …

“The Testing Industry, 21st Century Skills and the Medicane”

by Steve Dept – cApStAn partner The E-ATP Conference’s baseline is “Transforming Assessments”. This year’s call to action is “Change. Challenge. Transform.” It is the 10th consecutive year that the European arm of the Association of Test Publishers holds its upbeat annual event on the Old Continent. Athens will be this year’s venue: the cradle …

“Adapting Assessments at the E-ATP Conference in Athens”

by Steve Dept – cApStAn partner The International Test Commission (ITC) is a closely-knit community of researchers and field practitioners who share their work with one another, set up joint research projects and, perhaps most importantly, pool resources to define, streamline and promote best practices in testing. The ITC Guidelines for Translating and Adapting Tests …

“11th Conference of the International Test Commission”

by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village Heading to Paris for the OECD seminar on “Translating and Adapting Instruments in Large Scale Assessments” (June 7-8), and proud to have two cApStAn speakers at this important meeting, designed to foster discussion and “cross-fertilisation of ideas” between different stakeholders: Danina Lupsa, one of our …

“OECD seminar on “Translating and adapting Instruments in Large Scale Assessments””

by Devasmita Ghosh – Enterprise Growth @ cApStAn//Marielle Lerner – Localization Specialist and Senior Project Manager @cApStAn The cApStAn team attended ATP’s annual conference on Innovations in Testing in the hill country outside historic San Antonio, Texas. The team was welcomed to what would be a high-energy, collaborative, jam-packed four days. There was a lot …

“ATP Innovations in Testing Conference 2018 in San Antonio”

The venue for the 2017 edition of the European Chapter of the Association of Test Publishers was again a rather classy affair, a five-star hotel with a panoramic view of the North Sea, some 40 km out of Amsterdam. The weather conditions were whimsical and the sea was unruly, so the 365 attendees stayed in and everyone …

“cApStAn at the E-ATP 2017 Conference in Noordwijk”

The conferences were announced a year ago or more. There were calls for sessions, calls for papers, announcements, short courses, and we knew we just had to be part of these two major events. It was a great idea to organise the 70th Conference of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (http://wapor.org/70th-annual-conference) and the …

“LISBON, JULY 2017: cApStAn @ the 70th WAPOR Conference AND @ the 7th ESRA Conference”