Why assessment translation matters
by John Kleeman, EVP at Learnosity and Questionmark High quality translation of tests and exams really matters to our world. Assessments (tests and exams) provide huge benefit to organizations, to [...]
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The verification of technical terminology – the case of engineering
By Dr Sarah Richardson, Deputy CEO and Research Director of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) UK Between 2010 and 2012 the OECD implemented the Assessment of Higher Education [...]
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The Importance of Professional Translation in the Educational Testing Arena
By Dr Satish Y. Deodhar, Professor, Economics – Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad Advanced technology permitting, entire world’s supply of food can be grown in a flower pot. The purport [...]
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Considerations for Designing Accessible Digital Assessments for Diverse Populations
by Dr. Maria Elena Oliveri I would like to start by thanking Steve Dept for the invitation to write on the assessment and interpretation of data from digital assessments administered [...]
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Student assessment in the digital era: how about sharing?
By Dr Thierry Rocher, Head Office for Student Assessment (DEPP), IEA Chair & Co-founding member of FLIP+ New technologies have undoubtedly taken a major role in the field of education, [...]
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A Tale of Joint Resolution of Seemingly Insuperable Challenges
by Dr Paulína Koršňáková in collaboration with Elica Krajceva from cApStAn The work on large-scale assessments in education is similar to working on other projects. One just needs to imagine [...]
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Why are We Still Debating the Proper Framework for Social and Emotional Learning? A Case Study for the Times
By Dr Richard D. Roberts, CEO and Co-Founder of RAD Science I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet [...]
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On the interplay between survey translation and survey programming
by Dr Dorothée Behr, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Thank you, Steve, for inviting me to join the group of researchers from all kinds of disciplines to [...]
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Complexity of Creating Multiple Comparable Language Versions of Assessments
By Dr Kadriye Ercikan, Educational Testing Service (ETS) Multiple language versions of assessments serve important roles within different countries and internationally. They provide opportunities to assess individuals in languages in [...]
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Multidimensional thinking by a visionary researcher
A Q&A session between Dr Alina Von Davier and our CEO, Steve Dept 1. Steve: What is ACTNext and what is its main purpose? Alina: ACTNext is an R&D-based innovation [...]
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Translatability of test items and challenges in scoring and equating adapted tests
A Q&A session between Dr Avi Allalouf and our CEO, Steve Dept Dr Avi Allalouf from NITE (the National Institute for Testing and Evaluation) in conversation with our CEO Steve Dept: [...]
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How valid is Monolingual Language Testing in Multilingual Contexts?
By Dr Bryan Maddox, Associate Professor in Educational Assessment at the University of East Anglia and Executive Director of Assessment Micro-Analytics The question of valid and authentic assessment in multi-lingual contexts [...]
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