EQUITY AND EQUALITY, FAIRNESS AND BIAS: MAKING CONNECTIONS IN CREDENTIALING

The topics of Equality and Equity relate to concepts of Fairness and Bias in credential program development and evaluation in ways that are not always clear, especially considering for the most part the former two are commonly considered societal issues, and the latter are more technical concepts that live in the credentialing world. I aim […]

PUTTING EVALUATION USERS FIRST TO BUILD EVALUATION CAPACITY

Recently I had the opportunity to write a piece for the Canadian Government Executive Magazine, an electronic and print publication that reaches some 70,000 readers per month. Many of these readers are key players in evaluation in Canada, from program managers to evaluation sponsors and consumers. Since we work predominantly in the private sector, many[…..]

TIPS ON DATA VISUALIZATION: THE NEXT STEP ON THE JOURNEY

I have posted previously about my Transformation in Data Visualisation and without that paradigm shift, I believe I would not be adding as much value to clients as I do now. This post is about the next step on the journey for me. I believe a lot of you are in the same boat, so the message of this[…..]

WHY DO WE CONDUCT JOB ANALYSES FOR CERTIFICATION EXAM DEVELOPMENT?

In one word: Validity.   When working with my clients from professional accountants to bankers to IT specialists, whenever we are building new certification or updated certification exams, early on in the project execution we conduct a job analysis. Now, our focus is a little different than those in the Human Resources world who conduct job analyses, but our methods are[…..]

BIRTH OF A CERTIFICATION EXAM

As a consultant, I work on various projects and when the work is completed, I move on to the next ones, often not being able to see the fruits of my labour, such as improved programs, new program growth and the like. But recently I had the tremendous pleasure of seeing the culminating product of a project I[…..]