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 […]
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[…..]
With the spring weather upon us (well not really, but its supposed to be) and the start of baseball season, hockey season gearing up for playoffs and Champions League soccer (yes, I tend to watch a lot of sports) I have seen the element of human error of the officials (which we in the testing[…..]
Recently the annual rankings for Ontario elementary and secondary schools were published by the Fraser Institute. The key message of this post is any published ranking of schools is too good to be true. First of all, the Fraser Institute does not employ the psychometric expertise or educational measurement professionals that are capable of formulating[…..]