ERROR IN TESTING (AND SPORTS)

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 […]

SCHOOL RANKINGS: TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!

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[…..]