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Introduction to the Workshop

Introduction to the Workshop. Peggy Garza Associate BILC Secretary. Testing the Test – How Valid is Our Validity Argument?. Topics Validating criterion-referenced tests Qualitative versus quantitative analysis Piloting challenges Test validation partnerships

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Introduction to the Workshop

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  1. Introduction to the Workshop Peggy Garza Associate BILC Secretary

  2. Testing the Test – How Valid is Our Validity Argument? • Topics • Validating criterion-referenced tests • Qualitative versus quantitative analysis • Piloting challenges • Test validation partnerships • Inter- and intra-rater reliability • Data analysis tools • Consequential validity • Standard setting • Modified Angoff procedure

  3. 23 Nations + 1 NATO HQ • Lithuania • Macedonia • Norway • Poland • Portugal • Serbia • SHAPE • Slovenia • Spain • Sweden • Tunisia • United States of America • Armenia • Austria • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Bulgaria • Canada • Czech Republic • Denmark • Estonia • France • Georgia • Hungary • Latvia

  4. Facilitators • Ray Clifford • Mary Jo DiBiase • Peggy Garza • Roxane Harrison • David Oglesby • Branka Petek • Nancy Powers • Ulle Turk • Jana Vasilj-Begovic

  5. Workshop Objectives • Share ideas and best practices on test validation • Get answers to questions on test validation • Develop an understanding of how to build a validity argument for national STANAG 6001 tests • Learn about methods and tools for collecting evidence to support a validity argument

  6. Workshop Format • Plenary sessions • Keynote speech • Presentations • Panel of national testing organizations • Workshop activities

  7. Workshop Activities • Workshops 1&2: 1 ½ hours Workshops 3&4: 2 hours • Workshop 5: 1 hour • Small groups and practical hands-on work • Topics • #1 Reading Item Moderation: Alignment, led by Mary Jo DiBiase, Peggy Garza, Gerd Brendel, and David Oglesby • #2 Piloting: Important Part of Test Validation, led by Branka Petek • #3 Modified Angoff, led by Jana Vasilj-Begovic and Nancy Powers • #4 Statistical Analysis Using jMetrik, led by Ulle Turk • #5 Roadmap toward a Validity Argument led by Mary Jo DiBiase and Peggy Garza

  8. What is a Validity Argument? Glossary definition • Interpretive argument that presents evidence to make a case justifying the score-based inferences and the intended uses of the test. Is there a better definition?

  9. EvidenceWhat do we mean by evidence? • Quantitative • Qualitative

  10. My Objective Obtain input for making improvements to the testing seminars on the topic of test validation

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