SpLD Assessment Standards Committee

This event is intended as a training opportunity for specialist teachers already conducting full diagnostic assessments but who would like to gain further confidence in more detailed analysis of standard score profiles and revisit advanced statistical concepts in psychometric testing to ensure their practice meets current best practice recommendations.  It will explore the notion of standard deviation, deficits and discrepancies, and standard error of measurement and confidence intervals in the context of learner profiles.  It will examine the importance of analysis and the interpretation of quantitative & qualitative data, the impact on learning and how this information may be presented in an effective and accessible format in the diagnostic report. Experienced assessors will guide professionals through careful standardised test use and data analysis so practitioners can have improved confidence in their assessment practice and their diagnostic conclusions. Delegates will work with colleagues to apply these strategies to case study data.