- Participants will be able to demonstrate through completion of the course and online quizzes their knowledge on the following areas:
1.intelligence
2. perspectives on assessment and testing
3. basic principles of psychometric and educational assessment
4.norm referenced interpretation
5. classical test theory and reliability
6.validity and utility in educational tests
7. utilising tests;selection,interpretation and feedback
8.legislative framework and implications for practitioners
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- Participants will have acquired knowledge of:
*key theories and contemporary issues in the area of ability and attainment testing in education;
*factors that contribute to variation in test scores;
*practitioner skills needed for planning,conducting, scoring, interpreting and feeding back results from a psychometric test session;
*the underpinning legislative framework;
* underpinning psychological and psychometric knowledge in educational testing;
* the importance of a broad and balanced assessment of needs and the role of psychometric testing with the assessment process.
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