cApStAn Linguistic Quality Control is thrilled to co-chair a coordinated session at the NCME (National Council on Measurement in Education) conference in Toronto this week. The symposium "Test Adaptation, Translation errors, and Linking across Languages in International Large Scale Assessments" (ILSAs) will be held on April 8th and is co-chaired ... Read more >
There is a growing interest and awareness of the need for a robust translation/adaptation design when administering tests in multiple languages and that this was reflected in the recent ATP Innovations in Testing 2019 conference program.
cApStAn LQC is proud to be gold sponsor of this exceptional forum and we ... Read more >
by Steve Dept - cApStAn partner
The cApStAn Linguistic Quality Control team was in Vienna recently for the first National Project Managers' meeting of the 8th cycle of PISA (the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment). There were 88 confirmed participating countries/economies and 140 ... Read more >
Asking members of the cApStAn team to share their traditions for the New Year yielded some fun contributions. To start with, many pointed out, the New Year is not on the same date everywhere: according to the Orthodox Church Julian calendar, for example, the last day of the year is ... Read more >
by Steve Dept - cApStAn partner
cApStAn linguistic quality control is a brand name (and a registered trademark) for a holistic approach to translation and adaptation of assessments and surveys; cApStAn also stands for a certain lifestyle and spirit: “Excellence among friends”, as one of ... Read more >
by Devasmita Ghosh, Enterprise Growth @cApStAn
We at cApStAn had the opportunity to attend the ICE Exchange ‘18, Institute of Credentialing Excellence’s annual conference in Austin this November. With 750 attendees, it was a new record for the ICE and the perfect platform for us to ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
Globalization and innovative web technologies have removed geographic boundaries and opened new opportunities for awarding bodies, technology certification programs and credentialing organizations. However, with these opportunities come new challenges: How do you localize items and ... Read more >
by Steve Dept - cApStAn partner
The E-ATP Conference’s baseline is “Transforming Assessments”. This year’s call to action is “Change. Challenge. Transform.” It is the 10th consecutive year that the European arm of the Association of Test Publishers holds its upbeat annual event on the Old ... Read more >
by Steve Dept - cApStAn partner
The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA (see the short PISA video here) is a system-level assessment of knowledge and skills in 15-year old students across the world. In other words, PISA implements (and analyses) internationally ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
Welcome to the third issue of cApStAn's monthly newsletter. For those of you who did not see the first two editions, in our newsletter we share news about recent developments in the cApStAn ecosystem as well ... Read more >