by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
About 32 million unique online vacancy postings from seven EU countries (Czech Republic, France, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Italy, UK) have been collected by the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) and processed ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
Education is changing to better cater to Gen Zers' specific needs, e.g. their wish to be the "architects" of their educational experience and to engage with the world as it changes. At Bennington, "pop-up" courses ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
Translation quality is crucial in International Large Scale Assessments (ILSAs) as meaning shifts, which are language-driven, and perception shifts, which are culture-driven, can affect the psychometric properties of test items and thus ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
In a recent Helchinger report post, Jeremy Taylor and Laura Hamilton give educators/teachers/school principals precious tips on how to look for (and choose) assessments that measure Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). (1)
The "SEL Assessment ... Read more >
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 >
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 >
A cApStAn delegation consisting of Emel İnce (lead project manager for TIMSS 2019), Shinoh Lee (Operations Director) and our CEO Steve Dept received a warm welcome at IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement) last Thursday the 28th of February. An incredibly constructive meeting with IEA Amsterdam director, Andrea Netten P.h.D. and project ... Read more >
Multilingual assessements will be a hot topic at ATP Innovations in Testing 2019 (March 15-20, Orlando, US) as there is a growing awareness of the need of a robust translation/adaptation design when administering tests in multiple languages. Advances in test adaptation and state-of-the-art translation technology have changed the paradigm. cApStAn ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
Educators "should not dismiss" the role that classic literature can play in developing empathy: by understanding how great novelists put themselves into the shoes of characters who are completely unlike themselves, students can learn to ... Read more >
by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
"When something is a national priority, like language education, it transcends party lines and politics; language is non-partisan because of the positive impact it has on ALL individuals." So reads the announcement for the 2019 ... Read more >