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cApStAn colleagues came together in Brussels for a workshop on effective internal communication, reflecting on what already works well, what can be improved, and how to communicate better across teams, locations, and cultures. How does a team of over 15 nationalities, working from different parts of the world, communicate effectively every day? At cApStAn, good …

“Strengthening Internal Communication Across a Global Team”

Following the completion of the translation verification of the national versions of the TIMSS 2027 Field Trial instruments, cApStAn welcomed colleagues from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) to our Brussels office for a full-day debriefing meeting. The meeting offered an opportunity to look back at a demanding and productive phase …

“IEA and cApStAn: A Debriefing Meeting on TIMSS 2027 Translation Verification”

Conference Website: https://www.itc2026auckland.com For almost half a century now, the International Test Commission (ITC) actively promotes effective, valid and fair assessment practices around the world. The theme of the 2026 edition of the biennial ITC conference, which will take place from June 30 to July 3 in Auckland, New Zealand, is in line with the  core values …

“A scientific programme with a strong focus on trust, equity and human experience”

03 June 2026: For the 10th consecutive time, cApStAn will guide the translation and adaptation teams of all PISA participants in translating assessment instruments so that they remain comparable internationally. In this cycle, we shall introduce secure automated translations as part of a sophisticated double translation design. cApStAn will provide training and support to 90+ …

“cApStAn and ACER to implement PISA 2029”

Next month, on June 18-19, the National Agency for Education in Lithuania will host the 9th FLIP+ Annual Event, a gathering of education stakeholders and experts who come there to share. The founding members were public institutions who had pivoted from pencil-and-paper tests to digital assessments for their national examinations: they wanted to exchange experiences and …

“A Conference like no other: the 9th FLIP+ Annual Event”

Looking at standardized tests and questionnaire content through the lens of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Bias Reduction (DEI-BR) Standardized tests and questionnaires are used in a variety of contexts such as admission to university, certification, accreditation, or hiring. Fairness, validity and reliability are objectives that every testing organisation strives to address. The processes in place …

“Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Bias Reduction Consultancy”

Steve Dept, cApStAn CEO It may take a psychologist or a subject matter expert to be a test author and develop good questions, but nothing speaks against that person being monolingual, right? It doesn’t prevent them from doing a sterling job. Anglo-Saxon items writing practices have dominated the assessment universe for over half a century, …

“Translatability and Cultural Suitability Workshops for Test Authors”

Codility is the #1 rated recruitment platform for developers, helping world-class companies the likes of Microsoft, Intel and American Express to assess candidate programmers via skills-based coding tests. The tests are administered in English, but often the candidates are not native English speakers. Hence the “pain point” identified by Codility: a too high level of …

“On-Demand Webinar | Disentangling Proficiency in Programming from Proficiency in English: Codility Meets cApStAn”

by Steve Dept, cApStAn CEO Readers of this informative series on good practice in test translation are aware that the Chaos Management Skills Assessment is a fictitious project, which we set up for the exclusive purpose of the series. The purpose is to illustrate the complexity of test translation and the added value of a …

“The Chaos Management Skills Assessment Series: A Test Translation Case Study Episode 4 – Linguistic Quality Assurance and Optical Check”

by Steve Dept, cApStAn CEO By now, readers of this informative series on good practice in test translation are aware that the Chaos Management Skills Assessment is a fictitious project, which we set up for the exclusive purpose of the series. The purpose is to illustrate the complexity of test translation and the added value …

“The Chaos Management Skills Assessment Series: A Test Translation Case Study Episode 3 – Translation Technology and Support to translators”

by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village Two recent articles in the Harvard Business Review present radically opposing views on the issue of skills training as a possible future alternative to higher education. This is an issue which is likely to continue to be the object of heated debate and both authors …

“Are apprenticeships going to emerge as a viable and scalable future alternative to college?”

by Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village Despite the global movement for greater recognition of gender diversity, few major surveys and censuses use non-binary gender questions outside the health and medical fields. One year ago we wrote an article on this topic for our blog (1), putting together what little literature we …

“Making the case for non-binary measures of gender in surveys and censuses”