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[Calibrate Educational Group @calibrateEd]

Let’s get measured!
How can we help you today?

[•Moya-JNS• @MoyaThinks]

📌Today's Test Tip
Assessment Items must be free from *Construct Irrelevant Variance*

Eg.
"When assessment items rely on obsolete or misleading contexts ..."

Is the IDRI still relevant for assessing Jamaican students today? https://t.co/UjF5ilu8qm

[•Moya-JNS• @MoyaThinks]

An item such as this violates principles of #UniversalDesign and accessible item design because students who:
✔️are color-blind,
✔️have visual impairments,
✔️receive poor-quality printouts,
✔️or view low-resolution copies

may not access the information equally.

[•Moya-JNS• @MoyaThinks]

#PEP6 What makes Q56 more egregious item because the entire task depends on distinguishing cube faces by color alone.

Students must: track which colored faces are adjacent, determine which faces are opposite,
and mentally rotate the cube using color as the only identifier. 😢

[•Moya-JNS• @MoyaThinks]

📌Today's Test Tip
Avoid using color as the only distinguishing feature in assessment items. Use labels, patterns, or symbols to support accessibility and fairness.

#TestTipTuesday #UniversalDesign #FairAssessment #AssessmentLiteracy

[Boston College Lynch School @bclynchschool]

Jeneve Swaby and Yerin Yoon, two doctoral students in the MESA program, were awarded AERA-NSF dissertation grants to help support their research. Congratulations to these incredible scholars who are using their findings to make a difference! https://t.co/Sa9bE2Fs1O

[Calibrate Educational Group @calibrateEd]

Happy Teacher's Day!!!!!

#WeAreMeasured

[Calibrate Educational Group @calibrateEd]

#TestTipTuesday
Fairness must be built into every stage of the assessment process.

Universal Design helps ensure assessments are clear, accessible, and focused on the skill being measured.

#AssessmentLiteracy #FairAssessment #TeacherPD #AssessmentDesign
#WeAreMeasured

[Calibrate Educational Group @calibrateEd]

Another strain comes from the 'shallowing hypothesis ' which suggests that readers are so used to digital content being brief and unchallenging to understand... that they have difficulty engaging in challenging tasks that require sustained attention when using digital devices.

[•Moya-JNS• @MoyaThinks]

@calibrateEd Access is high, but learning use is low. Jamaica must strengthen how students use tech—not reduce access.
#DigitalDivide #DigitalSkills #OnlineSafety #DigitalLiteracy #EdPolicy
@calibrateEd

https://t.co/pW2ZNgXlYT

[•Moya-JNS• @MoyaThinks]

#TestTipTuesday
Assessments should be fair by design, not as an afterthought.

Fairness must be built into test purpose, item writing, scoring, accessibility, administration, and interpretation.

#UniversalDesign
#AssessmentLiteracy #FairAssessment #Validity #Psychometrics

[Calibrate Educational Group @calibrateEd]

@ECCJA Online?

[Calibrate Educational Group @calibrateEd]

It’s conference time!
We are checked in and ready!
Hello Los Angeles 👋🏽

[Calibrate Educational Group @calibrateEd]

Join us in saying congratulations to the recipients of the 2026 AERA-NSF dissertation grant!!

https://t.co/VTajn5jG5g

[IEA - Education @iea_education]

📕 We are delighted to announce the publication of Volume 18 of the IEA Research for Education series!

🪴 Education shapes individuals. That this shaping can contribute to a sustainable society is critical for all of us—for the future of our planet.

➡️ ‘Educating Pupils for Environmental Sustainability in Europe: Findings from TIMSS 2023 Data’ is an important publication for seeking to understand and evaluate how successfully European education systems are meeting the challenge to nurture critical thinkers and problem-solvers who can act for sustainability.

🔗 Read all about it here: https://t.co/yY5zWe68TB

[•Moya-JNS• @MoyaThinks]

📌 I’m deeply honored to receive this grant supporting the final phase of my dissertation research on digital reading assessments. My work examines their validity and how students’ backgrounds, digital skills, and engagement shape performance in tech-mediated environments. 🙌🙌

[Calibrate Educational Group @calibrateEd]

#TestTipTuesday

Digital assessments require unique technical definitions that paper tests do not.

#AssessmentLiteracy #Psychometrics #AssessmentDesign #EducationalMeasurement #TestQuality #Validity

[Calibrate Educational Group @calibrateEd]

#TestTipTuesday 📝
If your test item sounds exactly like the textbook, you’re likely measuring memory.

Use novel wording and new examples to assess conceptual understanding—not rote recall.

#AssessmentDesign #AssessmentLiteracy #ItemWriting #TeacherPD

[Calibrate Educational Group @calibrateEd]

#TestTipTuesday 📝
If your test item sounds exactly like the textbook, you’re likely measuring memory.

Use novel wording and new examples to assess conceptual understanding—not rote recall.

#AssessmentDesign #AssessmentLiteracy #ItemWriting #TeacherPD

[Calibrate Educational Group @calibrateEd]

#TestTipTuesday
Before writing a single item, define the purpose of the assessment.

What decisions will the scores inform?

Purpose drives design.
#AssessmentLiteracy #AssessmentDesign #Validity #Psychometrics

[•Moya-JNS• @MoyaThinks]

📌#TestTipThursday 😆
When aspects of an exam (eg. #PEP) are changed—items, structure, format, or scoring—it becomes a different measure.

That means future results cannot be directly compared with past years without proper linking studies.
#AssessmentLiteracy #psychometrics

[•Moya-JNS• @MoyaThinks]

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Offering multiple test modes *hybrid* increases access—but also raises mode comparability concerns.

Without proper studies and equating, score trends can’t be interpreted confidently.

#Validity #EducationalMeasurement #Psychometrics #AssessmentDesign