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Scientific and practical seminar on use of tools for educational assessment

Date: 10-11 February, 2016.

Place: Yerevan, Armenia

Background

Multi-country research on student reasoning skills with Student Achievements Monitoring tool (SAM) is planned in frame of extended READ RAS program. As one of the main parts of the preparatory works for the research the team of local and Russian experts under the supervision of the of the international experts and CICED Expert Council will produce Armenian version of the SAM. Armenian version of the instrument will  undergo the full circle of the localization process including validization of the results. The Armenian version of the SAM will have  two versions of math test.

Objective

To train local expert group on SAM basis and localization technology

Target group

Education assessment specialists, translators of test items, methodologists, math teachers.

Agenda:

AGENDA

February, 10

Time Theme Presenter
10:00 – 10:30 Opening seminar A. Stepanenko
10:30 – 12:00 Theoretical basis of SAM P. Nezhnov
12:00 –13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 13:30 Math model of SAM E. Kardanova
13:30 – 15:00 Design of SAM math test and math test items S. Gorbov
15:00 – 16:00 Wrap up A. Stepanenko

February, 11

Time Theme Presenter
10:00 – 10:30 Opening seminar A. Stepanenko
10:30 – 11:30 Localization procedure E. Kardanova
11:30 – 12:30 Localization process scheduling: development detailed timeline of the project E. Kardanova, S. Gorbov, A. Stepanenko, P. Nezhnov
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 Resource planning: decomposition and distribution of tasks between work groups E. Kardanova, S. Gorbov, A. Stepanenko, P. Nezhnov
14:30 –
15:30
Round table on difficulties of localization process: reverse translation aspects, cultural differencies E. Kardanova, S. Gorbov, A. Stepanenko, P. Nezhnov, local experts
15:30 – 16:30 Piloting standards, piloting procedures planning E. Kardanova, S. Gorbov, A. Stepanenko, P. Nezhnov, local experts
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