Category: Assessment

July 19, 2018

The Lifecycle of an Assessment Program

We’re excited to share this article written by our President & CEO, Caroline Fahmy, about The Life Cycle of an Assessment Program. It was featured in the June issue of CALSA’s newsletter! CALSA is the California Association of Latino Superintendents and Administrators.

In the article, Caroline shares some valuable tips for creating and maintaining a statewide assessment, based on our work with the California English Language Development Test (CELDT). CELDT is being replaced as the standardized test of English language proficiency in California.

May 10, 2018

Three Procedures to Ensure Accurate Results on Standardized Assessments

If you’re interested in improving the accuracy of your standardized test results, this article provides some insightful tips. Originally published by The Edvocate, Caroline Fahmy, President and CEO of Educational Data Systems, leverages her knowledge of large-scale assessments by sharing three internal procedures that schools and districts can utilize to ensure accurate test scores.

April 26, 2018

2018 International Objective Measurement Workshop

By Mark Moulton, Ph.D., Director of Research, Evaluation, and Psychometric Development

I recently returned from the excellent International Objective Measurement Workshop (IOMW) 2018 conference (www.iomw.org) in New York City, overlooking the famous Washington Square Park, where I had a chance to present on “objectivity.” IOMW has been around since the early 1980s and is, in my opinion, one of the premier world measurement conferences with a specialty in the Rasch Model. Educational Data Systems (EDS) has been a major sponsor of IOMW for some years and was central in organizing the 2014 (Philadelphia) and 2016 (Washington, DC) conferences. This year’s conference was ably organized by Andy Maul (University of California, Santa Barbara) and Ronli Diakow (NYC Department of Education). I helped organize the software workshops.

March 15, 2018

Check Engine Light: Local Assessment Tune-Up

Diagnostic Information As a district or school site administrator, you may be tasked with looking at how your assessment system is working to improve instruction and whether your teachers are using the data provided by the system. To check if a “tune-up” of your local assessment system is needed, consider surveying teachers for specific information that allows for positive change. Here are some topics to guide data collection efforts.

March 8, 2018

5 Tips for Managing Low-Tech Assessments with High-Tech Tools

In an article recently published by eSchool News, our President and CEO, Caroline Fahmy, shares her insight with districts seeking to streamline their online test-management systems. “While most large-scale assessments are moving toward online delivery, many still integrate a traditional pencil-and-paper element. In today’s digital world, paper may seem comparatively low tech, but there are high-tech tools available to help manage all that paper.”