ASS-2.1 – Skills for Success Practitioner Tools & Resources

Assessment Standards

Assessment standards provide guidelines and requirements for the development of effective assessments that are fair, accurate and meaningful.

American Psychological Association. The Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing. https://www.apa.org/science/programs/testing/standards
Canadian Evaluation Society. Program Evaluation Standards. https://evaluationcanada.ca/program-evaluation-standards
The Glossary of Education Reform. Test Bias. https://www.edglossary.org/test-bias/

Bias is a disproportionate weight in favor of or against an idea, person or thing, usually in a way that is closed-minded, prejudicial or unfair.

Communication and Cognitive Bias

Assessment Bias

Making Unconscious Bias Conscious. Canadian Evaluation Society. https://evaluationcanada.ca/module-3-making-unconscious-bias-conscious
The Glossary of Education Reform. Test Bias. https://www.edglossary.org/test-bias/

Validity and Reliability both refer to how well a method is measured.

Validity refers to the whether the results really do represent what they are supposed to measure.

Reliability refers to whether the results can be reproduced under the same conditions.

Government of Canada, S. C. Measuring Adult Literacy and Life Skills: New Frameworks for Assessment. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/pub/89-552-m/89-552-m2005013-eng.pdf%3Fst%3DJBzir8Ag