ASS-3.3 – 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

Assessment, Communication, Social-Emotional LearningASS-1.1, ASS-2.1, ASS-3.1, ASS-3.3, SFS-3.6, SFS-3.8

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

Bias-Free Communication. https://www.canr.msu.edu/od/uploads/files/Civil_Rights/Bias-Free_Communication_2009.pdf
Service, C. S. of P. (2021, February 16). Facilitation Essentials: Unconscious Bias. Government of Canada. https://www.csps-efpc.gc.ca/tools/jobaids/unconscious-bias-eng.aspx
(Mis)Understanding Others: Three Biases that Affect How We Communicate. NeuroLeadership Institute. https://neuroleadership.com/your-brain-at-work/biases-shape-communication/
The 5 Biggest Biases That Affect Decision-Making. NeuroLeadership Institute. https://neuroleadership.com/your-brain-at-work/seeds-model-biases-affect-decision-making/

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/

Summative Assessment

AssessmentASS-1.2, ASS-1.3, ASS-2.3, ASS-3.3, DES-3.2, SFS-2.7

is used to measure participant learning at the end of a training program or significant learning period. Summative assessment is used to evaluate participants’ achievement of learning outcomes and determine formal marks or grades.

Bin Mubayrik, H. F. (2020). New Trends in Formative-Summative Evaluations for Adult Education. SAGE Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244020941006

Training Partner

Diversity and Inclusion, Indigenous, Needs AnalysisASS-3.1, ASS-3.3, ASS-4.1, DES-1.1, DES-1.2, DES-1.3, DES-1.4, DES-1.5, SFS-1.2, SFS-3.8

Training partners include individuals and groups who are involved in and/or impacted by training programs, such as participants, funders, training organizations, employers, instructors, supervisors, mentors, peers and community members. The competency framework uses the term training partners to avoid negative associations with the term stakeholders.

Indigenous Corporate Training Inc. 9 Terms to Avoid in Communications with Indigenous Peoples. https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/9-terms-to-avoid-in-communications-with-indigenous-peoples
Government of BC. Terminology in Indigenous Content. Be mindful of the words you are using.

Validity and Reliability

ResearchASS-1.1, ASS-2.1, ASS-3.1, ASS-3.3

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