Certificate of Competence in Educational Testing (CCET) - A route to the SpLD Practising Certificate for those with ATS

Defining assessment needs

• What are psychometric tests and why are they used?

• Different types of tests and testing

• Using tests for formative and summative purposes

• Ensuring adequate preparation of the administrator and the candidate

• Correctly administering tests according to the manual’s requirement to ensure reliable, valid and accurate results

• Correctly scoring tests

Maintaining security and confidentiality

• Ensuring best practice with regard to data protection

• Consideration of who should have access to results and why

Using educational tests of attainment & ability

• Understanding issues of bias and discrimination

• Using alternative approaches to testing

• Deciding when tests should and should not be used

• Influences of factors such as environment on interpretation of results

• Making suitable adjustments to tests when it is desirable and appropriate

• Identifying and reviewing tests that are fit for purpose

Statistical principles that underpin psychometric tests

• Distribution of scores and understanding norm referencing

• Raw scores and standardised scores

• Understanding error in tests

• Reliability and confidence in scores obtained

• Classical test theory

• How items are researched and chosen

• Validity of tests

Interpretation of test data

• Understanding what scores mean

• Allowing for test error

• Taking account of impact of results at the top and bottom of a test’s effective range

• Integrating test results with other data

Providing feedback

• Writing good professional assessment reports

• Taking account of the multiple audiences

• Sensitivity to expectations of clients and their carers