Learning Opportunity
Principles of Standardized Testing: Level B Assessment
Facilitator: | Dave Carter | ||||||
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Date: | This is a multi-day event.
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Cost: |
$350.00 |
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Location: |
Virtual |
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Session Code: | 25-IE-015-CARC | ||||||
Focus: | Assessment Inclusive Education |
Target Audience
Teachers
About this Learning Opportunity
At the end of Level B sessions, participants will receive a certificate of completion. Participants must attend all 3 days of training to receive a certificate.
Four major topics to be covered in training sessions:
1. The three levels of testing and how they differ
2. The role of each level in educational assessment
3. The principles of standardized testing:
Provincial, national and international standards
Ethical test selection and use
Understanding measurement statistics
Understanding T-scores, z-scores, percentile rank equivalents, age equivalents
How to compare standard scores
Interpreting test scores to parents, teachers and children
4. Pragmatic issues in test administration:
Choosing standardized tests
Establishing basals and ceilings
Scoring standardized tests with precision
Meeting District and Alberta Education guidelines
This session addresses the LQS competencies
- 2. Modeling Commitment to Professional Learning
- 4. Leading a Learning Community
This session addresses the TQS competencies
- 2. Engaging in Career-Long Learning
- 3. Demonstrating a Professional Body of Knowledge
About the Facilitator

Dr. David Carter
Dr. Dave Carter has been an educator for more than 40 years, having worked as a grade 6 and 7 teacher, Learning Assistance Teacher (K-7), a school psychologist for grades K – 12, and a Director of Instruction for Student Services in both the Central Okanagan and Surrey, B. C. school districts. Dave “semi-retired” in 2005 but has been active in other ways. He has taught graduate courses for SFU, TWU, UBC and others and supervised both Masters and Doctoral student... Read more »