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School of Education
University of the West Indies, St. Augustine
St. Augustine
ph: 868-477-1500
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Course Schedule

SEMESTER 1 WEEK	TOPICS	ASSESSMENT/ ACTIVITY/ MODALITY
Week 1	Introduction to Course/Overview of Course Requirements	Face-to-face Lecture / Discussion
Week 2	The nature of measurement: Scales, Definitions & Test Theory	Face-to-face Lecture / Discussion
Week 3	Validity: History & Theory	Face-to-face Lecture / Discussion
Week 4	Validity: New Perspectives	Face-to-face Lecture / Discussion
Week 4 Tutorial	From Cronbach to Messick to Kane-Examining the Theorist on Validity	Face-to-face
Week 5	Validity: The Validation Exercise	Face-to-face Lecture / Discussion
Week 5 Tutorial	Case studies and simulations - Validation
Week 6	Validity: Assignment	Face-to-face Seminar / Workshop
Week 7	Fairness & Test Bias	Face-to-face Lecture
Week 8	Test Bias: Software Lab	Face-to-face Lab
Week 8 Tutorial	Case Studies – Fairness in Testing	Face-to-face
Week 9	Reliability	Online Tutorial
Week 10	Generalizability Theory	Face-to-face
Week 10 Tutorial	Conducting research into generalizability	Face-to-face
Week 11	Generalizability: Software Lab	Face-to-face Lab
Week 12	Assignment Support	Face-to-face
Week 13		Assignment on validity, fairness, or generalizability due

SEMESTER 2 WEEK	TOPICS	ASSESSMENT/ ACTIVITY/ MODALITY
Week 1	Introduction to Course/Overview of Course Requirements	Face-to-face Lecture/ Discussion
Week 2	Standard Setting Theory and Methods	Face-to-face Lecture/ Discussion
Week 3	Standard Setting Methods continued Grade Boundary Setting & Issues in Public Examination Standards	Face-to-face Lecture/ Discussion
Week 4	Evaluating Standard Setting Practice	Face-to-face Lecture/Discussion
Week 4 Tutorial	Can standard setting be efficiently implemented in non-Western lands	Face-to-face
Week 5	Linking, Scaling, and Equating: Theory	Face-to-face Lecture/Discussion
Week 6	Linking, Scaling, and Equating: Software Lab	Face-to-face Lab
Week 6 Tutorial	The value and application of equating
Week 7	Advanced Classical Item Analysis	Online Lecture
Week 8	IRT Theory	Online Tutorial
Week 8 Tutorial	IRT Theory Tutorial
Week 9	IRT Models	Online Tutorial
Week 9 Tutorial	Models Tutorial
Week 10	Lab	Face-to-face Lab
Week 11	Lab	Face-to-face Lab
Week 12	IRT Assignment Support	Face-to-face Student Presentation
Week 13		Assignment on equating / lRT due

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School of Education
University of the West Indies, St. Augustine
St. Augustine
ph: 868-477-1500
delislejerome@gmail.com