ITC News
07
September
College Admissions processes and measures have continued to attract considerable attention through the media. Issues arise when the public questions the ethics and honesty of admission decisions and who is accepted. It is critical to ensure access, honesty, and equity in the process, while continuing to achieve excellence in our future classes. Read more
24
August
Guest Editors: Sang Eun Woo, Bart Wille, & Stephen G. Sireci Over the recent years, there have been active debates over the use of standardized tests in college and graduate admissions around the world, due to concerns about score disparities resulting in disparate admissions outcomes. Due to such fairness concerns, in the U.S., several colleges and universities have decided to suspend the SAT and ACT requirements for their applicants, which generated a number of heated discussions both within and outside the academia. The use of the Graduate Record Examinations (GREs) in graduate admissions is also being hotly debated for similar reasons, and a number of graduate programs in the U.S. have opted to remove the GRE requirement from their admission processes, at least for the upcoming admission cycle. In Chile, the country’s University Selection Test (PSU) has been strongly protested against, on the ground of social justice and educational equality. Read more
22
July
The International Test Commission is pleased to announce the election result of our newly appointed Executive and Elected Council Members for the office term July 2020 to July 2022. The election was held via Extraordinary General Meeting conducted electronically as we had to facilitate business differently due to the Covid-19 pandemic and having to postpone the 2020 ITC Conference in Luxembourg. Read more
18
November
The editor and associate editors of the International Journal of Testing (IJT) are announcing a call for proposals for articles to be published in a special issue on “the use of technology for assessments in organizational, psychological, or educational research and applications”, which we aim to publish in early 2021. For this special issue, we are inviting ... Read more
16
November
The Spanish translation of the 2014 Edition of Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing have been released. Read more
02
November
The International Test Commission seeks nominations (self nominations are welcome) for an editorial team for the journal Practical Assessment Research and Evaluation. Read more
27
August
The ITC Guidelines for the Large-Scale Assessment of Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Populations were published on the website of the ITC. Read more
05
July
Dragos Iliescu, the former President of the ITC, became a Fellow of the ITC during the closing ceremony of the ITC Conference in Montreal ... Read more
04
July
The General Meeting of the ITC has taken place during the Montreal conference... Read more
02
July
The 11th Conference of the International Test Commission has just started in Montreal... Read more
01
July
Good news! The International Association for Applied Psychology (IAAP) has recognized 4 of the prominent members of the ITC ... Read more
30
June
The Council of the ITC met for 2 days before the 11th Conference ... Read more
09
March
This five-part webinar series features scholar-practitioners in the fields of educational assessment, school psychology, and counseling/clinical psychology. Presenters will share their expertise on how to apply theory and research ... Read more
07
December
The latest issue of Testing International, the ITC newsletter, has just been published online. Read more
09
July
Between the 8th and 9th of July, The ITC Council has met in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Council meeting took one day and a half on the regular business of the ITC, and a separate half-day was dedicated to a strategy meeting in which future projects and evolutions were discussed. Read more
04
July
The second edition of the ITC Guidelines for Translating and Adapting Tests was prepared between 2005 and 2015 to improve upon the first edition, and to respond to advances in testing technology and practices. The 18 guidelines are organized into six categories Read more
10
April
The Executive Council of EFPA would like to congratulate Dr. Dave Bartram for being elected to be the first EFPA Robert Roe for Outstanding Contribution to Society award 2017 winner. Read more
15
November
In July 2005, the ITC launched the Guidelines on Computer-based and Internet Delivered Testing (or “CBT guidelines” for short). Aimed at test publishers, developers and users, the Guidelines have become internationally recognized for ... Read more
27
August
The Second Edition of the ITC Guidelines on Translating and Adapting Tests has now gone out into public consultation. The public consultation phase is a mandatory phase and part of the quality control process in the adoption of ITC documents, such as guidelines. Read more
05
July
The 10th conference of the ITC ("Improving Policy and Practice: Opportunities and Challenges in an International Context"), which was held in Vancouver, Canada, July 1-4 2016, has come to an end. Read more
01
July
On July 1st 2016, during the opening ceremony of the 10th conference of the International Test Commission, the ITC has awarded for the first time its "Tom Oakland Award for Distinguished Contributions to Testing and Assessment". Read more
24
September
The International Test Commission is seeking nominations for the editor of International Journal of Testing. Read more
15
June
The ITC Guidelines for Practitioner Use of Test Revisions, Obsolete Tests, and Test Disposal are now official and on the ITC website. Read more
05
March
Dear friends and colleagues: It is with a very heavy heart and a deep sense of shock that I write to inform you of the death of Tom Oakland. Tom died in his home in Gainesville, Florida on Wednesday. Read more
14
December
A Croatian translation of the ITC Statement on the Use of Tests and Other Assessment Instruments for Research Purposes has just been published. Read more
11
December
Two of the ITC Officers, Dave Bartram and Dragos Iliescu, will hold a joint workshop in test adaptation ("Test Adaptation: Putting the ITC Guidelines into practice") at the 17th Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), to be held 2015 May 20th-23rd in Oslo, Norway. Read more
09
December
The ITC will be present at the 2015 SIOP in Philadelphia in an invited panel session with the SIOP Executive Board. The tentative date and time of the 50 minute session is set at 9am on 24th April. Read more
04
November
The ITC Guidelines on the Use of Test Revisions, Obsolete Tests, and Test Disposal have gone into public consultation. We welcome any comments or suggestions you may have to improve the guideline. Please forward your review comments directly to [email protected]. Read more
07
July
The 9th Conference of the International Test Commission which was organized in San Sebastian, Spain, 2-5 July 2014, has just come to an end. Excellently organized and a biiiig success: congratulations to the local organizer, Prof. Paula Elosua, and thank you to all attendants and sponsors who made such a great event possible. Read more