Australian Council for Educational Research
FAME Bundle 2: Courses 1 through 6
ACER’s Foundations in Applied Measurement in Education (FAME) is a suite of 8 short, online, modular courses with facilitated live sessions.
FAME Bundle 2 covers courses 1 through 6:
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FAME 1 – Foundations of educational measurement Beginner level or refresher. 1 day. No additional software. |
Introduces the foundational concepts of educational assessment and measurement. Examines key concepts of reliability, validity, latent variables and measurement error. Covers basic statistical concepts used in educational measurement and reporting. |
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FAME 2 – Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory Advanced beginners/FAME 1. 1 day. No additional software. |
Provides a broad overview of technical aspects of constructing measures, starting with a comparison of Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory. Participants learn to evaluate how different data and metrics can contribute evidence about the validity and reliability of measures, with an initial focus on the quality assurance of assessment tasks and test questions. Practical exercises teach participants to interpret a range of psychometric analysis outputs giving due consideration to measurement error. |
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FAME 3 – Item and test analysis using ConQuest® Intermediate-proficient level/FAME 1&2/Experienced analysts. 1.5 days. ConQuest® software. |
Involves conducting and interpreting a psychometric analysis of a multiple-choice assessment using ConQuest® software to inform refinements to an existing measure. It analyses assessment items where partial credit scoring applies. Participants apply both the Rasch model and the Rasch Partial Credit Model. |
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FAME 4 – Differential Item Functioning (DIF) Proficient-Advanced/FAME 1–3/Experienced analysts. 2 days. ConQuest® software. |
Explores important validity and comparability questions through an Item Response Theory paradigm by introducing participants to Differential Item Functioning (DIF) and requiring them to undertake a DIF analysis using ConQuest®. |
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FAME 5 – Test equating Advanced/FAME 1–3/Experienced analysts. 2 days. ConQuest® software. |
Explores test equating methods using the Rasch model. Participants will learn to equate 2 assessments on a common measurement scale through common item equating. |
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FAME 6 – Automated psychometric analysis reports with conquestr Advanced/FAME 1–3/ 1.5 days. ConQuest®, conquestr |
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