Australian Council for Educational Research

FAME Bundle 3: Courses 3 through 6

$4,950.00
Tax included.

ACER’s Foundations in Applied Measurement in Education (FAME) is a suite of 8 short, online, modular courses with facilitated live sessions.

FAME Bundle 3 covers courses 3 through 6:

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.

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®. 

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.

FAME 6 – Automated psychometric analysis reports with conquestr

Advanced/FAME 1–3/
Experienced analysts.

1.5 days. ConQuest®, conquestr
and RStudio software.


Introduces participants to the conquestr package that interfaces with ConQuest® software. Participants will use R and RStudio with conquestr output to produce an automated and reproducible psychometric analysis and reporting workflow for quality assuring multiple-choice assessments.


Format
Workshop