Events

ITC Conferences

The 5th ITC Conference on Test Adaptation across Language and Cultures was held between 6-8th July 2006 in Brussels, Belgium.
The 4th ITC International Conference on Equitable Assessment Practices: Building Guidelines for Best Practice was held between 7-10th October 2004 in Williamsberg, US
The 3rd ITC Conference on Computer-based Testing and the Internet was held between 12-15th June 2002 in Winchester, England.
A very successful international conference on Test Adaptation was held jointly with ETS and College Board in Washington DC 20-22 May, 1999.

ITC symposia

Invited ITC Symposia are held every year at major International Congresses. These are held at the IAAP or IUPsyS Congresses in 'even' years and at the European Congress in 'odd' years.

ITC symposia were held at:

Prague European Congress 2007
Athens IAAP Congress 2006
Granada European Congress 2005
Beijing IUPsyS Congress 2004
Vienna European Congress 2003
Singapore IAAP Congress 2002
London European Congress 2001.
Stockholm IUPsyS Congress 2000.
Rome European Congress1999
San Francisco IAAP Congress 1998
Dublin European Congress 1997

Prague Symposium 2007

Please find copies below of the Invited Symposium on the ITC Computer and Internet testing guidelines

Beijing Symposia 2004

Please find copies of the ITC Symposia held at the Beijing IUPsyS Congress in August 2004. Where available please feel free to download the presentations from the symposia.

Computer-based testing: Ethical, technological and practical issues. Dave Bartram & Iain Coyne

• Effectiveness of coaching on a Web-based In-basket exercise. F. Anseel & F. Lievens, Belgium.
  
• Personal and situational factors impacting on CBT practices in developing countries. C. Foxcroft, A. Watson, & B. Seymour, South Africa.
• Security issues with computerized testing. New problems and new solutions. D. Foster, USA.
• The need for international guidelines on computer-based testing and the Internet. D. Bartram, UK
• The development of international guidelines on computer-based testing and the Internet. I. Coyne, UK.

Advances in equitable assessment practices. Bruce Bracken.

• Models of diagnostic assessment of learning disabilities: Methodological and ethical issues. J. Gregoire, Belgium.
• Applicant, assessor, and selection method factors related to ethnic score differences in police officer selection. M. Born, L. De Meijer, H. van Loon, H. Van der Molen, The Netherlands.
• Clinical assessment of behavior: Age, race, gender and parent education. B. Bracken, USA.
• Assessing diverse language groups: Challenges to equitable assessment practices. C. Foxcroft, E. Koch, South Africa, S. Sireci, USA.

Advances in test translation methodology. Ron Hambleton & Bruno Zumbo.

• Test translation, east and west. F. Cheung, Hong Kong, China.
• Assessing structural and metric equivalence: A case study. F. van de Vijver, The Netherlands, C. Jeanrie, Canada.
• The French adaptation of the WAIS III. Methodological issues and main results. J. Gregoire, Belgium.
• Effective implementation of the International Test Commission guidelines for adapting tests. R. Hambleton & S. Li, USA.