Date: 10-11 February, 2016.
Place: Yerevan, Armenia
Background
Multi-country research on student reasoning skills with Student Achievements Monitoring tool (SAM) is planned in frame of extended READ RAS program. As one of the main parts of the preparatory works for the research the team of local and Russian experts under the supervision of the of the international experts and CICED Expert Council will produce Armenian version of the SAM. Armenian version of the instrument will undergo the full circle of the localization process including validization of the results. The Armenian version of the SAM will have two versions of math test.
Objective
To train local expert group on SAM basis and localization technology
Target group
Education assessment specialists, translators of test items, methodologists, math teachers.
Agenda:
AGENDA
February, 10
| Time | Theme | Presenter |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Opening seminar | A. Stepanenko |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Theoretical basis of SAM | P. Nezhnov |
| 12:00 –13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00 – 13:30 | Math model of SAM | E. Kardanova |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Design of SAM math test and math test items | S. Gorbov |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Wrap up | A. Stepanenko |
February, 11
| Time | Theme | Presenter |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Opening seminar | A. Stepanenko |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Localization procedure | E. Kardanova |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Localization process scheduling: development detailed timeline of the project | E. Kardanova, S. Gorbov, A. Stepanenko, P. Nezhnov |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Resource planning: decomposition and distribution of tasks between work groups | E. Kardanova, S. Gorbov, A. Stepanenko, P. Nezhnov |
| 14:30 – 15:30 |
Round table on difficulties of localization process: reverse translation aspects, cultural differencies | E. Kardanova, S. Gorbov, A. Stepanenko, P. Nezhnov, local experts |
| 15:30 – 16:30 | Piloting standards, piloting procedures planning | E. Kardanova, S. Gorbov, A. Stepanenko, P. Nezhnov, local experts |
