Certificate of Competence in Educational Testing (Level A)
This course is offered in two modes - online and by intensive contact, on a 3-day residential course in a comfortable hotel in Sheffield.
A British Psychological Society qualification for teachers and members of other relevant professions who work with children and adults and who want to use tests well. The course is a high quality benchmark standard for the use of psychometric standards in education. It promotes a wider conceptual model of assessment than 'diagnosis' and therefore enhances your understanding of assessment in general. It will teach you how to use and understand psychometric tests, to use tests appropriately and not to use them when it is inappropriate to do so, and to work more effectively with educational psychologists.
Developed by Real Training and delivered under licence by Dyslexia Action Training. Verified by the British Psychological Society.
This course will enable you to:
- Understand how educational tests are developed and standardised
- Use educational tests with great confidence and competence
- Analyse test manuals to decide if a test is reliable, valid & appropriate for your students
- Develop hypotheses about your students’ learning
- Know when it is appropriate to undertake a test
- Interpret test scores and integrate test score information with other forms of assessment
- Analyse your students’ needs thoroughly
- Write reports to communicate your understanding to others
- Understand and confidently interpret reports from other professionals
- Comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act in your assessment processes
- Provide career opportunities and enhance your confidence
- Access a BPS online database of test reviews
- Opt for academic credits that you can use towards a Master’s
If you wish to be accredited to write access arrangements for public examinations both in the UK and overseas: GCSE, GCE, GNVQ, AEA, Entry Level, Basic Skills and Key Skills, then please see the post CCET Access Arrangements Course. You can find details for the combined CCET and Access Arrangements course as one course in its own right by following this link.
What students say
'Recommended - a real boost to professional competence' (April 2011
'Jacky & Barry have been so approachable. friendly and supportive' (April 2011)
''A very thorough and worthwhile course' (April 2011)
Who is the course for
Anyone who wishes to enhance their assessment skills, e.g.:
- Speech and Language Therapists
- Qualified SENCos
- Further Education tutors
- Teaching Assistants
Course content and structure
This course can be completed by attendance or distance learning. The on-line course is highly accessible and flexible and makes full use of the Real Training Campus Online™ learning platform. This means that you can learn and progress at a pace and time to suit you.
This is a sophisticated internet based facility that supports learning, provides a mechanism for responsive tutoring, encourages communication with peers and enables you to monitor your own progress.
You will also receive a high quality training manual.
You will require approximately 100 hours to complete the course. This includes the completion of a number of assessments and professional reports in your workplace.
If you choose the part-time distance learning option, it normally takes one year to complete, working for one or two evenings a week, increasing slightly in the latter part of the course.
There are seven units, covering theoretical and practical aspects of psychometric testing:
- Defining the assessment needs
- The basic principles of scaling and standardisation
- Reliability and validity
- Deciding whether a particular test should or should not be used as a part of an assessment process
- Administering tests and dealing with scoring procedures
- Making appropriate use of test results and providing accurate written and oral feedback to clients and candidates
- Maintaining security and confidentiality.
Course materials are in hard copy, plus on-line tutorial support and an interactive website. Learners are required to carry out assessments on individuals and submit the reports as coursework assignments. The subjects of these reports will be anonymous. Other compulsory coursework assignments are set, and may be submitted electronically.
Assessment is by coursework assignment including attendance at a competence day in Sheffield or by web cam towards the end of the online course.
The course materials and the website are developed and owned by Real Training ©. Those registering via Dyslexia Action will be tutored by Dyslexia Action Trainers, (mainly educational psychologists).
Course award
Certificate of Competence in Educational Testing (Level A).
Certificate holders are also eligible to be on the British Psychological Society Register of Competence in Psychological Testing.
Course entry requirements
Graduate, and/or qualified teacher status or equivalent
Criminal Records Bureau Enhanced Disclosure is a requirement of this course for UK residents and the cost is included in the course fee. Non UK residents will need to provide copies of checks as undertaken in their country.
Course venue and dates
Distance Learning with one webcam interview.
Intensive Course: 3 residential days in Sheffield at the Kenwood Hall Hotel
Course dates
- CCET Level A Intensive: 28 - 30 March 2012
- CCET Online Course: Start at any time to suit your own requirements.
- CCET Level A Competency Attendance Day: (Online course students only) Next date to be confirmed
Course fees
Distance Learning: £1,300
Intensive Course: £1690 (day rate); £1895 (residential rate)
No VAT is payable on these fees.
Application details
The Disability Equality Duty (2006) legally requires organisations such as hospitals, local government, colleges and universities to be proactive in ensuring that people with disabilities are treated fairly. To help us fulfil this duty we ask anyone applying for a course with Dyslexia Action who has a disability to let us know. We need to talk to you to clarify what adjustments you will be entitled to. We also encourage students with disabilities to give us feedback on all stages of the course so that we can anticipate others’ requirements better in the future.
If you would like to talk to the Training Department’s Disabilities Advisor before you apply please email Gaynor Marshall gmarshall@dyslexiaaction.org.uk or telephone +44 (0)114 281 5914
If you think that you might be eligible for a Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) then please follow the link below, download a copy and fill it in. It’s best to get this procedure underway as soon as you can.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/EducationAndTraining/HigherEducation/DG_10034898
If you would like to learn more about recent legislation concerning disabled students then please follow the link below.
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/academicinfrastructure/codeOfPractice/section3/Section3Disabilities2010.pdf
Contact details
Phone: +44 (0)114 2815914
Email: gmarshall@dyslexiaaction.org.uk
Write to:
Gaynor Marshall
Dyslexia Action
Knowle House
4 Norfolk Park Road
Sheffield S2 3QE
United Kingdom
