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INTEGRATING THE GLOBAL AND THE LOCAL IN TESTING AND ASSESSMENT.

IAN FLORANCE, SECRETARY, EUROPEAN TEST PUBLISHERS GROUP

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The European Test Publishers Group( ETPG) was founded in 1991.

We have an annual conference: this year Istanbul; next year Oxford.

Our Mission is to promote high quality psychometric testing practices in Europe and we have entry criteria.

We have 26 full and associate members from around Europe. All are publishers

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1. Producing statements on issues such as copyright, professional testing etc

2. Research into pan –European customer topics3. Conferences with sessions looking at possible

advances in and influences on European testing; neuroscience, PTSD, social media, demographics.

4. Licensing national tests internationally5. Very little joint test development

ETPG: EXISTING INTERNAL CO-OPERATION

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1. G Harris ATP2. Previous attendance at exhibitions: APA/ITC/

EFPA3. Members attendance at conferences: some

presentations.

ETPG: EXISTING EXTERNAL CO-OPERATION

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1. Commitment to high quality test use2. National and international knowledge3. Expertise in communicating with and researching users4. Access to millions of customers and potential customers

Europe wide – including non-psychologist5. Network with academics/scientists etc6. Diversity of approach, skill-set, vision.7. Experience of all testing markets from schools to sports

teams8. Publishing knowledge9. Genuine psychological expertise

ETPG:COMPETENCIES/ CHARACTERISTICS WE CAN BRING TO CO-OPERATION

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Area Possible partners

Regularising copyright National psychological Associations: ITC: EFPA: ATP

Increased communication on good practice

Particularly EFPA and National Psychological Association. ATP

Research into test users needs In both this and the next one we have expertise to undertake research into new areas and report on findings, and have an interest in linking academia and business

Research into new ways of testing

AREAS WHERE WE FEEL WE CAN CONTRIBUTE MORE TO COOPERATION

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Area Possible partners

Lobbying for good test practice with EU, national governments etc

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Supply side perspective on reviewing. competencies, training, teaching

All.

Joint conference ATPG, ETPG, EFPA, ITC ?

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1. Some suspicion between academy and industry?2. Internal competition within ETPG ?3. Doesn’t represent everyone !4. Differing aims?5. Relative difficulty and long time scales of making

decisions.

ETPG: PROBLEMS WITH SOME CO-OPERATION

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Contact us:

www.etpg.org gives contact details for allnational members

ian.florance@Intinternet.com or 0044 7966 509390 to contact ETPG’s secretary

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