PARTNERS IN CRIMEEST – LAT co-operationon the STANAG 6001Piret Paju EST 2009

"A SPECTER IS HAUNTING EUROPE - THE SPECTER OF STANAG 6001“

ARMED FORCES ARE ALARMED AND FORCED TO SPARE THE BEST OF THEM TO THE TORTURE

THEY WILL BE JINXED AND AFTER THAT THEY’RE ONLY ABLE TO BABBLE INCOMPREHENSIBLY

THE Q REMAINS - ISN’T THERE AN EASIER WAY TO REACH THE DESCRIBED GOAL?

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE

WE REALISED IT WAS ORDINARY INTERNATIONAL GANG ACTIVITY

ESTONIAN –LATVIAN GANG IS IDENTIFIED BUT NOT CAPTURED YET

WE ARE FOLLOWING THEM AND HOPE TO GET THEM IN THE NEAREST FUTURE

UNFORTUNATELY THE SEED HAS SPREAD TO OTHER NATIONS

MOST WANTED

PAST PRESENT & FUTURE MEMBERS OF THE EST TESTING GANG

AGENDA

MOTIVESEVIDENCETRIALS & TRIBULATIONSVERDICT

MOTIVES

TO QUARANTEE QUALITY WE JOINT EFFORTS

AMOUNT OF WORK IS HUGE1 VERSION ANNUALLY NEW WRITING FOR EVERY SESSION (3)

TESTING TEAMS ARE SMALLMATERNITY LEAVES

PRE-TESTING POPULATION IS SMALL

STILL LOOKING FOR L3 POPULATION

EVIDENCE

READING AND LISTENING TESTS

MEANSWRITE IN HOME COUNTRIESCOMMUNICATE BY PHONE AND E-MAILTRAVEL TO MEETINGSRECENTLY VIDEO CONFERENCES BECAUSEMISS REAL COMMUNICATIONFEEDBACK FEEDBACK FEEDBACK

FINGERPRINTSBOTH SIDES HAVE THEIR FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER THE TEST

STAKE OUT V1 – V4:

V1 IS PAROLED ITEMS READY FOR ITEM BANK AND USING AS ANCOR ITEMS

V2 IN ACTIVEUNTIL THE END OF 2009

V3 IN PRE-TESTINGSENT TO OUR ACCOMPLICES OVERSEASEXPECT THEM BACK SOONESTSTATSITEMS NOT GOOD – OUT/ REVIEW

V4 PREPARATION STAGETASK TYPES WHICH WORK (MORE OR LESS)POPULATION IS GETTING USED TO THEM

RAP SHEET

END OF 2005 A PHONE CALL BEFORE PAN BALT MEETINGIMMEDIATELY STARTED TO WRITE SPECS

WHY ONLY EST-LATTHINK LOCATION/ ALL LOGISTICSDIFFERENT TESTING SCHEDULES AND EXPANDED TESTING

17.10-20.10 .2005 PAN-BALTIC MEETING IN LITPROTOCOL OF INTENT FEB 2007

11 MEETINGS

TRIALS & TRIBULATIONTRIALS & TRIBULATIONSTRIALS & TRIBULATIONS

PLAN/ DECIDE TOGETHERANNUAL PLANPRE-TESTING PLANCHANGING AND AMENDING TASKS MODERATIONSTANDARD SETTING ON PAN BALT

IN HOME COUNTRIESWRITE TASKS POST-TEST QUESTIONNAIREANALYSE

PROCEDURES

TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS

TESTING BETWEEN TESTING SESSIONS (EST 3 LAT 2 ANNUALLY)SENT 2 OFFICERS TO LATVIA AMOUNT OF PAPERWORKQUESTION OF ALLOWANCES AROUSEESTONIAN CERTIFICATE WITH LATVIAN SIGNATURE

DIFFERENCES

HEADPHONES

INSTRUCTIONS IN LAT / IN ENGL

WRITING AND SPEAKING TESTS ARE DIFFERENT

TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS

L3 PRE-TESTING POPULATION VERY SMALL

PRODUCTIVE SKILLS – OUR EXPERTISE HAS DEVELOPED DURING YEARS

RECEPTIVE SKILLS - WHAT MAKES A TASK L3 TASK

STILL - BLIND MAN AND THE ELEPHANT

ITEMS AS ANCOR ITEMS AND ADDED STATISTICS

TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS

INFO DOES NOT MOVE IN TIMELY MANNER

PHONE AND E-MAIL IMPEDE EFFICIENT COMMUNICATION

CULTURAL AND PROFESSIONAL DIFFERENCES CAN IMPEDE ALSO UNDERSTANDING

MISCOMMUNICATION IS NOT UNHEARD OF

TELECONFERENCING PROBLEMS (DESCRIBE 1st EXPERIENCE)POWER LEVELSIT LEVELS (GUYS SPEAK ENGLISH ON THE PHONE – QUITE AN ENTERTAINING PART OF THE PROCESS)

TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS

V 1 323 V2 195V1 AND V2 MEAN IN PERCENTAGE POINTS SIMILAR

DIFFERENCIES BETWEEN COUNTRIES – READING:MCQ AND CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE RESULTS SIMILAR OR VERY SIMILAR

SCANNING AND MULTIPLE MATCHING ARE VERY DIFFERENTLISTENING:EMOTIONS, MATCHING, PARALLEL TASKS BEHAVE DIFFERENTLYREASONS? TASK TYPES FAMILIARITY? CULTURAL DIFFERENCIES? POPULATION DIFFERENCIES?

SAMPLES OF PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED TOGETHER – POPULATION? CUT OFF SCORES?

TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS

LAT WORKLOAD DOUBLED THEY ARE INVOLVED IN ACHIEVEMENT TESTS AT THE SCHOOL, NATIONAL ENGLISH TESTING, AND STANAG

DUE TO RESTRUCTURING WE BELONG TO ANOTHER STRUCTURE (AGAIN – 4TH SINCE 2002)

WITH CHANGING ECONOMIC SITUATIONIT WILL CHANGE MORE TESTING AND MORE PEOPLE

DUE TO CURRENT ECON SITUATION WE THINK WE (BILC FAMILY) NEED TO THINK OF CENTRALIZED TESTING

ACCOMPLICES

LITHUANIACZECH REPUBLICSLOVAKIACROATIABULGARIASLOVENIA

VERDICT

MUST START AND STOCK ITEM BANK MUST DEVELOP WEB PAGE

START WORKING on V4 AND PLANNING V5

MUST NOT DITCH PAN-BALTIC ALTHOUGH WE CANNOT TRAVEL AT THE MOMENT DUE TO THE ECONOMIC SITUATION AND GOVERMENT NEW POLICY

THANK YOU !

ANY Qs?