Preparing for a Local Validation Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016

Test Support Specialist Illinois Fire Service Institute Champaign, IL Janis Hooper Test Support Specialist Illinois Fire Service Institute Champaign, IL (217) 300-1297 hoopr@Illinois.edu Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016

Getting the Data you need during a Local Validation Is this term familiar to everyone? Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016

Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016 Collecting and organizing data regarding exam questions are both huge tasks. How can we make data collection and organization simpler so that retrieval is more efficient? Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016

A Good Framework Accurate data Two Key Elements A Good Framework Accurate data Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016

Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016 LXR is the Framework we use to Store the Data Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016

Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016 LXR is the Framework we use to Store the Data Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016

Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016 LXR is the Framework we use to Store the Data Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016

Getting Good Data is also Key! But that is a lot of information! How do we teach our SME’s what all of that is and where to find it? Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016

Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016 The Curriculum and Testing office created a training video so that our Subject Matter Experts are informed on how to do this work prior to arriving on-site for our local validation. Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016

We tried to keep it light and interesting! The video gives our SMEs the ability to navigate through it at their own pace. Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016

Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016 Pre-Work Package We send our SMEs a packet of materials that they can use to start the Pre-Work at home. The next clip from the video describes in detail what each item is in the Pre-Work packet that they receive. Insert clips from the video here: Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016

Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016 Pre-Work Instructions Once they know what the contents are, we give them very detailed instruction on the best way to proceed through the work. Insert clips from the video here: Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016

Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016 Describes exactly what SMEs will be asked to do at the Local Validation. Insert clips from the video here: Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016

Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016 The SMEs are now ready to start their work! Insert clips from the video here: Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016

Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016 Local Validations are a quality assurance program to confirm that our end of course examinations are valid and applicable to the course content and the course objectives. Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016

Link to the full video https://goo.gl/duVOs7 Questions? Copyright Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 2016