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Level 7 Educational Testing and Access Arrangements Certificate (ETAAC)
Meet the JCQ criteria to become a specialist access arrangements assessor in the UK – accredited by OCN Credit4Learning.
Course Description
The ETAAC is a professional qualification in specialist educational testing and access arrangements suitable for post-primary teachers across the UK looking to qualify as a JCQ access arrangements assessor. The ETAAC qualification is a UK Level 7 equivalent course accredited by OCN Credit4Learning. It’s a combination of our two most popular courses:
- Certificate of Competence in Educational Testing (CCET) – British Psychological Society (BPS) verified
- Access Arrangements Training (AAT)
The ETAAC course has been designed and is taught by highly experienced practitioners and expert Educational Psychologists. It guides and develops the learner’s knowledge and skills in specialist assessment, testing and access arrangements.
ETAAC is suitable for:
- Post Primary teachers in the UK
- Post Primary teachers in international schools following the UK curriculum
- Teachers wishing to meet the JCQ criteria to practice as an Access Arrangements Assessor in the UK
What You’ll Learn
- How to competently administer and score different psychometric tests (intelligence and attainment tests)
- What test scores mean and which ones are best to use (standard scores, percentiles, Stens, Stanines, age equivalents)
- Be able to analyse and understand standardised test results in order to make informed decisions and improve outcomes for students/clients
- Can differentiate between good tests and not-so-good tests
- Be able to properly and accurately measure progress in students/clients
- Make better decisions for students/clients based on assessment results
- How to clearly and confidently report test results and their meaning to others
- How to read and understand psychological reports
- How to write psychometric reports for parents and professionals
- How to comply with data protection legislation when conducting psychometric tests
- How to be a confident, competent and effective test user that can make a real difference in your student’s client’s lives
Key Features
Upskill
Boost your professional credentials and CV
Accreditation
Become an accredited educational test assessor
Interpret
Interpret psychometric tests with competence and ease
Communicate
Communicate test results confidently with parents and professionals
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What's included?
- 12 Months Unlimited Access
- Video lessons
- Downloadable Resources
- Professional Qualification
- Access on a tablet or phone
- Workbooks & Assignments
- Personal Tutor
- Discussion Forums
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ETAAC: Educational Testing and Access Arrangements Certificate - Level 7
Take a sneak peek at the level 7 course you need to qualify as a JCQ access arrangements assessor in the UK.
Access Arrangements Training
Access Arrangements Training
If you have completed the CCET qualification and you would like to know more about applying for access arrangements under the UK's JCQ regulations. Click here for more information.
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Course Topics
The course starts at the very beginning and builds the participants’ skills and knowledge as they progress through the course. The topics covered in the course are:
– An introduction to testing and assessment
– Different kinds of assessment tools and methods
– How to Administer and Score Educational Tests
– Different scoring systems used in testing
– Understanding standard scores including t scores, percentiles, age equivalents, Stens and Stanines and more.
– Reliability and Validity in testing
– Test Standardisation
– Intelligence testing
– Bias and Discrimination in testing
– How to interpret score profiles and how to tell what’s important and what’s not
– Communicating test results to parents, professionals and clients
– Effective Report Writing
– Eight Chapters in Total
– Understand the principles and rationale of access arrangements
– Have a thorough knowledge of the current access arrangements
– Understand and be familiar with the Equality Act and other relevant equality legislation
– Familiarise yourself with the rules and regulations to apply for JCQ access arrangements
– Familiarise yourself with tests used for JCQ access arrangements
– Be able to apply for access arrangements
Your Instructor
Eirim:
The National Assessment Agency Ltd
Eirim is a busy psychology practice based in Dublin, Ireland (www.eirim.ie). Eirim’s team of clinical and educational psychologist have specialised in the area of assessment service (e.g. Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia) and training for over 15 years and are passionate about developing the skills of parents and professionals within the area.
Frequently Asked Questions
The course starts as soon as you enrol. It is a completely self-paced online course so you work through the material at your won pace. You have 12 months to complete the assigned work and gain your qualification.
The AAT course when taken with our Certificate of Competence in Educational Testing (CCET) leads to a Level 7 Certificate in Educational Testing and Access Arrangements (ETAAC)
Certificate of Competence in Educational Testing
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