3. Development and validation of assessment frameworks and instruments

Development and validation of the ALL assessment frameworks and assessment instruments has been an expensive and lengthy process. The overall goal of this process was to create instruments that are:

valid,
reliable,
comparable,
interpretable,
policy relevant,
amenable to policy intervention, and,
linguistically, culturally and geographically appropriate.

Development of assessment instruments for the ALL study was attempted in 7 domains:

  1. Prose literacy
  2. Document literacy
  3. Numeracy
  4. Problem solving
  5. Practical cognition
  6. Teamwork
  7. Information and communication technology

ALL development proceeded in six distinct phases:

  • development of an overarching framework to define skill domains where measurement should be attempted;
  • development of assessment frameworks, test specifications and exemplar assessment items.