Mickie Rops Consulting

Here's a good article for organizations needing or wanting to ensure the quality of their tests.  It describes how to calculate item difficulty and item discrimination in Excel and SPSS (and explains what the results mean).   While most certification programs outsource measurement functions to testing agencies, organizations offering certificate programs and post-tests of training courses would benefit from using these basic quantitative measures to examine the quality of their tests.

Jeff Cobb (http://www.tagoras.com) is updating the free eBook Learning 2.0 for Associations 

To support the revised version of the eBook (which will remain free), he has launched a very brief survey to gather more information about how association professional development programs are using social media - not just for e-learning, but in all aspects of the education they deliver.

The survey should take no more than a few minutes to fill out, and survey participants will receive a copy of the results.  To participate, follow the link below and complete by Tuesday, July 21.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=0VZVtUUdjrs3xZgcwQ_2fm6w_3d_3d

Respond even if you are not using any social media since part of the purpose is to get an idea of how many organizations are actually using social media as part of their professional development activities.