Certificate in Psychometric Testing, Assessment and Access Arrangements (СРТЗА)

We are the leading provider of courses that meet the jcq criteria for you to practise as a specialist access arrangements assessor. In this course, you will learn how to conduct psychometric tests effectively as part of an assessment (ccet – a british psychological society qualification) and apply them in exam access arrangements (aac) confidently and competently. 

Cpt3a is a core module on our masters in educational assessment programme but can also be completed independently or as part of our other masters programmes: pastoral care, autism, send and inclusion or inclusive educational leadership. 

Seven level-7-defining reasons to study with us

• Become a JCQ access arrangements assessor – take the original level 7 standalone psychometric testing course for access arrangements assessors
• Understand everything that you need to know about psychometric testing – find out how assessments using psychometric tests are developed, how to use them effectively and interpret the results
• Discover how to write access arrangements for public examinations – know and apply the principles at the heart of all access arrangements
• Implement the latest Joint Council for Qualifications‘ (JCQ) regulations and guidance – confidently apply the regulations in your setting
• Gain the British Psychological Society’s (BPS’s) Test User Educational qualification – and join the BPS’s Register of Qualifications in Test Use (RQTU)
• Choose from a range of flexible study options – designed to fit in with your day-to-day life – choose self-paced online study, a 3-day intensive course delivered live online, or a classic mixture of online and intensive
• Exit this psychometric testing course with 30 credits at level 7. 

The JCQ requires all access arrangements assessors to have an appropriate level 7 or equivalent qualification.

As a level 7 postgraduate psychometric testing course in individual access arrangements assessment, CPT3A fully meets this JCQ access arrangements assessor requirement.

Course content
CCET

• Educational test administration

• Introduction to testing
• Administering and scoring tests correctly and accurately
• Maintaining security and confidentiality of the test materials and test data

The statistical principles of psychometrics

• Standardisation and how tests are created
• Interpretation of data in comparison to the rest of the population
• Test theory and reliability – how accurate and reliable are tests?
• Validity – how do we know what tests are actually measuring?

Using attainment and ability tests

• Theories of intelligence and how they affect test construction
• Test bias, influences on outcomes, and making adjustments to accommodate disability – including anti-discriminatory practice
• Choosing tests that meet your needs and are fit for purpose

Assessment, interpretation and giving feedback

• Making good decisions about using psychological tests
• Interpretating test data and using it correctly and wisely
• Providing written and oral feedback to clients and their carers
• Using and understanding alternatives to test data

AAC

• Cover the essential principles of access and equality legislation
• Get to grips with the key principles and legislation that underpin examination access arrangements
• Gain access to some of the most useful international and domestic information sources
• Compare the key principles, legislation and practices in a variety of contexts
• Assess a client in your setting for access arrangements
• Grasp and be able to summarise the key assessment principles
• Engage with a broad range of illustrative case studies
• Be able to write Form 8s and File Notes that are fit for purpose and which meet JCQ requirements
• Theories of intelligence and how they affect test construction
• Test bias influences on outcomes, and making adjustments to accommodate a disability – including anti-discriminatory practice
• Choosing tests that meet your needs and are fit for purpose