Tailor-made item writing training for your organisation
Unlock the potential of your assessment team with specialized item writing training. Whether you’re looking to enhance your current practices or introduce newcomers to item writing, Dr Olena Rossi will develop and deliver training designed to meet your organization’s unique needs.
- Fundamentals of Item Writing: Perfect for novices, this training covers essential principles and approaches to effective item creation.
- Quality Review and Item Editing: Learn how to critically assess and refine test items to ensure high-quality assessments.
- Using Generative AI: Discover how to leverage generative AI tools to enhance your organisation’s item writing process, making it more efficient and innovative.
- Assessment literacy: Empower your test development team with the knowledge they need to create valid and reliable assessments.
- Comprehensive test development: From defining test purpose and constructs to designing test specifications and establishing a production process, Olena Rossi will guide you through the entire test development cycle.
Flexible delivery options: Olena Rossi offers training in various formats to suit your preferences, including online, face-to-face, or a blended approach combining both.
Why choose training by Dr Olena Rossi?
- Expertise: Led by a highly experienced professional item writer with a PhD in language assessment, the training is grounded in the latest research and best practices.
- Customised content: Olena Rossi will tailor the sessions to fit your specific goals and challenges, ensuring maximum relevance and impact.
- Engaging learning experience: With a background in teacher training, Olena Rossi conducts interactive sessions that encourage participation and practical application of skills.
- Post-training support: Olena Rossi provides ongoing support for your item writers and test development team, helping them implement what they’ve learned and continuously improve their practices.
What training participants are saying
Here’s what previous participants have to say about Olena Rossi’s training sessions
Two-day face-to-face intensive training in language assessment literacy conducted for the University of Padova, Italy:
- “We got a lot of practical tips that can be applied to the work we’re doing. My work developing exams is going to improve thanks to this training!“
- “All the topics were covered in an inclusive way so with or without experience it was possible to gain a lot. The range of activities kept everyone’s attention.”
- “It was very clear, calm delivery, and I felt I could ask if I didn’t understand something.”
Online workshop on using ChatGPT to generate tasks for EAP reading and listening assessments. Conducted for the British Association for Applied Linguistics and English for Academic Purposes (BALEAP):
- “Very practical and directly helping in current work of creating texts and items.”
- “It was excellent. Open to all levels of experience. Good pace. Well moderated with prompts in the chat. Thanks.”
- “Relevant and practical. The speaker was clear, concise, and clearly an expert.”
Contact Olena Rossi to discuss how she can support your organization’s training needs: olena.rossi@itemwriting.co