ERC-2021-TDR-01 - RFT for Educational Psychometric and Technical Expert Services using large scale Item Response Theory (IRT)

In summary, this covers the provision of expert guidance and support (tailored capacity building/training and worked examples such as workflows, processes, programming code) in four areas of strategic importance to the work of the ERC, with these to be agreed by way of annual workplans i.e. • Development and application of Item Response Theory (IRT) or other appropriate psychometric scaling models to large-scale national assessment cognitive test data in line with best international practice, including weighting, conditioning, plausible values methodologies, and standard setting/proficiency banding; • Application of appropriate scaling models to generate robust questionnaire indices and scales; • Provision of guidance and support to the ERC in helping it to achieve the strategic goal of broadening the range of school-based tests from standardised and norm-referenced tests to others, including diagnostic or criterion-referenced tests; • Enhancing its application of online/web-based assessment technologies for school-based tests, particularly as these apply to scoring and reporting function This will involve demonstrating capability to advise, train nominated personnel in the techniques relevant to the tender subject matter and consult on deploying the services of the ERC via on-line tools.

Services

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73210000-7  Research consultancy services
48190000-6  Educational software package
71600000-4  Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
71621000-7  Technical analysis or consultancy services
71632000-7  Technical testing services
72212190-7  Educational software development services
72212463-2  Statistical software development services
73430000-5  Test and evaluation
79300000-7  Market and economic research; polling and statistics
79311300-0  Survey analysis services
79315000-5  Social research services
79330000-6  Statistical services
79632000-3  Personnel-training services
80000000-4  Education and training services
80510000-2  Specialist training services