Does your organization need new test items in a language other than English? Responsive Translation provides original item development, as well as item review and item enhancement, for K-12 educational assessments in Spanish and other languages.
Our item development services are available for all K-12 grade levels and all subjects, including Language Arts, Science, Mathematics and Social Studies.
We create standards-aligned items using testing best practices to ensure that your assessments are fair, valid and reliable, as well as effective, engaging and free of bias.
Items are written by subject matter experts in consultation with psychometricians.
Responsive Translation recruits and trains diverse teams of highly qualified linguists and subject matter experts who are meticulously chosen for their knowledge and experience in K-12 education and pedagogy, curriculum, item development, the required language, the subject of the assessment, and any other expertise that we or your organization have determined would help ensure the success of your specific assessment. Our team is your partner, team members, your pick to build the consortium required for International Test Commission guidelines.
With your test development goals and project needs in mind, which may include alignment to state standards, we create customized plans in order to produce the rigorous, high-quality items your assessment requires. We can write test items for a variety of assessment types and question formats.
All items are written by a carefully selected team of subject matter experts, who receive additional training for your specific project, and in consultation with a psychometrician.
The written items are specially reviewed for fairness, bias, terminology, content standards, grade level and Lexile level, among other checks, or as directed by your organization.
Editors and proofreaders improve the reviewed items by attending to grammar, style, register, format and flow.
We also offer several optional validation steps, including subject matter expert validation, pilot testing and third-party review.
Our item development processes are carefully documented, and we provide this documentation to our clients.
The benefits of having this documentation include: allowing you to easily commission additional items should the need arise, ensuring accountability and providing legally defensible evidence in case of any challenges.
In some cases, translation and adaptation from English is what your assessment calls for, but in other cases, original item development is best. But if you’re not sure, Responsive Translation can review your requirements and help you determine which option will keep all of your stakeholders happy, now and in the future.
Responsive Translation offers original item development, item review and item enhancement for K-12 educational assessments in Spanish and other languages, in addition to translation, adaptation, validation and review for K-12 educational assessments and surveys in 80+ languages.
For more information, please contact us at [email protected] or 1-800-872-6752.