jeromedelisle consulting

Perhaps the most unique service is the item writing workshop.  I have loads of experience in this area and I employ the latest literature and self designed templates to make sure that you and your staff enhance  your skills in this critical area of assessment. 

Writing multiple choice items is a current weakness in both the primary and secondary sectors.  Our clients also include institutions of higher learning, including medical schools. You will love our exploration of this field, including special attention to published item writing rules.  Do you need items for a specific examination?  Then we can conduct a high yield item harvesting session.  Do you want to write items to measure critical thinking and problem solving?  Let us help you explore  the use of problem solving sets and case-based problems.

Our approach to developing performance tasks is in line with current recommendations and we focused on important apects such as cognitive complexity and the integrated nature of skills.  We also pay extra attention to the development of scoring rubrics.

Our work on constructed response items includes an exploration of the use of extended constructed response and the development of innovative items based on pictorial (figural) stimuli.  We present the latest reseach including rules for the construct of CRs.

We can help develop tests for licensing, implementing standard setting, IRT/CIA analyses, and reporting.

I am a member of NCME (National Council for Measurement in Education)and IAEA (International Association for Educational Assessment)

The main focus of this workshop is on encouraging assessment of/as learning in Caribbean classrooms?  What is assessment of/ as learning and how does it differ from formative assessment in general and assessment for learning in particular. 

What are some strategies used in assessment as/of learning systems? What are the beliefs that support good practice and what are the experiences in Caribbean classrooms?  How do we effectively use assessment of/as learning in school based and continuous assessment external programmes?

We can work with you step by step as we help your teachers better use formative assessment in the classroom.

Data-driven decision making (DDDM) makes use of data from external agencies along with classroom assessments and surveys to describe the current state of the organization, including attainment gaps and aspects of organizational performance or quality.  Working in teams, we can use this data for school self-evaluation and improving the quality of teaching and learning in classrooms.

Our work in DDDM is research-based using evidence from local and international contexts.

We offer this service especially for schools facing challenge where underperformance might be linked to high numbers of disadvanatged students.  In such context, school improvement can be difficult and we offer a varirty of feedback mechanisms along with a  focus on transforming beliefs and expectations.

We can develop this scheme in association with school development planning and school self evaluation.  I was part of a local team back in 1994 who studied both SDP and SSE in UK schools as part of a Nuffiled Fellowship.  I have taught SDP at the School of Education and I have developed a SSE instrument for the North East region.

I have substantial experience in the field of higher education and in managing and evaluating various aspects of quality assessment, including registration and accreditation.

We would be delighted to work with you in these areas, following established local standards and employing international best practice.

We can develop a quality audit that highlights areas of weakness and work with you to implement quality in different sectors, including assessment, teaching and learnning and student support services.

We offer a wide range of standard setting services for Caribbean audiences including the Bookmark method for multiple choice tests. 

We can work with different levels and different disciplines and subject  areas, including medical education.

We are versed in understanding how Caribbean teachers and medical practitioners make judgments as panellists and can employ the method in licensing and certification contexts. I am a member of CLEAR, an international body for regulatory excellence.

We are versed in several areas of research and evaluation design and I am well equipped to work with you on your evaluation and institutional research projects using quantitative, qualitative and mixed method designs.

We can help you implement appropriate qualitative and quantitative sampling strategies and also develop a range of measurement tools, including instruments for survey research. 

We can help you develop methodolgically rigorous designs for education studies, including an appropriate sampling strategy. I have worked with the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Education in these areas.

We can validate instruments and help you choose tools for statistical analysis. We use SPSS, SYSTAT, EXCEL, and Sigma Plot.

Currently I am a member of both the US National Council of Measurement in Education (NCME) and the American Evaluation Association (AEA)

Instrument development is our bread and butter but we also realize that Caribbean teachers need skills in developing rubrics and self assessment instrument. 

Let us work with you to design rubrics for your programmes or teach you how to do it yourself.  We have many exemplars and the latest literature in this area and our development processes include evaluation of the rubric from the users standpoint.