European Test User Standards

Web: http://www.efpa.eu/professional-development

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The European Test User Standards were the outcome of a two-year project undertaken jointly by EFPA and EAWOP during the period 2003 to 2005. While the initial focus was on test use in employment settings, the developers of the standards were tasked with developing a generic model and those who worked on the original standards came from all areas of psychology.

Since the initial development, work has continued to include specifications of standards for test use in the areas of Health & Social Care, and Education as well as in the area of Work. In addition the model has been refined to distinguish three levels of competence.

The standards can be used in a number of ways but are designed to facilitate the development of competence-based qualifications in test use. They are intended to provide a general European level ‘benchmark’ against which national qualification systems can be compared, audited or accredited.