Getting Beyond "It Depends", Understanding the Context

It depends. The response everyone dreads. Why is this response so pervasive in the assessment industry? How can we move beyond “it depends” and navigate into action?

To get beyond “it depends”, we must understand the context of the question being asked or situation presented. We need information regarding some combination of the who, what, when, where, why, and how. With additional context, we can move past “it depends” into actionable solutions.

Attend this interactive session focuses to learn how to traverse beyond “it depends” by understanding the context and background of questions/situations to result in action. A panel will present questions to which “it depends” is the initial answer, and then will request context from the audience to move from “it depends” to an actionable response.

The interactive nature of this session will allow you and other audience members to share your experiences and hear how different programs address similar situations. These discussions will highlight why “it depends” is a common answer and how there are different solutions to similar questions dependent on context.

Bring your questions and your context to this session as psychometricians across industries, including two ANAB accreditation assessors, will help you learn how to lessen the “it depends” responses as well as understand how the context is paramount in getting beyond “it depends.”

Thank you Excelsoft for sponsoring the Test Development and Administration track.