PARTNERS IN CRIMEEST – LAT co-operationon the STANAG 6001Piret Paju EST 2009
"A SPECTER IS HAUNTING EUROPE - THE SPECTER OF STANAG 6001“
ARMED FORCES ARE ALARMED AND FORCED TO SPARE THE BEST OF THEM TO THE TORTURE
THEY WILL BE JINXED AND AFTER THAT THEY’RE ONLY ABLE TO BABBLE INCOMPREHENSIBLY
THE Q REMAINS - ISN’T THERE AN EASIER WAY TO REACH THE DESCRIBED GOAL?
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE
WE REALISED IT WAS ORDINARY INTERNATIONAL GANG ACTIVITY
ESTONIAN –LATVIAN GANG IS IDENTIFIED BUT NOT CAPTURED YET
WE ARE FOLLOWING THEM AND HOPE TO GET THEM IN THE NEAREST FUTURE
UNFORTUNATELY THE SEED HAS SPREAD TO OTHER NATIONS
MOST WANTED
PAST PRESENT & FUTURE MEMBERS OF THE EST TESTING GANG
AGENDA
MOTIVESEVIDENCETRIALS & TRIBULATIONSVERDICT
MOTIVES
TO QUARANTEE QUALITY WE JOINT EFFORTS
AMOUNT OF WORK IS HUGE1 VERSION ANNUALLY NEW WRITING FOR EVERY SESSION (3)
TESTING TEAMS ARE SMALLMATERNITY LEAVES
PRE-TESTING POPULATION IS SMALL
STILL LOOKING FOR L3 POPULATION
EVIDENCE
READING AND LISTENING TESTS
MEANSWRITE IN HOME COUNTRIESCOMMUNICATE BY PHONE AND E-MAILTRAVEL TO MEETINGSRECENTLY VIDEO CONFERENCES BECAUSEMISS REAL COMMUNICATIONFEEDBACK FEEDBACK FEEDBACK
FINGERPRINTSBOTH SIDES HAVE THEIR FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER THE TEST
STAKE OUT V1 – V4:
V1 IS PAROLED ITEMS READY FOR ITEM BANK AND USING AS ANCOR ITEMS
V2 IN ACTIVEUNTIL THE END OF 2009
V3 IN PRE-TESTINGSENT TO OUR ACCOMPLICES OVERSEASEXPECT THEM BACK SOONESTSTATSITEMS NOT GOOD – OUT/ REVIEW
V4 PREPARATION STAGETASK TYPES WHICH WORK (MORE OR LESS)POPULATION IS GETTING USED TO THEM
RAP SHEET
END OF 2005 A PHONE CALL BEFORE PAN BALT MEETINGIMMEDIATELY STARTED TO WRITE SPECS
WHY ONLY EST-LATTHINK LOCATION/ ALL LOGISTICSDIFFERENT TESTING SCHEDULES AND EXPANDED TESTING
17.10-20.10 .2005 PAN-BALTIC MEETING IN LITPROTOCOL OF INTENT FEB 2007
11 MEETINGS
TRIALS & TRIBULATIONTRIALS & TRIBULATIONSTRIALS & TRIBULATIONS
PLAN/ DECIDE TOGETHERANNUAL PLANPRE-TESTING PLANCHANGING AND AMENDING TASKS MODERATIONSTANDARD SETTING ON PAN BALT
IN HOME COUNTRIESWRITE TASKS POST-TEST QUESTIONNAIREANALYSE
PROCEDURES
TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS
TESTING BETWEEN TESTING SESSIONS (EST 3 LAT 2 ANNUALLY)SENT 2 OFFICERS TO LATVIA AMOUNT OF PAPERWORKQUESTION OF ALLOWANCES AROUSEESTONIAN CERTIFICATE WITH LATVIAN SIGNATURE
DIFFERENCES
HEADPHONES
INSTRUCTIONS IN LAT / IN ENGL
WRITING AND SPEAKING TESTS ARE DIFFERENT
TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS
L3 PRE-TESTING POPULATION VERY SMALL
PRODUCTIVE SKILLS – OUR EXPERTISE HAS DEVELOPED DURING YEARS
RECEPTIVE SKILLS - WHAT MAKES A TASK L3 TASK
STILL - BLIND MAN AND THE ELEPHANT
ITEMS AS ANCOR ITEMS AND ADDED STATISTICS
TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS
INFO DOES NOT MOVE IN TIMELY MANNER
PHONE AND E-MAIL IMPEDE EFFICIENT COMMUNICATION
CULTURAL AND PROFESSIONAL DIFFERENCES CAN IMPEDE ALSO UNDERSTANDING
MISCOMMUNICATION IS NOT UNHEARD OF
TELECONFERENCING PROBLEMS (DESCRIBE 1st EXPERIENCE)POWER LEVELSIT LEVELS (GUYS SPEAK ENGLISH ON THE PHONE – QUITE AN ENTERTAINING PART OF THE PROCESS)
TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS
V 1 323 V2 195V1 AND V2 MEAN IN PERCENTAGE POINTS SIMILAR
DIFFERENCIES BETWEEN COUNTRIES – READING:MCQ AND CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE RESULTS SIMILAR OR VERY SIMILAR
SCANNING AND MULTIPLE MATCHING ARE VERY DIFFERENTLISTENING:EMOTIONS, MATCHING, PARALLEL TASKS BEHAVE DIFFERENTLYREASONS? TASK TYPES FAMILIARITY? CULTURAL DIFFERENCIES? POPULATION DIFFERENCIES?
SAMPLES OF PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED TOGETHER – POPULATION? CUT OFF SCORES?
TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS
LAT WORKLOAD DOUBLED THEY ARE INVOLVED IN ACHIEVEMENT TESTS AT THE SCHOOL, NATIONAL ENGLISH TESTING, AND STANAG
DUE TO RESTRUCTURING WE BELONG TO ANOTHER STRUCTURE (AGAIN – 4TH SINCE 2002)
WITH CHANGING ECONOMIC SITUATIONIT WILL CHANGE MORE TESTING AND MORE PEOPLE
DUE TO CURRENT ECON SITUATION WE THINK WE (BILC FAMILY) NEED TO THINK OF CENTRALIZED TESTING
ACCOMPLICES
LITHUANIACZECH REPUBLICSLOVAKIACROATIABULGARIASLOVENIA
VERDICT
MUST START AND STOCK ITEM BANK MUST DEVELOP WEB PAGE
START WORKING on V4 AND PLANNING V5
MUST NOT DITCH PAN-BALTIC ALTHOUGH WE CANNOT TRAVEL AT THE MOMENT DUE TO THE ECONOMIC SITUATION AND GOVERMENT NEW POLICY
THANK YOU !
ANY Qs?