Title
An Evidence-Centered Design Approach for Fairer GlobalWorkplace Assessments  


Presenters
María Elena Oliveri, Purdue University
EricTucker, The Study Group

Abstract
In today’s multilingual, culturallydiverse workplace marked by transnational mobility, assessments must provideevery individual a fair opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge, skills, andabilities. Advances in technology and AI now enable innovative,workplace-relevant tasks that capture applied competencies more effectively.

This presentation explores how Evidence-CenteredDesign (ECD) offers practical solutions for developing inclusiveworkplace assessments that respect culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD)populations’ ways of learning, working, and being. Drawing on thesociocognitive foundations in the forthcoming Modeling What Matters volume(s)(Tucker & Oliveri, Eds.), honoring Robert J. Mislevy’s work, we illustratehow ECD transforms varied language proficiencies, cultural interaction styles,and experiential backgrounds from potential barriers into design strengthswhile authentically measuring key workplace competencies such as collaborationand problem-solving skills.

Participants will explore ECD-compatiblestrategies across assessment design layers, including culturally responsivescenario-based tasks with multilingual supports, flexible response formats, andintegrated evidentiary models that recognize multiple ways to demonstratecompetence. Real-world examples from collaborative problem-solving assessments(Oliveri et al., 2019) and recent workplace applications (Oliveri & Poe,2025) highlight improvements in more inclusive workplace assessment designs.

This session supports the InclusiveAssessment SIG’s mission by providing researchers, practitioners, andassessment developers actionable insights, practical takeaways, andforward-looking research directions for building equitable assessments for theglobal workforce.