Updating the EFPA BoA Test Review Model: a necessary titanic work with many angles and supported by even more shoulders

The main goal of the EFPA Test Review Model (TRM) is to provide a description and a detailed and rigorous assessment of the tests, scales and questionnaires mainly used in the field of psychological and educational assessment. In other words, offering a tool for assessing the quality of tests. This information is made available to test users and professionals, in order to improve tests and testing, and help them to make the right assessment decisions. The EFPA TRM is part of the information strategy of the EFPA, which aims to provide all necessary mainly technical information about the tests in order to enhance its use. This EFPA test review model aims further to support and encourage the process of harmonising the quality standards and the reviewing of tests across Europe. However the latest version of this Test Review Model dates from 2013, so a revision is very neccessary! The EFPA Board of Assessment (BoA) is in the middle of updating the TRM in this period, and how this is handled, with who (different stakeholders) and in what time frame, are few of the issues to be discussed. Further attention is given to: what topics are the most urgent to update (e.g. online testing, gamification, AI algorithms) and how can this TRM be implemented by local test commissions. Also the hurdles in this process in different European countries will be highlighted (e.g. reviewed by who, whether or not an overall final score for each reviewed instrument, need for financial resources, and considering the impact of negative reviews). This paper presentation asks explicitly inspiring input from the audience.