2008 Annual Meeting
National Council on Measurement in Education
2008 Annual Meeting & Training Sessions, March 23-27, 2008,
New York, New York
Program Highlights
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Presidential Address
The Impact of Anchor Test Configuration on Students' Proficiency Classifications
Anne Fitzpatrick
Career Award Recipient Address
Schrödinger's Cat, Rasch's P, and the Most Dangerous Equation
Howard Wainer; Moderator: Stephen Sireci; Discussant: Andrew Gelman
Invited Symposia
Open Hearing on Revising the 1999 Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing
Organizers/Moderators: Wayne Camara, David Frisbie; Organizer/ Presenter: Suzanne Lane; Presenters: Bob Brennan, Eva Baker, Michael Kane, Michael Kolen, Robert Linn, Randy Bennett, Martha Thurlow, Joan Herman, Dan Eignor
Co-sponsored by NCME and AERA Division D
Policy, Technical, and Operational Issues and School Accountability for Growth Organizer/Presenter: Huynh Huynh; Presenters: Charity Smith, Robert Kennedy, Anita Rawls, Do-Hong Kim, Eugene Kennedy; Discussants: Peter Behuniak, William Schafer
Accessibility, Comparability, and Validity: Evaluating Test Score Equivalence across Test Forms and Subpopulations
Organizer/Discussant: Stephen Sireci; Presenters: Neil Dorans, Walter (Denny) Way, Chow-Hong Lin, Katie Larson McClarty, Jadie Kong, Linda Cook, Cara Cahalan Laitusis, Ronald Hambleton, Avi Allalouf, Jamal Abedi; Moderator: Kadriye Ercikan
The Intersection of Accountability and Measurement: Policy and Psychometrics Organizer/Moderator: Phoebe Winter; Presenters: Kerri Briggs, David Abrams, Joseph Martineau, Rebecca Kopriva, Karen Barton; Discussant: Robert Linn
Professional Development Programs in Formative Classroom Assessment:
Do Changes in Teacher Practice Improve Student Achievement
Organizer/Presenter: Christina Schneider; Presenters: Caroline Wylie, Courtney Bell, Dylan Wiliam, Shelley Ragland, Ching Ching Yap, Pamela Kaliski, Susan Brookhart, Connie Moss, Beverly Long; Discussant:
Bruce Randel
Dualities of Validity in an International Context
Organizer: William Lorié; Presenters: Michelle Boyer, Juan Enrique Froemel, Vyjayanthi Sankar, Sridhar Rajagopalan, Eugenio Gonzalez
Committee-Sponsored Symposia
Future Directions for the Field of Educational Measurement
Gregory Cizek, Howard Wainer, Catherine Welch, Daniel Koretz
Sponsored by the Graduate Student Issues Committee
English Language Learners and NCLB 101
Organizer: Cara Cahalan Laitusis; Presenters: Jamal Abedi, Micheline Chalhoub-Deville, Charlene Rivera, John Young
Sponsored by the Diversity Issues in Testing Committee
Cutting Edge Indicators of Educational Quality for Predicting Global Competitiveness
Organizer: Bonnie Strykowski
Sponsored by the National Association of Testing Directors
Graduate Student Poster Session
Organizer: Graduate Student Issues Committee
This 11th annual poster session of NCME's Graduate Student Issues Committee provides an opportunity for graduate students to share their work and receive feedback from professionals and their peers.
NCME Fitness Run/Walk
Organizer: Brian F. French
Run a 5K or walk a 2.5K course in Riverside Park, Manhattan's most spectacular waterfront park. Commemorative T-Shirts will be given to all participants.