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NCME Annual Meeting

2010 Annual Meeting and Training Sessions
April 29-May 3, 2010
Denver, CO, USA

Program Highlights

Presidential Address:
Bridging the Gaps Between Theory and Practice
Terry Ackerman

Career Award Address:
Defining and Controlling Errors of Measurement
Moderator: Michael Kolen
Presenter: Michael Kane
Discussant: Robert Brennan

Committee-Sponsored Symposia:
DIVERSITY ISSUES AND TESTING COMMITTEE
Ensuring Equitable Representation of English Language Learners in NAEP: Reactions to the Technical Advisory Panel Report to NAGB on Uniform National Rules for Including and Accommodating ELLs in NAEP
Organizer/Moderator: Charlene Rivera
Participants: Carlos Martinez, Jo O'Brien, Cornelia Orr, Sharif Shakrani, Deb Sigman, Katherine Viator

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEST DIRECTORS
Validity Issues for Interim Benchmark Assessment Systems
Organizer/Moderator: Jack Monpas-Huber
Participants: Judith Arter, Marty McCall, Lorrie Shepard
Discussants: Pamela Moss, Catherine Taylor

GRADUATE STUDENT ISSUES COMMITTEE
The Influence and Impact of Technology on Educational Measurement
Organizer: Mary Roberts
Moderator: Kimberly Swygert
Participants: Lisa Harris, Richard Luecht, Kathleen Scalise, Joe Willhoft

Invited Symposia:
Assessment of Learning in the Context of Educational Reform: Experiences from América Latina
Organizer/Moderator: Michael C. Rodriguez
Presenters: Michael Fast, Lorena Meckes, Mario Moreno, Fernando Rubio

Update on the Revisions to the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing
Organizer: Barbara Plake
Moderator: Michael Kolen
Presenters: Laura Hamilton, Joan Herman, Barbara Plake, Denny Way, Laurie Wise
Discussant: Steve Ferrara

Measurement in Higher Education
Organizer/Moderator: Donna Sundre
Presenters: Peter Ewell, Gary Pike, Richard Shavelson, Donna Sundre, Tom Zane
Discussant: Lorrie Shepard

Common Core Standards and Coordinated State Assessment
Organizer/Moderator: Wayne Camara
Presenters: Wes Bruce, Pascal Forgione, Brian Gong, Suzanne Lane, Robert Linn, John Tanner

Are You Being Served? Operational Difficulties in Serving Real and Perceived Needs of State Assessment Clients
Organizer/Moderator: Luz Bay
Presenters: Luz Bay, Daniel Lewis, Diane Henderson-Montero, Paul Nichols
Discussant: Robert Brennan

View from the Top of the Mountain
Organizer/Moderator: Terry Ackerman
Presenters: Robert Brennan, Ron Hambleton, Robert Linn, William Mehrens, Barbara Plake, Lorrie Shepard, Wendy Yen

An Application of Assessment Engineering to Multidimensional Diagnostic Testing in an Educational Setting
Organizer/Moderator: Richard Luecht
Presenters: Mark Gierl, Jacqueline Leighton, Richard Luecht
Discussants: Steve Ferrara, Kristen Huff

Graduate Student Poster Session
This 13th 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
Monday, May 3, 2010
5:40 a.m. - 7:30 a.m.

Organizers: Brian French and Jill van den Heuvel

See old friends and meet new ones while running a 5k or walking a 2.5k course on Denver trails. Commemorative t-shirts will be given to all participants (even if you don't wake up in time to make it!).