Co-Chairs: Kim Colvin & Anita Rawls
At NCME 2020, there will be over 30 pre-conference training sessions to choose from, covering a wide range of topics, including: classroom assessment, CAT, standard setting, big data, video games, using / programming in R and Python, score reports, test design, cognitive labs, and much more!
We are excited about two changes this year: (1) reduced prices for graduate students, and (2) the introduction of two-hour sessions.
Registration is already open for these sessions, so please take a look at the variety of offerings and decide if you want to take a deep dive into a topic for 8 hours or try something new in the 2- and 4-hour sessions.
Last year several sessions sold out weeks before the conference, so register right away!
NCME Pre-Conference Training Sessions
Note: When registering for the AERA/NCME annual meetings, click on the NCME tab to find complete descriptions of all the trainings.
Thursday, April 16, 2020
8-Hour Sessions (8:00 AM to 5:00 PM)
NCME03 Assessment of Intrapersonal/Interpersonal Skills for K-12, Higher Education, and the Workplace
Presenters: Patrick Kyllonen, ETS; Jiyun Zu, ETS; Jiangang Hao, ETS
NCME04 Exploring, Visualizing, and Modeling Big Data with R
Presenters: Okan Bulut, University of Alberta; Christopher D. Desjardins, St. Michael's College
NCME08 Techniques and Software for Q-Matrix Estimation and Modeling Learning in Cognitive Diagnosis
Presenters: Steven Culpepper, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jeffrey Douglas, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Shiyu Wang, University of Georgia; Yinghan Chen, University of Nevada Reno; James Balamuta, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Susu Zhang, Columbia University; Yawei Shen, The University of Georgia; Hulya Yigit, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Auburn Jimenez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
4-Hour Sessions (8:00 AM to 12 Noon)
NCME01 An Introduction to the Use of Telemetry Data in Video Game Analyses
Presenters: Gregory K. W. K. Chung, UCLA/CRESST; Elizabeth J. K. H. Redman, UCLA CRESST; Tianying Feng,
UCLA/CRESST; Jeremy D Roberts, PBS KIDS Digital
NCME02 An Intuitive Introduction to Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian Estimation for Applied Researchers
Presenter: Brian Habing, University of South Carolina
NCME05 Modeling Writing Process Using Keystroke Logs
Presenters: Mo Zhang, ETS; Hongwen Guo, ETS; Xiang Liu, ETS
NCME06 Optimal Test Design Approach to Fixed and Adaptive Test Construction using R
Presenter: Seung Choi, The University of Texas at Austin
NCME07 Python, Machine Learning, and Applications - A Gentle Introduction
Presenter: Zhongmin Cui, ACT, Inc.
NCME09 Using the R package PLmixed to Estimate Complex Measurement and Growth Models
Presenters: Nicholas Rockwood, Loma Linda University; Minjeong Jeon, UCLA
4-Hour Sessions (1:00 PM to 5:00 PM)
NCME10 Automated Report Generation: SAS and R Officer
Presenters: Elizabeth Patton, Curriculum Associates; Lucinda Simmons, Curriculum Associates
NCME12 Computerized Multistage Adaptive Testing: Theory and Applications
Presenters: Duanli Yan, ETS; Alina von Davier, ACTNext; Kyung Han, GMAC
NCME13 Item Response Theory and Scale Linking with jMetrik 5.0
Presenter: Patrick Meyer, NWEA
NCME14 LNIRT: joint modeling of responses (accuracy) and response times (speed)
Presenter: Jean-Paul Fox, University of Twente
NCME15 Response Similarity Analysis Using R
Presenter: Cengiz Zopluoglu, University of Miami
2-Hour Session (1:00 PM to 3:00 PM)
NCME11 Automated Test Assembly: Optimization and Heuristic Approaches
Presenters: Xiao Luo, Measured Progress; Kirk Alan Becker, Pearson
2-Hour Session (3:30 PM to 5:30 PM)
NCME16 Automated Test Assembly and More Fun with Optimization Algorithms in R
Presenters: Jason P Kopp, American Board of Surgery; Derek Sauder, James Madison University; Paulius Satkus, James Madison
University
Friday, April 17, 2020
8-Hour Sessions (8:00 AM to 5:00 PM)
NCME17 Cognitive Diagnosis Modeling: A General Framework Approach and Its Implementation in R
Presenters: Jimmy de la Torre, Hong Kong University; Wenchao Ma, The University of Alabama
NCME18 Creating Interactive Applications with R Shiny
Presenters: Joshua Goodman, NCCPA; John Willse, UNCG; Christopher Runyon, NBME
NCME22 Test Equating: Methods and Practices - NCME Training Session
Presenter: Michael Kolen, University of Iowa
NCME24 Uni/multi-dimensional Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT): Installation to Administration
Presenter: Murat Doğan Şahin, Eren Can Aybek,
4-Hour Sessions (8:00 AM to 12 Noon)
NCME19 Planning and Conducting Standard Setting
Presenter: Michael Bunch, Measurement Incorporated
NCME20 Qualitative Coding of Assessment Attributes: An Introduction to Feature Analysis
Presenters: Jenny C. Kao, UCLA CRESST; Elizabeth J. K. H. Redman, UCLA CRESST; Gregory K. W. K. Chung, UCLA/CRESST
NCME23 Tools and Strategies for the Design and Evaluation of Score Reports
Presenters: Priya Kannan, ETS; Diego Zapata, ETS; Priya Kannan, ETS; April Zenisky, University of Massachusetts Amherst;
Sharon C Slater, ETS; Gavin Thomas Lumsden Brown, The University of Auckland
2-Hour Sessions (8:00 AM to 10:00 AM)
NCME21 Test Accessibility: What Psychometricians and Test Developers Need to Know
Presenters: Anne H. Davidson, EdMetric LLC; Stephanie W Cawthon, University of Texas - Austin; Vitaliy Shyyan, Smarter
alanced Assessment Consortium
NCME25 Using School-Level Data from the Stanford Education Data Archive
Presenters: Sean F. Reardon, Stanford University; Andrew Ho, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Benjamin R Shear, University
of Colorado Boulder; Erin M. Fahle, St. John's University
2-Hour Sessions (10:30 AM to 12:30 PM)
NCME26 Examining the Consequences of Assessment Design and Use Because Assessment Matters
Presenter: David H Slomp, University of Lethbridge; Maria Elena Oliveri, ETS
NCME27 Methodologies and Tools for Think Alouds and Cognitive Laboratories
Presenters: Blair Lehman, ETS; Andre Alexander Rupp, ETS (ETS); Jacqueline P. Leighton, University of Alberta
4-Hour Sessions (1:00 PM to 5:00 PM)
NCME29 An Overview of Psychometric Work at Various Testing Organizations
Presenters: JongPil Kim, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Assessment; Jinghua Liu, The Enrollment Management Association; Hyeon-Joo
Oh, ETS; Ye N/A Tong, Pearson; Hanwook (Henry) Yoo, ETS
NCME31 Experiencing a New Approach to Reliability for Classroom Assessment
Presenters: Paul Zachos, ACASE; Monica De Tuya, ACASE; Jason Brechko, Glens Falls Central School District/ACASE; Panpan
Yang, University at Albany
NCME32 Making Measurement Matter: A Practical Guide for Assessment Directors and Test Users
Presenters: Stephen Sireci, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Vince Verges, Florida Department of Education; Arthur Thacker,
HumRRO
NCME33 Using Stan for Bayesian Psychometric Modeling
Presenters: Yong Luo, ETS; Manqian Liao, University of Maryland, College Park
2-Hour Sessions (1:00 PM to 3:00 PM)
NCME28 A Visual Introduction to Computerized Adaptive Testing
Presenters: Yuehmei Chien, NWEA; David Shin, Pearson
NCME30 Cognitive Principles for Assessment Research and Test Development
Presenters: Marlit Annalena Lindner, IPN - Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education; Madeleine Keehner, ETS
(ETS)
2-Hour Session (3:30 PM to 5:30 PM)
NCME34 MIRT Graphics using RShiny
Presenters: Terry Ackerman, University of Iowa; Qing Xie, ETS
NCME35 Using SAS for Monte Carlo Simulation Studies in Item Response Theory
Presenters: Brian Leventhal, James Madison University; Allison Ames, University of Arkansas