Maryland Assessment Research Center (MARC)

2006 MARC Conference

2006  MSDE/MARCES  CONFERENCE  AGENDA

ASSESSING AND MODELING COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN SCHOOL:

INTELLECTUAL GROWTH AND STANDARD SETTING

Day 1 (Thursday, October 19, 2006)

TimePresentationPresenter
07:00- 8:30Registration 
08:30- 9:00Opening RemarksRobert Lissitz - University of Maryland
09:00- 9:50Vertically Articulated Performance Standards: An Exploratory Examination of their InterpretabilitySteve Ferrara, Gary Phillips, & Paul Williams- American Institutes for Research
09:50-10:00Q & A 

10:00-

10:50

 

Using On-line Tutoring Records to Predict End-of-Year Exam Scores: Experience with the Assistments Project and the MCAS 8th Grade Mathematics Exam

Brian Junker - Carnegie Mellon University

 

10:50 - 11:00Q & A 
11:00 - 11:15Break 
11:15 - 12:05Non-Linear Unidimensional Scale Trajectories Through Multdimensional Content Spaces

Joseph Martineau- Michigan Department of Education

 

12:05 - 12:15Q & A 
12:15 - 01:15Lunch 
01:15 - 02:05Item Response Theory and Longitudinal Modeling: The Real World is Less Complicated than We Fear

Martha McCall & Carl Hauser- Northwest Evaluation Association

 

02:05 - 02:15Q & A 
02:15 - 03:05A Prospective Approach to Standard Setting

Isaac Bejar, Henry Braun, Richard Tannenbaum - Educational Testing Service

 

03:05 - 03:15Q & A 
03:15 - 03:30Break 
03:30 - 04:20Implementing Cognition-Based Learning Goals in Classrooms: The State Role

Mark Moody - Hillcrest and Mann & William Schafer - MARCES & the University of Maryland

 

04:20 - 04:30Q & A 
04:30 - 05:20A Value-Based Approach for Quantifying Scientific Problem Solving Effectiveness Within and Across Educational Systems

Ron Stevens - IMMEX Project, University of California, Los Angeles

 

05:20 - 05:30Q & A 

Day 2 (Friday, October 20, 2006)

TimePresentationPresenter
08:30 - 09:20Shaping the River: Contexts of Mathematical Development and Their Implications for Assessment and Standard-SettingKevin Miller & Christopher Correa - University of Michigan
09:20 - 09:30Q & A 
09:30 - 10:20Once You Know What They've Learned, What Do You Do Next?  Designing Curriculum and Assessment for Growth

Dylan Wiliam - Educational Testing Service

 

10:20 - 10:30Q & A 
10:30 - 10:45Break 
10:45 - 11:35Estimating Growth when Content Specifications Change:  A Multidimensional IRT ApproachMark Reckase - Michigan State University
11:35 - 11:45Q & A 
11:45 - 12:35Using Progress Variables to Map Intellectual Development

Cathleen Kennedy & Mark Wilson - University of California at Berkeley

 

12:35 - 12:45Q & A 
12:45 - 01:00Closing RemarksRobert Lissitz - University of Maryland

Please note that all presentations should be 45 to 50 minutes long.  This allows for 10 to 15 minutes of questions and comments from the conference attendees.