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)
| Time | Presentation | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 07:00- 8:30 | Registration | |
| 08:30- 9:00 | Opening Remarks | Robert Lissitz - University of Maryland |
| 09:00- 9:50 | Vertically Articulated Performance Standards: An Exploratory Examination of their Interpretability | Steve Ferrara, Gary Phillips, & Paul Williams- American Institutes for Research |
| 09:50-10:00 | Q & 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
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| 10:50 - 11:00 | Q & A | |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Break | |
| 11:15 - 12:05 | Non-Linear Unidimensional Scale Trajectories Through Multdimensional Content Spaces | Joseph Martineau- Michigan Department of Education
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| 12:05 - 12:15 | Q & A | |
| 12:15 - 01:15 | Lunch | |
| 01:15 - 02:05 | Item Response Theory and Longitudinal Modeling: The Real World is Less Complicated than We Fear | Martha McCall & Carl Hauser- Northwest Evaluation Association
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| 02:05 - 02:15 | Q & A | |
| 02:15 - 03:05 | A Prospective Approach to Standard Setting | Isaac Bejar, Henry Braun, Richard Tannenbaum - Educational Testing Service
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| 03:05 - 03:15 | Q & A | |
| 03:15 - 03:30 | Break | |
| 03:30 - 04:20 | Implementing Cognition-Based Learning Goals in Classrooms: The State Role | Mark Moody - Hillcrest and Mann & William Schafer - MARCES & the University of Maryland
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| 04:20 - 04:30 | Q & A | |
| 04:30 - 05:20 | A Value-Based Approach for Quantifying Scientific Problem Solving Effectiveness Within and Across Educational Systems | Ron Stevens - IMMEX Project, University of California, Los Angeles
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| 05:20 - 05:30 | Q & A |
Day 2 (Friday, October 20, 2006)
| Time | Presentation | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 - 09:20 | Shaping the River: Contexts of Mathematical Development and Their Implications for Assessment and Standard-Setting | Kevin Miller & Christopher Correa - University of Michigan |
| 09:20 - 09:30 | Q & A | |
| 09:30 - 10:20 | Once You Know What They've Learned, What Do You Do Next? Designing Curriculum and Assessment for Growth | Dylan Wiliam - Educational Testing Service
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| 10:20 - 10:30 | Q & A | |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Break | |
| 10:45 - 11:35 | Estimating Growth when Content Specifications Change: A Multidimensional IRT Approach | Mark Reckase - Michigan State University |
| 11:35 - 11:45 | Q & A | |
| 11:45 - 12:35 | Using Progress Variables to Map Intellectual Development | Cathleen Kennedy & Mark Wilson - University of California at Berkeley
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| 12:35 - 12:45 | Q & A | |
| 12:45 - 01:00 | Closing Remarks | Robert 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.