2008 MARC Conference
Ninth Annual Maryland Assessment Conference :
THE CONCEPT OF VALIDITY: REVISIONS, NEW DIRECTIONS AND APPLICATIONS
Sponsored by the Maryland State Department of Education and
Maryland Assessment Research Center for Education Success
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Location:
Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union
University of Maryland , College Park , MD 20742
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Time:
October 9 th and 10 th , 2008 (Thursday and Friday)
Registration and breakfast begins at 7:00 a.m. both days.
Presentations will start at 8:30 a.m. on both Thursday and Friday.
The program will end at 5:30 and include lunch on Thursday, and end at 1:00 on Friday. -
Speakers and Presentations:
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• Thursday, October 9 ,2008 |
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7:00 ~ 8:30 |
Registration and Breakfast |
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8:30 ~ 8:45 |
Welcome and Comments |
Robert Lissitz (University of Maryland) |
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8:45 ~ 9:45 |
Packing and Unpacking Sources of Validity Evidence: History Repeats Itself Again |
Stephen Sireci (University of Massachusetts) |
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9:45 ~10:45 |
Bob Linn (University of Colorado) |
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10:45 ~ 11:00 |
Break |
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11:00~12:00 |
Joel Michell (University of Sydney in Australia) |
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12:00~ 1:00 |
Lunch |
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1:00 ~ 2:00 |
Denny Borsboom (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) |
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2:00 ~ 3:00 |
Micheline Chalhoub-Deville(University of North Carolina at Greensboro) |
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3:00 ~ 3:15 |
Break |
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3:15 ~ 4:15 |
William D. Schafer ( University of Maryland ) |
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4:15 ~ 5:15 |
Michael Kane ( National Conference of Bar Examiners ) |
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6:00 ~ |
Dinner for speakers at Adele's (in the Student Union) |
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• Friday, October 10 ,2008 |
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7:00 ~ 8:30 |
Registration and Breakfast |
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8:30 ~ 9 : 30 |
Construct Validity as Universal System for Educational and Psychological Tests |
Susan Embretson (Georgia Institute of Technology) |
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9 : 30 ~ 10:30 |
Robert J. Mislevy (University of Maryland) |
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10 : 30 ~10:45 |
Break |
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10:45 ~ 11: 45 |
Foundational and Methodological Issues in Validity for Complex Measurement Systems |
Bruno Zumbo (University of British Columbia) |
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11:45~12:45 |
The Long and Winding Road: Researching the Validity of the SAT |
Wayne Camara (College Board) |
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12:45 ~ 1:00 |
Closing Comments |
Robert Lissitz (University of Maryland) |