Maryland Assessment Research Center (MARC)

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

 

  • Location:

Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union
University of Maryland , College Park , MD   20742

  • 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:

Thursday, October 9 ,2008

7:00 ~ 8:30Registration and Breakfast
8:30 ~ 8:45Welcome and CommentsRobert Lissitz (University of Maryland)
8:45 ~ 9:45Packing and Unpacking Sources of Validity Evidence: History Repeats Itself AgainStephen Sireci (University of Massachusetts)
9:45 ~10:45The Concept of Validity in the Context of NCLBBob Linn (University of Colorado)
10:45 ~ 11:00Break
11:00~12:00Invalidity in ValidityJoel Michell (University of Sydney in Australia)
12:00~ 1:00Lunch
1:00 ~ 2:00The End of Construct ValidityDenny Borsboom (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2:00 ~ 3:00Context, Construct, and InterpretationMicheline Chalhoub-Deville(University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
3:00 ~ 3:15Break
3:15 ~ 4:15Necessary Validity Evidence for Statewide AssessmentsWilliam D. Schafer ( University of Maryland )
4:15 ~ 5:15Content-based Interpretations of Test ScoresMichael Kane ( National Conference of Bar Examiners )
6:00 ~Dinner for speakers at Adele's (in the Student Union)
•  Friday, October 10 ,2008 
7:00 ~ 8:30Registration and Breakfast
8:30 ~ 9 : 30Construct Validity as Universal System for Educational and Psychological TestsSusan Embretson (Georgia Institute of Technology)
9 : 30 ~ 10:30Validity and Narrative RobustnessRobert J. Mislevy (University of Maryland)
10 : 30 ~10:45Break
10:45 ~ 11: 45Foundational and Methodological Issues in Validity for Complex Measurement SystemsBruno Zumbo (University of British Columbia)
11:45~12:45The Long and Winding Road: Researching the Validity of the SATWayne Camara (College Board)
12:45 ~ 1:00Closing CommentsRobert Lissitz (University of Maryland)