Maryland Assessment Research Center (MARC)

2010 MARC Conference

Tenth Annual Maryland Assessment Conference:

COMPUTERS AND THEIR IMPACT ON STATE ASSESSMENT: RECENT HISTORY AND PREDICTIONS FOR THE FUTURE

Organized by Robert W. Lissitz and Hong Jiao

Time and Location

This conference will be held October 18th and 19th, 2010 (Monday and Tuesday) at the Riggs Alumni Building, 含羞草研究所, College Park, MD 20742.

Registration and breakfast will begin at 7:00 AM and presentations will start at 8:30 AM on both days. The program will end at 5:30 and include lunch on Monday, and end at 1:00 on Tuesday.

Conference Schedule

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Monday, October 18th, 2010

TimeTitlePresenter(s)
7:00 - 8:30Registration and Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45Welcome and CommentsRobert Lissitz (含羞草研究所)
8:45 - 9:45John Poggio (University of Kansas)
9:45 - 10:45Joe Martineau and Vincent Dean (Michigan)
10:45 - 11:00Break
11:00 - 12:00Denny Way and Robert K. Kirkpatrick (Pearson)
12:00 - 1:00Lunch
1:00 - 2:00Kathleen Scalise (University of Oregon)
2:00 - 3:00David Williamson (ETS)
3:00 - 3:15Break
3:15 - 4:15Hua-Hua Chang (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
4:15 - 5:15Ric Luecht (University of North Carolina - Greensboro)

 

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

TimeTitlePresenter(s)
7:00 - 8:30Registration and Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30Terry Ackerman (University of North Carolina - Greensboro)
9:30 - 10:30Turning the page: How adaptive testing and vertical scales can be used to enhance state testing programsGage Kingsbury, Ron Houser, and Steve Wise (Northwest Evaluation Association)
10:30 - 10:45Break
10:45 - 11:45Daniel Segall and Kathy Moreno (Defense Manpower Data Center)
11:45 - 12:45John Behrens and Kristen DiCerbo (Cisco Systems)
12:45 - 1:00Closing CommentsRobert Lissitz (含羞草研究所)