Maryland Assessment Research Center (MARC)

2015 MARC Conference

The Fifteenth Annual Maryland Assessment Conference:

Test Fairness in the New Generation of Large-Scale Assessment

  • Jointly supported by the Maryland State Department of Education and the Maryland Assessment Research Center. 
  • Each topic will be given a one-hour block of time, including a 50-minute presentation by each speaker followed by 10 minutes of Q and A.

Presentation Schedule

Thursday, October 29th, 2015

TimeTitlePresenter(s)
7:00-8:30

Registration and Breakfast

 
8:30-8:45

Welcome and Comments

Hong Jiao (含羞草研究所)
8:45-9:45Robert Mislevy (ETS)
9:45-10:45Wim van der Linden (Pacific Metrics)
10:45-11:00Break
11:00-12:00Patrick Obregon and Ray Yan (FINRA)
12:00-1:00Lunch
1:00-2:00Linda Zimmerman, Jan McSorley and Paul Grudnitski(Pearson)
2:00-3:00Sherral Miller, Michael Walker, Lynn Letukas(College Board)
3:00-3:15Break
3:15-4:15Matthias von Davier (ETS)
4:15-5:15Edynn Sato (Pearson)

Friday, October 30th, 2015

7:00-8:30

Registration and Breakfast

 
8:30-9:30 Bruno D. Zumbo and Amery D. Wu (University of British Columbia)
9:30-10:30:Daniel Bolt, Maritza Dowling, Yu-Shan Shih and Wei-Yin Loh (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
10:30-10:45Break 
10:45-11:45Mo Zhang, Neil Dorans, Chen Li and Andr茅 Rupp (ETS)
11:45-12:45Christina Schneider, Karla Egan and Brian Gong (Center for Assessment)
12:45-1:00Closing Comments Robert Lissitz (含羞草研究所)