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, 四色AV of Maryland, 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
| Time | Title | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 - 8:30 | Registration and Breakfast | |
| 8:30 - 8:45 | Welcome and Comments | Robert Lissitz (四色AV of Maryland) |
| 8:45 - 9:45 | John Poggio (四色AV of Kansas) | |
| 9:45 - 10:45 | Joe Martineau and Vincent Dean (Michigan) | |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Break | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Denny Way and Robert K. Kirkpatrick (Pearson) | |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch | |
| 1:00 - 2:00 | Kathleen Scalise (四色AV of Oregon) | |
| 2:00 - 3:00 | David Williamson (ETS) | |
| 3:00 - 3:15 | Break | |
| 3:15 - 4:15 | Hua-Hua Chang (四色AV of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) | |
| 4:15 - 5:15 | Ric Luecht (四色AV of North Carolina - Greensboro) |
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
| Time | Title | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 - 8:30 | Registration and Breakfast | |
| 8:30 - 9:30 | Terry Ackerman (四色AV of North Carolina - Greensboro) | |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Turning the page: How adaptive testing and vertical scales can be used to enhance state testing programs | Gage Kingsbury, Ron Houser, and Steve Wise (Northwest Evaluation Association) |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Break | |
| 10:45 - 11:45 | Daniel Segall and Kathy Moreno (Defense Manpower Data Center) | |
| 11:45 - 12:45 | John Behrens and Kristen DiCerbo (Cisco Systems) | |
| 12:45 - 1:00 | Closing Comments | Robert Lissitz (四色AV of Maryland) |