ETS at AERA/NCME, April 16, 2012 Afternoon

Below is a list of ETS-led presentations and professional development courses scheduled to take place on Monday afternoon, April 16, 2012.

Advanced Psychometric Models for Situational Judgment Tests

NCME — Symposium
When: Monday, April 16, 12:25–1:55 p.m. Pacific Time
Where: Hyatt Regency / Floor Plaza Level — Plaza B

The Nominal Response Model as a Method to Score Situational Judgment Tests
Presenter: Jiyun Zu (ETS), Patrick Kyllonen (ETS) and Jonas Bertling (ETS)

Implications of Difficulty Modeling for Test Creation: Scalability, Security and Validity

NCME — Symposium
When: Monday, April 16, 12:25–1:55 p.m. Pacific Time
Where: Hyatt Regency / Floor Convention Level — Balmoral

Comparability of Essay Question Variants: Comparison of Results from High- and Low-Stakes Tests
Presenter: Brent Bridgeman (ETS) and Catherine Trapani (ETS)

Cognitively-Based Modeling of Reading Stimuli
Presenter: Kathleen M. Sheehan (ETS) 

Meet Journal Editors: Journal Talks 11

AERA — Invited Roundtable
When: Monday, April 16, 12:25–1:55 p.m. Pacific Time
Where: Vancouver Convention Center / Floor Second Level — West Room 201

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics
Presenters/Authors: Sandip Sinharay (ETS) and Matthew Scott Johnson (Teachers College, Columbia University)

Special Topics in Large-Scale Assessment: Large Scale Assessment SIG

AERA — Paper Session
When: Monday, April 16, 12:25–1:55 p.m. Pacific Time
Where: Marriott Pinnacle / Floor Third Level — Shaughnessy I

Online Achievement Assessment of Young Students (Grades 1, 2, and 3)
Presenter/Author: Christine M. Mills (ETS)

Rater Effects: Technical Advances

NCME — Paper Session
When: Monday, April 16, 2:15–3:45 p.m. Pacific Time
Where: Hyatt Regency / Floor Convention Level — Balmoral

Using tests of marginal homogeneity as a measure of rater agreement in NAEP
Presenter: Adrienne Sgammato (ETS) 

Investigation of the Effects of Scoring Designs and Rater Severity on Students’ Ability Estimation using Different Rater Models
Presenter: Zhen Wang (ETS) and Lihua Yao (Defense Manpower Data Center)

Validity of Accommodations for English Language Learners in NAEP

AERA — Symposium
When: Monday, April 16, 2:15–3:45 p.m. Pacific Time
Where: Marriott Pinnacle / Floor Fourth Level — Ambleside

Investigating the Effects of Direct Linguistic Support Accommodations for English Language Learner Students on a Mathematics Assessment
Presenter/Author: Mikyung Kim Wolf (ETS)

Students' Response Processes as Validity Evidence for the Accommodations for English Language Learners
Presenter/Author: Maria J. Martiniello (ETS)

Science Instructional Interventions: Influences on Science Content and Scientific Thinking

AERA — Paper Session
When: Monday, April 16, 4:05–5:35 p.m. Pacific Time
Where: Sheraton Wall Centre / Floor Third Level — South Pavilion Ballroom C

Impact of Curricular Professional Development on Changing Student Attitude Toward Science
Presenters/Authors: Lei Liu (ETS), Zhitong Yang (ETS) and Susan A. Yoon (University of Pennsylvania)

Score Reporting, Interpretation, and Validation

NCME — Paper Session
When: Monday, April 16, 4:05–6:05 p.m. Pacific Time
Where: Hyatt Regency / Floor Plaza Level — Georgia A

Comparing Graphical and Verbal Representations of Measurement Error in Test Score Reports
Presenters/Authors: Rebecca Zwick (ETS), Diego Zapata-Rivera (ETS) and Mary Hegarty (UC Santa Barbara)

Application of Natural Language Processing Techniques in Reading Assessments

NCME — Symposium
When: Monday, April 16, 4:05–6:05 p.m. Pacific Time
Where: Plaza Ballroom A, O1

SourceRater: An Automated approach for Generating Text Complexity Classifications Aligned with the Common Core State Standards
Presenters/Authors: Kathleen Sheehan (ETS), Irene Kostin (ETS), Michael Flor (ETS) and Yoko Futagi (ETS)