ETS at AERA/NCME — April 30, 2013 — Morning
Below is a list of ETS-led presentations and professional development courses scheduled to take place on Tuesday morning, April 30, 2013.
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use Across Contents and Domains
AERA
When: Tuesday, April 30, 8–9:30 a.m.
Where: Sir Francis Drake, Second Level – Empire
To Infinity and Beyond: Creating Assessments That Measure Students’ Breadth of Vocabulary in Content Domains
Presenters: Rene R. Lawless (ETS), Gary Feng (ETS), Laura Halderman (ETS), Paul Deane (ETS)
Large Scale
NCME
When: Tuesday, April 30, 8–9:45 a.m.
Where: InterContinental Hotel, Grand Ballroom C
An Investigation of Outlier Pseudo Estimates in Paired Grouped Jackknifing
Presenters: Jiahe Qian (ETS), Shelby Haberman (ETS)
Multidimensional IRT Models for Survey Assessments
Presenter: Xueli Xu (ETS)
Pre-Equating in Large Scale Assessment
NCME
When: Tuesday, April 30, 8–9:45 a.m.
Where: InterContinental Hotel, Telegraph Hill
A Literature Survey of Pre-equating Test Design
Presenter: Joyce Wang (ETS)
Comparison of Pre-Equated and Post-Equated Results of a Large Scale Assessment at the Test and Item Level
Presenters: Sharon Slater (ETS), Sam Chung (ETS), Carolyn Wentzel (ETS)
Comparison of Pre-Equating and Post-Equating: Does Pre-Equating Really Work?
Presenters: Hyeonjoo Oh (ETS), James Carroll (ETS)
To Use or Not to Use Existing Items in the Context of New Content Standards and a Pre-Equated Test Design
Presenters: Liane Patsula (ETS), Lin Lin (ETS), Rich Schwarz (ETS)
Innovative Assessments in Practice: The Technology and Engineering Literacy Assessment
NCME
When: Tuesday, April 30, April 30, 8–9:45 a.m.
Where: InterContinental Hotel, Twin Peaks
How Evidence Centered Design Helped Organize an Assessment of Technology and Engineering Literacy
Presenter: Lonnie Smith (ETS)
Scenario-Based Interactive Task Design for Assessing Technology and Engineering Literacy
Presenters: David Williamson (ETS), Malcolm Bauer (ETS))
Connecting Actions, Cognitions, and Measurement: The Role of Cognitive Science in NAEP TELTask Development
Presenters: Madeleine Keehner (ETS), Lonnie Smith (ETS)
The Application of Bi-Factor Model in NAEP Operational Settings
Presenters: Shu Zhan (ETS), Xueli Xu (ETS), Jia Yue (ETS)
Different but Comparable: Measurement Considerations for Policy Uses for Scores From the PARCC and Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortia
NCME
When: Tuesday, April 30, 10–11:45 a.m.
Where: InterContinental Hotel, Grand Ballroom A
Types of Test Score Comparability: How to Know, How to Achieve It
Presenter: John Mazzeo (ETS)
Games and Assessment: Psychometrics Meets Fun
NCME
When: Tuesday, April 30, 10–11:45 a.m
Where: InterContinental Hotel, Grand Ballroom B
Three Things Game Designers Need to Know About Assessment
Presenter: Robert J. Mislevy (ETS)
Standard Setting
NCME
When: Tuesday, April 30, 10–11:45 a.m
Where: InterContinental Hotel, Grand Ballroom C
Using Subsets of Items to Estimate Minimal Competency Cut-Scores: A G-Theory Approach
Presenters: Priya Kannan (ETS), Adrienne Sgammato (ETS), Richard Tannenbaum (ETS), Irvin Katz (ETS)
Differential Item Functioning (II)
NCME
When: Tuesday, April 30, 10–11:45 a.m
Where: InterContinental Hotel, Sutter
The Bayesian Updating DIF Procedure: New Findings and Extensions
Presenters: Rebecca Zwick (ETS), Lei Ye (ETS), Steven Isham (ETS)
Symposium on Consortia Research Agendae: Critical Opportunities and Challenges Facing Next-Generation Assessment Systems
NCME
When: Tuesday, April 30, 10–11:45 a.m
Where: InterContinental Hotel, Union Square
A Game Changer in Educational Measurement: The PARCC & Smarter Balanced Assessment Designs and Their Potential for Educational Research
Presenters: Nancy Doorey (Center for K–12 Assessment & Performance Management at ETS)
Measuring Early Childhood Classroom Quality
AERA
When: Tuesday, April 30, 10:20–11:50 a.m.
Where: Hilton Union Square, Yosemite B
State Pre-K Policies on External Classroom Observations: Issues and Status
Presenter: Debra J. Ackerman (ETS)
Use and Estimation of Subscores in the Multidimensional Context
AERA
When: Tuesday, April 30, 10:20–11:50 a.m.
Where: Parc 55, Fourth Level – Mission II & III
A Comparison of Score Aggregation Methods for Unidimensional Tests on Different Dimensions
Presenters: Jianbin Fu (ETS), Yuling Feng (University of South Carolina)
A Longitudinal Study of Noncognitive Factors in Middle School Students: Methods and Constructs
AERA
When: Tuesday, April 30, 10:20–11:50 a.m.
Where: Hilton Union Square, Fourth Level – Tower 3 Union Square 3 and 4
Core Self-Evaluation in Middle School Students
Presenters: Jeremy Burrus (ETS), Pamela K. Kaliski (The College Board), Diane Cardenas Elliott (ETS)
Using a Longitudinal Multilevel Multitrait-Multimethod Structural Equation Model for Investigating the Stability and Change of Noncognitive Characteristics Over Time
Presenters: Tobias Koch (ETS), Jeremy Burrus (ETS), Martin Schultze (Freie Universität Berlin), Michael Eid (Freie Universität Berlin), Richard Dean Roberts (ETS)
Helping English Language Learners Achieve in Academics: Integration of Language and Content Instruction
AERA
When: Tuesday, April 30, 10:20–11:50 a.m.
Where: Hilton Union Square, Sixth Level – Tower 3 Mason
Understanding Quality of Teaching of ELLs in the Content Areas
Presenter: Sultan Turkan (ETS)
Division D Section 1 Poster Session: Educational Measurement, Psychometrics, and Assessment
AERA
When: Tuesday, April 30, 10:20–11:50 a.m.
Where: Parc 55, Fourth Level – Cyril Magnin Foyer
Profiling Noncognitive Factors in Entering College Students
Presenters: Ross Edward Markle (ETS), Jonathan Steinberg (ETS)