LTRC 2012 34th Language Testing Research Colloquium – PRINCETON April 1 - 5, 2012

LTRC 2012

The 34th Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC) will take place from April 1–5, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Princeton in Princeton, NJ. This year's event will be hosted by Educational Testing Service (ETS).

Assessment and Learning: Bridging Diverse Disciplines and Domains

  • Interplay amongst classroom teaching, formative assessments and summative assessments
  • Interface between language assessment, language learning, and computer technologies
  • Key research issues and practices in language assessments for younger learners
  • Key research issues and practices in language assessments across diverse contexts and domains
  • Potential applications of theories, innovations and practices in other disciplines (e.g., SLA, psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology, educational measurement) to language assessment

Pre-conference Workshops

Pre-conference workshops will take place from April 1 through April 2, 2012.

Workshop 1: Assessing the Ability to Convey Semantic and Pragmatic Meanings in Language Assessments
Sunday, April 1, 2012—Monday, April 2, 2012
Instructors: James E. Purpura & Kirby C. Grabowski, Teachers College, Columbia University

Workshop 2: Latent Growth Modeling for Language Testing Research
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Instructor: Gregory R. Hancock, University of Maryland

Workshop 3: Scaling and Equating Test Scores
Monday, April 2, 2012
Instructors: Samuel A. ("Skip") Livingston & Shuhong Li, Educational Testing Service

Samuel J. Messick Memorial Lecture and Award

More information will be available closer to the conference date.