Resources from the 2007 Conference on Large-Scale Assessment

Sessions are listed in the order in which they appear in the Conference Program. Sunday, June 17, 2007 Session # Session Title Link n/a Lunch and Opening Session Wilhoit, Gene - CCSSO Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century Popham, Jim - New National Educational Expectations 149 Application of Alignment Studies: How Can Study Results be Useful to Educators and Decision Makers? Porter, Andrew Smithson, John Webb, Norman Bruce, Wes 131 Methodological Issues in Developing and Validating English Language Proficiency Assessment Shankrani, Sharif Olson, John Abedi, Jamal Malouf, Dave 43 The State Role in Supporting Formative Assessment Systems: Policy Considerations and Implementation Decisions Roeber, Ed Faherty, Angela Marion, Scott 32 Which Schools Tend to Make Stronger Gains? — Exploring the Relationship between Status and Growth Fabrizio, Lou Sanders, William Chester, Mitchell D. Porter, Andrew 60 The Evolution of Growth Models in this Era of Accountability Dunn, Jennifer L. Taylor, Robin Wiswell, Deb 12 Assessing (and Teaching) Students at Risk for Failure: A Partnership for Success Fincher, Melissa; Ban, Paul; Rogers, Pam; & Quenemoen, Rachel 159 Modified Achievement Standards: The Whys and Hows Rigney, Sue Parker, Carrie Bazemore, Mildred Norton, Scott 139 Assessments for English Language Learners: Validity Evidence from California and Texas Ayala, Laura Zilbert, Eric O'Malley, Kimberly 93 Investigating the Validity of Test Administration Accommodations: Three State Studies Kim, Do-Hong Fincher, Melissa Young, Victoria Foster, Courtney J. 3 Wanted: Increased Test-Vendor Capacities—But What Kinds? Bruce, Wes Seivers, Lana Popham, James W. Rigney, Sue 142 Investigating Factors Related to Schools Making Significant AYP Progress Lowery, Diane & Jarrell, Ted St. Clair, Kathy Ross, Grace 124 Leveraging Technology for State Assessments: Testing Directors Share Current Initiatives and Future Visions Domaleski, Chris; Dan,Long; Siskind, Teri; & Reel, Mary 84 Constructed Response Items in Large-Scale Assessments: Is it Worth the Effort? Jones, Stanley Sigman, Deb Henderson-Montero, Diane Lazer, Steve 68 Standard Setting on Alternate Assessments: Issues and Practices Perie, Marianne Ferrara, Steve Wiener, Dan Roeber, Ed Kearns, Jacqui 156 Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3 ... Is this Thing Working? O'Konek, Linda; Harris, Christine; Campsen, Lauren & Zavadsky, Heather 8 Modified Alternate Assessments: Future of Assessments or Another Name for Out-of-Level Testing? Shrago, Jackie Kaase, Kris Roach, Andrew T. Cook, H. Gary Elliott, Stephen Monday Morning, June 18, 2007 Session # Session Title Link 65 Challenges Assessing Special Populations: A Multi-State Perspective McCabe, Rebecca Place, Allison for Dutcher, Peggy St. Michell, Wendy Ayala, Laura Phillips, Susan Leveque, Marilyn 132 Role of Research in Improving the Validity of Classification and Assessment of English Language Learners and Students with Disabilities Thurlow, Martha Goldstein, Arnold Abedi, Jamal Martiniello, Maria Sweet, David Gronna, Sarah 80 Vertical Integration of Benchmarks and Standards: Including Alternate Assessments In Evaluating Growth Hall, Sharon; Ferrara, Steve;Davies, Scott; Tong, Ye; & Tindal, Gerald Hall, Sharon Davies, Scott; Ferrara, Steve; Swaffield, Suzanne; & Wright,Lynett Davies, Scott Davies, Scott 2 Tindal, Gerald Lange, Rense Tong, Ye & Davies, Scott 99 Balanced and Coherent Formative Assessment Systems: Building State and Local Capacity for Cost- Effective, High-Quality Professional Development Roberts, Wendy Faherty, Angela Norton, Scott Stiggins, Rick Weinbaum, Elliot 70 A Framework for Evaluating Benchmark Assessments with Formative Uses Perie, Marianne Robinson, Brian Siskind, Teri Quinn, Julie Marion, Scott 24 Closing the Achievement Gap Triscari, Robert Wang, Shudong Congero, William Zhang, Liru Roeber, Ed Winter, Phoebe 10 Assistive Technology: Implications that Determine Policy and Use during Large-Scale Assessment Administration Price, Carol Peasley, Donald Dennis, Helen Shuttleworth, Phyllis Heeren, Katherine 140 Gridded-Response Items: Should they be Used in High-Stakes Testing? Guthrie, Julie Verges, Vincent Digan, Jennifer Turhan, Ahmet Kirkpatrick, Rob 67 Is There a Role for Noncognitive Assessments and Interventions? Kyllonen, Patrick Huff, Kristen Roberts, Richard Tsikalas, Kallen Preston, Brian Wiener, Daniel 82 What's so Important about Alignment Anyway? Sato, Edynn DePascale, Charles A. Rabinowitz, Stanley 145 Social Studies: Not Left Behind Prewitt, Joann F.; Shockley, Preston;   & Moshman, Sara Moshman, Sara Moshman, Sara II 57 Validating the Proficiency Standard on an English Proficiency Assessment: Results from Three States Hock, Michael Snider, Mary Ann Kurtz, Tim 23 NAEP Perspectives on Rural Achievement Chadwick, Dianne Kennedy, Dennis Nicholas, Jason 136 The Transition to Technology-Enhanced Science Assessment: Strategies and Examples Quellmalz, Edys S. Roeber, Ed Matson, Dirk 37 Over 1000 Released Questions with Item Statistics: How Can You Use the NAEP Questions Tool? Foy, Jeanne Hollis, Cynthia Hickman, Marcie 30 Comparison of Pre-Equating and Live Equating of Large-Scale Assessments Zhang, Liru O'Neil, Tim Martineau, Joseph 2 Technology and Writing Assessment: Lessons Learned from NAEP Bennett, Randy Buckendahl, Chad Haladyna, Tom 62 Maintaining Comparability in Accountability Systems: An Exploration of When and How to Make Adjustments Hill, Rich Dunn, Jennifer L. Monday Afternoon, June 18, 2007 Session # Session Title Link 120 Finished! State Reading Tests from the Student’s Perspective Moen, Ross King, Teresa Moen, Ross;Thurlow, Martha & Liu, Kristin  Rogers, Pamela 122 Formative Assessment: Moving beyond Best Practice to Research-Based Practice Gallagher, Carole Koehler, Paul & Rabinowitz, Stanley Chou, Fen 114 Can Statewide Assessments Identify Students Ready To Enroll in College without ACT or SAT Scores? Loving-Ryder, Shelley Reel, Mary Chester, Mitchell Williams, Kathleen T. 130 What Kind of Test Is It? Blurring the Summative/Formative Boundary Norton, Scott West, Brenda Lotfi, Diane Schwartz, Jason 35 Anticipated/Unanticipated Consequences of NCLB: An Applied Psychometric Perspective from Testing Industry Leaders Olson, John Patz, Richard J. Twing, John S. Roeber, Ed 26 Building Better Science Assessments: Exploring Science Achievement through NAEP/State Alignment Analyses and Professional Development Strategies Carr, Therese Gleason Savoie, Renee A. Schoen-Giddings, Linda 18 Handscoring Constructed-Response Items: Using Current Practices and Research Results to Improve the Process Schaeffer, Gary Bruce, Wes Orr, Cornelia Schwartz, Richard 13 What Should We Say and How Should We Say It? Honest Reporting of Test Results Cortiella, Candace Snider, Mary Ann Hambleton, Ron Quenemoen, Rachel Sample Student Report 42 Conceptualizing and Measuring Achievement Gaps: Issues with Growth Measures, Granularity, and Ceiling Effects Lee, Robert Martineau, Joe Martineau, Joe II Betebenner, Damian Marion, Scott 123 English Language Learners: Assessing Their Proficiency and Academic Achievement Rabinowitz, Stanley Sato, Edynn Rivera, Charlene Forte, Ellen 46 What Do We REALLY Know about Students Taking Alternate Assessments Judged against Alternate Achievement Standards? Kearns, Jacqui; Kennedy, Susan; Rogers, Pamela;& Bechard, Sue  Towles-Reeves, Elizabeth Thurlow, Martha 58 Formative Assessment Tools: The Search for Betty Crocker Robinson, Steven; Gallagher, Carole; Tindal, Gerald; & DePascale, Charles A. Gallagher, Carole 36 Revising the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing: A Report from the NCME Standards and Test Use Committee Becker, Doug Olson, John F. Abedi, Jamal Siskind, Teri 147 2011 NAEP Writing Framework and Specifications Crovo, Mary Cook, Rosanne Gunn, Carolee Porter, Pat 33 From RFP to Proposal to Successful Assessment Program: Navigating the Procurement Seas West, Brenda; Bruen, Charles; Muenks, Michael; & Zebrowski, Molly 71 Designing Score Reports To Optimize Their Value to Educators Huff, Kristen Zenisky, April Hambleton, Ron Noell, Joe 119 Comparability of Two Common Test Variations Siskind, Teri Park, Soo-Hee Triscari, Robert Perry, Marcia Fitzpatrick, Steve 133 Comprehensive Integration of Paper/Pencil and Online Testing—Making It Happen: Program Management and Operational Perspective Heath, Gary Susbury, Sarah Mattson, Dirk Carson, Kim Tuesday Morning, June 19, 2007 Session # Session Title Link 158 Increasing Student Performance in Sub-group Populations: Seven Promising Practices Smith, Charity Fleming Kennedy, Eugene Wilson, Reginald Nlemchi, Kevin Yidana, Van 74 Innovative Science Assessment Supports for Students with Disabilities Hollenbeck, Keith Dolan, Bob Geller, Leanne Ketterlin Harms, Michael 108 Promoting Excellence in Science among High School Graduates: Conflicting Pressures of NCLB and Effective Practice Bowler, Katie; Hernandez, Diane; Rabinowitz, Stanley; & Viator, Kit 5 Assessment of, for, and as Learning: A Vision for Putting it All Together Gitomer, Drew;Bennett, Randy;Plake, Barbara; & Marion, Scott 44 Improving the Working Relationships between States and Their Contractors—Steps Each Can Take Bruce, Wes; Mattson, Dirk; Howard, Anne; Hussey, Michael; & Roeber, Ed Bruce, Wes; Mattson, Dirk; Howard, Anne; Hussey, Michael; & Roeber, Ed II 40 Best Practices: Innovative Approaches to Communicating Assessment Results to Families, Educators, and the Community Ellington, Kris; Heffner, Stan; Weiss, John; &   Briggs, Amy 95 Policy, Technical, and Practical Issues in Vertical Scaling and Growth Models Bazemore, Mildred Nicewander, Alan Bruen, Charles Mitzel, Howard 87 From Measurement Driven Instruction to Instruction Driven Measurement—What’s on the Horizon in eTesting and eLearning? Porter, Pat Fletcher, Geoff McGee, Karen 66 An Untapped Resource: NAEP’s Support of State Assessment Programs Sanderson, Hal L.; Fabrizio, Lou; & Considine, JC Sanderson, Hal L. Triplett, Suzanne 76 You Said, I Heard: Preparing Your TAC for the Alternate Assessment Fedorchak, Gaye Rodgers, Pam Marion, Scott Kearns, Jacqui 85 Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Tests: Why are the Scores so Flat? Farr, Roger Turner, Deborah Popham, W. James 50 Complying with NCLB: Building Coherent Assessment Programs Using Multiple Tests and Vendors Insko, Bill Robinson, Brian Roeber, Ed Rigney, Sue 153 NAEP and State Standards: Mapping State Standards to the NAEP Scale Carr, Peggy Ho, Andrew Fabrizio, Lou Viator, Kit 56 Using Technology to Enhance the Administration of Paper-and-Pencil Large-Scale Assessments Stephens, Harold; Mitchell, Christyan; Zalk, Jodie; &  DePascale, Charles A. 105 Recent Developments and Growth in State Accountability Systems Bielawski, Paul Park, Judy Auty, William & O'Malley, Kimberly  Perie, Marianne Blank, Rolf 7 Technical Issues in Updating Content Standards and Test Composition for Literacy Tests Potter, Gayle;Connally, Mark;Huynh, Huynh; &  Cizek, Gregory Potter, Gayle;Connally, Mark;Huynh, Huynh; &  Cizek, Gregory II 152 Integrating Teachers’ Formative Assessments with State and National Results Kifer, Edward Orthober, Corrie 112 Modification of Items under Universal Design: Technical Issues and Impact on Items and Students Walker, Michele Lefly, Dianne & Karkee, Thakur Karkee, Thakur Karkee, Thakur II Stegman, Jennifer Tuesday Afternoon, June 19, 2007 Session # Session Title Link 48 Validity of Assessing Limited English Proficiency Student in State Assessment Programs Duran, Richard & Yoonsun Lee Kaase, Kris Jiao, Hong Abedi, Jamal 77 Portfolio- and Events-Based Approaches to Alternate Assessments: Improvements on Assessing the 1% Student Population Wickham, Donna Hall, Sharon Lange, Rense Tabat, Donna Wieland, Cari Shriner, Jim 73 A Validity-Based Approach for Evaluating the Technical Quality of Alternate Assessments Marion, Scott Weiner, Dan Kearns, Jacqui Kennedy, Susan Behuniak, Peter 143 Benchmark, Formative, and Diagnostic Assessments: How Can They Benefit Student Learning? Herman, Joan Heritage, Margaret McManus, Sarah Creel, Wanda Gong, Brian 31 Students in the Gap: Understanding Who they are and how to Validly Assess Their Learning Bechard, Sue Snow, Judy Parker, Caroline & Saxon, Susane Dolan, Robert Russell, Michael Snider, Mary Ann 28 Opportunity To Use NAEP and State Data to Understand Minority and AYP Results Kennedy, John Lineberger, Jan Rapier, Sue Stoneberg, Bert 127 Challenges and Opportunities in Designing Innovative Computer-Based Test Items Harms, Mike Dolan, Robert Alcaya, Cheryl Young, Victoria Strain-Seymour, Ellen 134 Enabling Access to Items for Test-Takers Who are Blind or Visually Impaired Henderson, Barbara Scott, Kris Willia, Debbie 155 Using New Automated Technologies for Scoring Writing Assessments Schwarz, Rich Rich, Changhua Lochbaum, Karen Kroening, Jim Shermis, Mark 109 Are High School Exit Tests Doing Enough to Ensure College and Workplace Readiness? Viator, Kit Slover, Laura McGiffert DePascale, Charles A. Roeber, Ed Jennings, Jack 111 Testing Modifications and Reporting for NCLB: Challenges and Possibilities Little, Bruce & Yu, Lei Tindal, Gerry 121 Policy and Test Design for the Next Reform Patz, Richard J. Lewis, Daniel M. Bruce, Wes 146 Creating Innovative Science Assessment Opportunities to Improve Instruction Moshman, Sara; Woodland, Jim; & Halbrook, Arthur Sara Moshman 154 Findings from the National Early Childhood Accountability Task Force: Guidance for States in Charting the Progress of Our Youngest Learners Kagan, Sharon Lynn Schultz, Thomas W. Lussier, Bobbi 49 Learning Progressions: What Are They, How Can I Get Started? Gong, Brian 1 Squeezing Instructional Insights Out of Summative Assessments: The Traffic-Signal Process Popham, W. James Wangberg, Lesley Forte, Ellen 25 Insights from NAEP for States and Urban Districts: Instructional Practices, Teacher Training/Professional Development, and Student Achievement Sanderson, Hal Sanderson,Hal II Lutkus, Anthony D. Hickman, Marcie 78 Field Testing To Support Assessment Programs: Options, Pitfalls, and Technical Considerations Kirkpatrick, Rob Mattson, Dirk Martineau, Joseph Wednesday, June 20, 2007 Session # Session Title Link 6 Setting Standards for School Accountability: Policy, Technical, and Operational Considerations Smith, Charity Kennedy, Eugene Kennedy, Robert Huynh, Huynh Trent, Roger 22 All Lined Up and Ready to Go! Vertically Articulated Standards and Assessments Roberts, Wendy Wise, Laurie Robakiewicz, Phil 72 Meeting the Challenge of Technical Adequacy: Maryland’s Alternate Assessment Using Alternate Achievement Standards Hall, Sharon Kehe, Martin Schafer, William Rigney, Sue 79 Standard Setting Approaches for Alternate Assessments: Experiences and Research Davies, Scott Loving-Ryder, Shelley Ramos, Carmen Plake, Barbara 15 Estimating Reliability of Assessment Outcomes for Special Populations: Perspectives, Methods, and Recommendations Roeber, Ed Henley, George Chou, Fen Domaleski, Chris 69 Examining Essential Features of a Valid Accountability System Gong, Brian; Perrie, Marianne; & Marion, Scott  Klau, Ken Park, Judy Perie, Marianne 83 Early Assessment: Gauging College Readiness in the Context of State Content Standards Sigman, Deb Jones, Alison Bottoms, Gene 88 Using the Think-Aloud Method and Student Surveys to Create More Accessible and Effective Statewide Assessments Morse, Les Nedley, Shula Krentz, Jane McDivitt, Patty Price, Carole 34 Developing the Qatar Comprehensive Educational Assessment: A Journey in Aligning Standards and Summative Tests to Support Educational Reform Buslama, Huda Lotfi, Diane Fowles, Mary Webb, Norman 9 Comparability and Scalability of Access-Enhanced Items: Results from Achieving Accurate Results for Diverse Learners (AARDL) Taylor, Melinda;Gleason Carr, Therese & Chayer, Dave  Kopriva, Rebecca & Cameron, Cathy Gleason Carr, Therese Butterbaugh, Donna Rigney, Sue 54 Research Findings and Implications from the National Accessible Reading Assessment Projects Thurlow, Martha Abedi, Jamal Cahalan-Laitusis, Cara Fincher, Melissa 47 Analyzing the Validity of Results from Accommodated State Assessments Dutcher, Peggy Wang, Shudong Thurlow, Martha Jiao, Hong 81 Formative Assessment: Why? What? How? Beaudin, Barbara Paulino, Chris Roschewski, Pat Roberts, Wendy 17 Multi-Attribute Consensus Building and Multi-Attribute Utility Theory: Tools for Analyzing Accommodations Decision-Making Carr, Therese Gleason Hall, Sharon Rodgers, Nan Plake, Barbara & Impara, James 157 The State Collaboratives on Assessment and Student Standards: Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going Roeber, Ed Olson, John Frank Philip Long, Don 55 They Don’t Build Them Like They Used to, Do They? Should They? Rabinowitz, Stanley Huff, Kristen DePascale, Charles A. Robakiewicz, Phil 160 Three Practical, Policy-Focused Procedures for Determining an Accountability Test’s Instructional Sensitivity, Redux Popham, W. James Pellegrino, James W. Wiliam, Dylan R. Forte, Ellen E.

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