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2008 National Conference on Student Assessment Resources


Building Balanced Assessment Systems to Guide Educational Improvement
The Peabody Orlando Hotel, Orlando, Florida
June 15-18, 2008

Sessions are listed in the order in which they appear in the conference program. If you have difficulty accessing the presentations below or would like copies of session handouts, please contact the presenter(s) directly.

Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday

Saturday

Title

Presentation Link(s)

Essentials of Formative Assessment

Colleen Anderson
Margaret Heritage
Sarah McManus
W. James Popham

Edys Quellmalz
Rick Stiggins
Carolyn Wylie

Designing Accessible Reading Assessments for Students with Disabilities

Jamal Abedi
Cara Cahalan-Laitusis
Linda Cook
Deborah Dillon
Ross Moen
David O'Brien
Martha Thurlow

Sunday

Session Number

Title

Presentation Link(s)

Opening Keynote Panel

Perspectives on Balanced Assessment Systems

Gene Wilhoit
Doris Redfield
John Tanner
Steve Paine
Sue Rigney
Ray Wilson
Rick Stiggins

Afternoon

106

Language as Content and Language of Content—What’s the Difference? A Learning Progressions and Growth Perspective for English Language Learners

Edynn Sato
Margaret Heritage
Gary Cook
Stanley Rabinowitz

117

Issues in the Vertical Articulation of English Language Proficiency Performance Standards

Wes Bruce
Anne Davidson
Rick Mercado

174

Using Learning Progressions to Define “Good Enough” Performance for Alternate Assessment Students

Brian Gong
Dan Wiener
Karin Hess
Jacqui Kearns
    Handout

156

Comprehensive Assessment Systems: The View from the Trenches

Joe Willhoft
Feng-Yi Hung
Teri Siskind
Martha McCall

84

Building a Balanced Assessment System for High School Assessment

Edward Roeber
Kim Young
Joseph Martineau
Karen Bailey
Deborah Clark

1

Toward Balanced Assessment Systems: A CCSSO R&D Consortium on the Predictive Power of Interim Assessments

James R. McBride
Frank Philip
June Atkinson

137

Blending Assessment and Instruction—a Seamless Connection

Patricia Porter
John Poggio
Jan Barth
Susan Creighton

207

Innovative State Early Childhood Assessment Initiatives

Thomas Schultz
Shar Goff
Harriet Dichter
Jacqueline Jones
Renee Whelan

169

The State of our Profession: Reflections on Standards for Testing

Wayne Camara
Kurt Geisinger
Stephen Sireci

2

Using Data for Instructional Improvement: What is the State’s Role in Supporting Districts?

Pat Roschewski
Robin Taylor
Ken Klau
Marianne Perie

90

An Experimental Study of Linguistic Modification as a Testing Accommodation for English Language Learners

John W. Young
Marcia Perry
Maurice Hauck

22

Determining English Language Proficiency: Using Scores on English Language Proficiency Assessments and Large-scale Content Assessments

Caroline E. Parker
H. Gary Cook
Gaye Fedorchak

139

The Webbs We Weave: Linking Content and Thinking Skills in Large-scale Assessment

Phil Robakiewicz
Joanne Jensen
Phyllis Shuttleworth

    Handout

126

Validating Performance Standards for the AA-AAS

Marianne Perie
Jacqueline Kearns
Dan Wiener
Peter Behuniak

130

Including Types of Capabilities when Balancing a Large-scale Assessment

Albert Oosterhof
Cornelia Orr
Michael Jones

   Handout

135

Seamless, In-Formative Assessment in the Music Classroom

Philip Martin
John Paulson
Marcia McCaffrey

6

Instructional Insensitivity of Today’s Accountability Tests: Fixable Flaw?

W. James Popham

49

Validity Evidence Begins by Paying Attention to Policy Demands

R. Gene Hoffman
Joseph Martineau
Sue Rigney
Scott Marion

149

Assessment of 21st Century Skills: A Return to Authentic Assessment of the ‘90s

Stuart Kahl
Elizabeth (Betty) Edwards
Steve Ferrara
Ed Roeber

Monday

Session Number

Title

Presentation Link(s)

Morning

191

Identifying Test Items that Differentially Impact ELLs and Students with Disabilities in Content Area Assessments

Maria Martiniello
Jamal Abedi
Teri Siskind
Robert Triscari

17

Agreeing on the “Principles” of Accessible Reading Assessments—Can We Do It Together?

Martha Thurlow
Cara Laitusis

Deb Sigman
Joseph Amenta

59

NAEP Frameworks and State Standards: Close Encounters of the 21st Century

Carrie L. Giovannone
Paul Stemmer
Wendy Geiger
Roy Q. Beven
Angie Mangiantini

12

Advances in Large-Scale Formative Assessment

Neal Kingston
Hillary Michaels
Jianbin Fu
Denny Way
John Poggio

161

Technical Issues Related to Multi-State Assessments

John Loughran
Gayle Potter
Pat Corrigan
Mark Johnson

110

Evaluating the Comparability of Test Variations: Part 1—Translations/Adaptations and Computer-Based

Laura Kramer
Stephen Sireci
Joseph Martineau
Susan Lottridge
Jennifer Dunn
Matthew Schulz

159

Putting the Pieces Together: Validity Evaluations of States’ Alternate Assessment Systems

Scott Marion
Melissa Fincher
Janet Stuck
Rhonda Sims

217

Operational Best Practices for Statewide Assessment Programs: A Cooperative Effort Between Test Publishers and States

Wes Bruce
Jon Twing
Judy Feil
Doyle Kirkeby
G. Harris
Lisa Ehrlich

21

Using Evidence-Centered-Design in Building States’ Large-scale Assessments

Todd Nielsen
Robert Mislevy
Geneva Haertel
Cheryl Alcaya

206

Connecting the Dots: Balanced Comprehensive Assessment Systems

Mildred Bazemore
Doris Redfield
Marilyn Roberts
Beth Cipoletti
Liz Jones
Tammy Howard

27

Validity of the Interpretations of Large-scale Test Results from Accommodated State Assessments

Shudong Wang
Hong Jiao
Salih Binici
Martha Thurlow

157

21st Century Standards and Assessments: Cornerstones of Effective Teaching and Learning

Stuart Kahl
Margaret Honey

28

NAEP Problem Solving in Technology-Rich Environments: Some Results and Lessons

Randy Bennett

5

Understanding the Essence of Classroom Assessment FOR Student Learning

Rick Stiggins

215

CCSSO’s State Education Data Center and SchoolDataDirect.org

Alyssa Alston
Wes Bruce

188

The SAT as a State’s High School NCLB Assessment: Rationale and Issues Confronted

Tim Crockett
Deanna Morgan
Dan Hupp

213

Intergovernmental Approaches to Strengthening K-12 Accountability Systems

Allison Armour-Garb
Mitchell D. Chester
Lauress Wise
Laura McGiffert Slover

210

Use of Data Mining to Inform Instructional Practices for High-Risk 9th Grade Learners

Dan Radicia
Melissa Simons
Cindy Gray

216

Lessons From the Initial Review of State Alternate Assessments Based on Modified Achievement Standards

Sue Rigney
Janet Filbin

Jennifer Stegman
    Handout

214

Formative Assessment in the Visual Arts using District-wide, e-Portfolios: Experiences from Two Leading School Districts

Jeffrey Yan
Angela Fischer
Cortney Sivewright

Afternoon

38

Evaluating Links Between English Language Development Standards, English Language Proficiency Assessments, Content Standards, and Instruction

Rolf Blank
Ellen Forte
Edynn Sato
Tom Deeter

114

Redesign of Alternate Assessments for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities: National and State Perspective

Patricia Jo McDivitt
Aran Felix
Melissa Fincher
Claudia Davis

25

Defining Learning Progressions in K-8 Mathematics: A Critical Strategy for Effective Formative Assessment and Instruction

Margaret Heritage
Jere Confrey
Joseph D. Moore
Herbert Ginsburg
Jacob H. Schiff

194

The NCLB Growth Model Pilot Program: Consequences and Alternatives

Derek Briggs
Damian Betebenner
Andrew Ho

10

Methods of Establishing Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAOs)

H. Gary Cook
Robert Linquanti
Cathy George

Michael Hock
  Handout

43

Making an Optimal Equating Decision Among Equating Approaches to Ensure Comparability and Quality of Large-scale Assessments

Yi Du
Fen Chou
Joseph Martineau
Joe Saunders
  Handout

13

Three State Perspectives of Growth: Practical Considerations Based on Long and Short Term Use

Timothy R. Vansickle
Louis M. Fabrizio
Gayle Potter

39

Districts’ Reporting and Use of Assessment Data to Improve Instruction and Student Learning

Pamela L. Paek
Laurel Vorachek
Eric McDowell
Denise Walston

176

Valid Accountability Systems: Talk the Talk, Walk the Walk

Brian Gong
Scott Norton
Mitchell Chester

127

eTesting at the State Level—Lessons Learned

Patricia Porter
Wes Bruce
Sarah Susbury
Corey Simpson
Jennifer Stegman

4

Building Policies to Support Balanced Assessment

Rick Stiggins
W. James Popham
Sarah McManus

14

1%, 2%: Skim or Whole Assessments

Anne Chartrand
Malissa Cook
Claudia Davis
Melissa Fincher

195

Assessment at the High School Level: Oh What Choices We Have!

Joanne Jensen
Ken Draut
Carol Crothers
Jan Barth

44

The Impact of Intervention Integrity on Formative Assessment

James E. Ysseldyke
Lynn Fuchs
Doug Fuchs
Sarah Powell

Keith Zvoch

175

Standards without Standardization, Proficiency beyond a State Test: Rhode Island’s High School Diploma System

Brian Gong
Mary Ann Snider
Sharon Lee
Ellen Hedlund

204

Unlocking Arts Assessment—Opening Teacher Practice

Richard W. Burrows
Karen Coates
Robin Lithgow
Connie Covert

  Handout 1
  Handout 2

125

Key Elements of State Educational Accountability Systems

Marianne Perie
Judy Park
Ken Klau
Deborah Swensen
Robert Bernstein

18

Three Approaches to Developing and Managing a State Assessment Program

Susan L. Davis
Gregg Schraw
Pat Roschewski
Joe Willhoft

20

Considerations for Migrating to a Different Measurement Model

Rob Kirkpatrick
George Henly
Joseph Martineau
J. J. Wang

108

Formative Assessment to Guide Instruction Within a Technology-Based Universally Designed Framework

Leanne R. Ketterlin-Geller
Tracey Hall
Michael Russell

Tuesday

Session Number

Title

Presentation
Link(s)

Morning

87

Analyzing Accommodation Decisions for English Language Learners: Results from A Multi-State Expert Panel Consensus-Building Study

Barbara Plake
Lariza Miranda

Therese Gleason Carr

91

Establishing the Validity of Test Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: A Collaboration of State-based Research

John F. Olson
Doug Rindone
Barbara Beaudin
Martha Thurlow

104

Alignment and Linkage: Making the Right Connections and Substantiating a Validity Argument—What Matters?

Edynn Sato
Gary Cook
Norman Webb

71

The Instructional, Political, and Psychometric Ramifications to a Statewide Assessment Following a Curriculum Revision

Maureen Cunniff
Jennifer Dugan
Chris Domaleski
Erika Hall

119

Online Professional Development in Classroom Assessment for Teachers

Chris Paulino
Sara McManus
Rhea Steele
Doris Redfield

63

Making Reading Tests Accessible by Affecting Student Test-taking Motivation

Ross Moen
Jamal Abedi
Kristin Liu

141

Large-Scale Formative Assessment: Reporting Test Results that Are BOTH Psychometrically Sound and Instructionally-Sensitive

Andy Metcalf
Sam Krug
Rense Lange

23

Improving the Working Relationships between States and Their Contractors – Steps Each Can Take

Edward Roeber
Wes Bruce
Dirk Mattson
Anne Howard
Michael Hussey

  Handout

212

Growth Models for Accountability 101: Implementer's Guide to Growth

Bill Auty
Paul Bielawski
Dan Long
Pete Goldschmidt

42

Growth Models: Applications, Considerations and Lessons Learned

Yi Du
Shudong Wang
Hong Jiao
Joe Martineau
Mitchell Chester

8

Factor Structure of English Language Proficiency Tests: Current Research on Modalities and Reporting

Thakur Karkee
Jamal Abedi
Anne Murphy
Lily Roberts
Anne Davidson

16

Students Who Are ‘Difficult’ to Assess: What Can We Do? How Will that Help?

Rachel Quenemoen
Melissa Fincher
Paul Ban
Ken Draut

190

Standard Setting Approaches for Alternate Assessments: Building on Our Experiences and Research

Scott Davies
Elizabeth Towles-Reeves

129

State-Level Perspectives on the Diverse Roles of Interim Assessment in a Balanced Assessment System

Eric W. Crane
Ellen Hedlund
Maridyth McBee
Kris Kaase

136

Computer Simulations: Four Approaches to Interactive Student Assessments

Christine Broz
Edys Quellmalz
Rebecca Kopriva
Mary Ann Snider

82

Science Performance Assessments: Opportunities for Blind and Visually Impaired Youth to Show What They Know

Jane Krentz
Cary Supalo
Kent Hinton

69

Looking Beyond the Number: What Does a Graduation Rate Really Mean?

Carole Gallagher
Paul Koehler
Wes Bruce
Stanley Rabinowitz

211

Learning Teams for Professional Development in Classroom Assessment

Rick Stiggins

73

A Normative Approach to Measuring Student Growth to Standards: Conceptualization, Implementation, and Application

Damian Betebenner
Dwayne Schmitz
Richard Wenning
Alyssa Pearson

111

Evaluating the Comparability of Test Variations: Part 2 – Alternative Formats and Modified Assessments

Phoebe Winter
Nadine McBride
Karen Barton
Charles DePascale

Afternoon

178

Accommodation Decisions: Evidence Based Versus Subjective Decision

Jamal Abedi
Leanne Ketterlin Geller
Martha Thurlow
Charlene Rivera
Dianna Carrizales

76

Modified Alternate Assessments: Design Strategies and Experimental Results

Stephen N. Elliott
Peter Beddow
Porter Palmer
Andrew T. Roach
Michael Rodriguez
Ryan J. Kettler

150

From Practice to Peer Review: Practical Examples for Monitoring Accommodations That Meet Federal Requirements

Courtney Foster
Tom Hicks
Karen Denbroeder
Linda Turner
Wendy Carver
Laurene Christensen

120

Balanced and Formative Assessment Systems: Ten State Stories

Elliot Weinbaum
Barbara Beaudin
Pat Roschewski
Angela Faherty

61

Augmenting the Use of Large-scale Assessment Data to Uproot the Dominant Story about “Racial Achievement Gaps

Circe Stumbo
Kee Edwards
Deanna Hill
Steve Price

185

Bridging the Gap: Validating High School End of Course Tests with Post High School Criteria

Scott Davies
Jennifer Stegman
Chris Domaleski
Dan A. Long

79

Potholes after the Road has been Paved: Creative Strategies for Addressing Unexpected Assessment Program Challenges

Denny Way
Katherine Viator
Gloria Zyskowski
Kimberly O’Malley
Chris Domaleski

77

Peaking Inside the Black Box: Tools to Judge the Validity of State Equating Results

Richard Hill
Gene Hoffman
Robert Lee
Bill Auty
Scott Marion

53

Norm-Referenced Tests in State Assessment Systems: Roles, Utility, and Issues

Liru Zhang
Steve Dunbar
Janice Barth
Joseph Martineau
Michael Muenks
Gary Schaeffer
Suzanne Lane

85

Modified Assessment: To Be or Not To Be

Jan Sheinker
Jan Barth
Jennifer Stegman
Claudia Davis

3

Assessing Students’ Affect Associated with Assessment for Learning Classrooms

W. James Popham
Rick Stiggins

95

A Role for Diagnostic Questions in Formative Assessment

Caroline Wylie
  Handout

205

At Last! Computer Based Testing for Main NAEP

Mary Crovo
Jay Campbell
Wendy Geiger
Peggy Carr

9

Working the Content Standards: An Approach to Provide Meaningful Access for All Students

Diane Browder
Shawnee Wakeman
Suzanne Swaffield
  Handout 1
  Handout 2

166

Information Bottleneck: Can Formative Assessment Processes in Mathematics Inform Both Teachers and Students?

Edith Gummer
Claire Gates
Jana Dorway

57

Comparability of Test Scores: Things to Consider When the State Content Standards Change

Jennifer L. Dunn
Deborah L. Swensen
Kristen E. Ellington

118

Understanding Growth and Value Added Models: Informing Policy and Practice

Daniel Lewis
Richard Patz
Wes Bruce
Dan Long

189

Fall Testing: Issues to be Addressed

Tim Crockett
Michael Hock
Deb Wiswell

Handout

142

Current Status of National and State Efforts to Ensure Fairness in Educational Assessments by Preventing or Detecting Cheating

John Fremer
Greg Cizek
Wayne Camara
Joe Willhoft

Wednesday

Session Number

Title

Presentation Link(s)

Morning

201

Sight Translation of Standards Based Assessments

Charles Stansfield
Marilyn Roberts
Judy Feil

75

Constructing Validity Evidence for Alternate Assessments: A Multi-state Replication Study

Ryan Kettler
Kris Kaase
Dawn McGrath
Lisa Ford

37

Who are Those 2% Students and How do we Design Items that Work?

Melissa Fincher
Jennifer Dunn
Patty McDivit
Karin Hess

29

Building a Balanced Comprehensive System of Assessment through Shared Inquiry

Randy Bennett
Malcolm Bauer
Angela Faherty
Thomas LaFavore

177

What’s Developing? What’s the Evidence?: Learning from Different Models of Alternate Assessment

Brian Gong
Ross Moen
Jacqui Kearns
Dan Wiener

209

Using the ACT as a High School Assessment

Jim Griffiths
Joyce Zurkowski
Ken Draut

66

Using Student Data for School Accountability and Tracking Student Progress

Huynh Huynh
Charity Smith
Eugene Kennedy
Robert Kennedy

41

Designing, Reporting, and Using Student Specific Scores for Classroom Instruction, Accountability, and Policy-Making

Yi Du
Howard Mitzel
Max Dengke Xu
Clement A. Stone
Suzanne Lane

  Handout 1
  Handout 2
  Handout 3

33

Is It True That With Experience Comes Wisdom?

Pat DeVito
Thomas Fisher
Duncan McQuarrie
Timothy Vansickle

196

An Update on the Comprehensive Integration of Paper/Pencil and Online Testing in Statewide Assessment Programs

Sarah Susbury
Martin Kehe
Shelley Loving-Ryder

Afternoon

124

Establishing Growth Expectations on Alternate Assessments

Suzanne Swaffield
Marianne Perie
Scott Marion

67

Strategies for Revising Content Standards to Ensure Effectiveness in Guiding Assessment and Instruction

Carole Gallagher
Salam Noor
Mike Roach
Stanley Rabinowitz

165

How to Get Large Groups of Teachers Involved in Quality Formative Assessment

Cheryl Finley
April Gates
Kevin Fangman

112

From The Electric Company to Cyberchase: Children’s Television Becomes an Assessment-Linked Intervention

Ron Thorpe
Glenda Revelle

187

Overview of NAEP’s Trial Urban District Assessment Program—Current Successes and Future Directions

Alka Pateriya
Jason Nicholas
Michael Thomas

83

Meeting the Needs of Individual Students with a Universal Assessment System

Michael Russell
Thomas Hoffmann
Gaye Fedorchak
Martha Thurlow

128

Identifying and Reporting Postsecondary Preparedness Indicators

Michelle Blair
Cornelia Orr
Kit Viator
Criss Cloudt

34

Online High-Stakes Mathematics and Science Assessments: Challenges, Implementation, and Standardization of Language for Text Readers

Carol Price
Phyllis Shuttleworth
Margo Healy

46

Quality Control for Equating Practice in Large-scale Assessment

C. Allen Lau
Mohamed Dirir
Yi Du
Chris Domaleski
Robert Lee

74

The Classroom Assessment Environment: Teachers’ Choice of Assessments and Use of Data

Jane Delgado
Scott Marion
Julie Quinn
Monique Morton

131

The CCSSO–Smithsonian Institution Collaboration: Exploring Assessment and Learning in the 21st Century

Joann Prewitt
Michelle Smith
Sara Moshman

181

Hints and Tips for Addressing Alternate Assessment Alignment Issues for Peer Reviews

Sue Bechard
Shula Nedley
Catherine Taylor

101

Tracing Teachers’ Journeys with Formative Assessment Professional Development: Uncovering the Teacher Learning Progression

Sara Bryant
Michael Ehringhaus
Angela Faherty

32

Issues in Validity and Reliability of Diagnostic Assessments

Hillary Michaels
Sylvia Tidwell Scheuring
Marianne Perie

173

Administering Constructed Response Items in an Online Environment—Challenges and Solutions

Shelley Loving-Ryder
Jan Barth
Robert Triscari




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