2006 MSDE/MARCES CONFERENCE AGENDA

ASSESSING AND MODELING COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN SCHOOL:

INTELLECTUAL GROWTH AND STANDARD SETTING

Day 1 (Thursday, October 19, 2006)

Time	Presentation	Presenter
07:00- 8:30	Registration
08:30- 9:00	Opening Remarks	Robert Lissitz - University of Maryland
09:00- 9:50	Vertically Articulated Performance Standards: An Exploratory Examination of their Interpretability	Steve Ferrara, Gary Phillips, & Paul Williams- American Institutes for Research
09:50-10:00	Q & A
10:00- 10:50	Using On-line Tutoring Records to Predict End-of-Year Exam Scores: Experience with the Assistments Project and the MCAS 8^th Grade Mathematics Exam	Brian Junker - Carnegie Mellon University
10:50 - 11:00	Q & A
11:00 - 11:15	Break
11:15 - 12:05	Non-Linear Unidimensional Scale Trajectories Through Multdimensional Content Spaces	Joseph Martineau- Michigan Department of Education
12:05 - 12:15	Q & A
12:15 - 01:15	Lunch
01:15 - 02:05	Item Response Theory and Longitudinal Modeling: The Real World is Less Complicated than We Fear	Martha McCall & Carl Hauser- Northwest Evaluation Association
02:05 - 02:15	Q & A
02:15 - 03:05	A Prospective Approach to Standard Setting	Isaac Bejar, Henry Braun, Richard Tannenbaum - Educational Testing Service
03:05 - 03:15	Q & A
03:15 - 03:30	Break
03:30 - 04:20	Implementing Cognition-Based Learning Goals in Classrooms: The State Role	Mark Moody - Hillcrest and Mann & William Schafer - MARCES & the University of Maryland
04:20 - 04:30	Q & A
04:30 - 05:20	A Value-Based Approach for Quantifying Scientific Problem Solving Effectiveness Within and Across Educational Systems	Ron Stevens - IMMEX Project, University of California, Los Angeles
05:20 - 05:30	Q & A

Please note that all presentations should be 45 to 50 minutes long. This allows for 10 to 15 minutes of questions and comments from the conference attendees.
Day 2 (Friday, October 20, 2006)

Time	Presentation	Presenter
08:30 - 09:20	Shaping the River: Contexts of Mathematical Development and Their Implications for Assessment and Standard-Setting	Kevin Miller & Christopher Correa - University of Michigan
09:20 - 09:30	Q & A
09:30 - 10:20	Once You Know What They've Learned, What Do You Do Next? Designing Curriculum and Assessment for Growth	Dylan Wiliam - Educational Testing Service
10:20 - 10:30	Q & A
10:30 - 10:45	Break
10:45 - 11:35	Estimating Growth when Content Specifications Change: A Multidimensional IRT Approach	Mark Reckase - Michigan State University
11:35 - 11:45	Q & A
11:45 - 12:35	Using Progress Variables to Map Intellectual Development	Cathleen Kennedy & Mark Wilson - University of California at Berkeley
12:35 - 12:45	Q & A
12:45 - 01:00	Closing Remarks	Robert Lissitz - University of Maryland

Please note that all presentations should be 45 to 50 minutes long. This allows for 10 to 15 minutes of questions and comments from the conference attendees.