Pearson at CCSSO - June 20-23. 2010

I'm looking forward to seeing folks at the upcoming Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) National Conference on Student Assessment (in Detroit, June 20-23, 2010). Pearson employees will be making the following presentations. We hope to see you there.

Multi-State American Diploma Project Assessment Consortium: The Lessons We’ve Learned and What Lies Ahead
Sunday, June 20, 2010: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Marquette (Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center)
Shilpi Niyogi

Theory and Research On Item Response Demands: What Makes Items Difficult? Construct-Relevant?
Sunday, June 20, 2010: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Mackinac Ballroom West (Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center)
Michael J. Young

Multiple Perspectives On Computer Adaptive Testing for K-12 Assessments
Sunday, June 20, 2010: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Nicolet (Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center)
Denny Way

The Evolution of Assessment: How We Can Use Technology to Fulfill the Promise of RTI
Monday, June 21, 2010: 3:30-4:30 PM
Cadillac B (Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center)
Christopher Camacho
Laura Kramer

Comparability: What, Why, When and the Changing Landscape of Computer-Based Testing
Tuesday, June 22, 2010: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Duluth (Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center)
Kelly Burling

Measuring College Readiness: Validity, Cut Scores, and Looking to the Future
Tuesday, June 22, 2010: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
LaSalle (Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center)
Jon Twing & Denny Way

Best Assessment Practices
Tuesday, June 22, 2010: 10:30 AM-11:30 AM
Mackinac Ballroom West (Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center)
Jon Twing

Distributed Rater Training and Scoring
Tuesday, June 22, 2010: 4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Richard (Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center)
Laurie Davis, Kath Thomas, Daisy Vickers, Edward W. Wolfe

Identifying Extraneous Threats to Test Validity for Improving Tests and Using of Tests
Tuesday, June 22, 2010: 4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Joliet (Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center)
Allen Lau


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Edward W. Wolfe, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist