NCME 2021 Annual Meeting That Will Feature a Panel of SLE Experts Discussing Various Topics Raised by SLE SIGIMIE Members
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NCME 2021 Annual Meeting Pre-conference Sessions: May 18 – June 3 Training Sessions: June 4 – June 8 Conference Week: June 9-11 NCME 2021 DRAFT Conference Program page 1 Welcome from the Program Chairs Welcome to the 2021 NCME Annual Meeting! The past year has been challenging for everyone. We have learned to be flexible and adapt to the ever-changing circumstances that have occurred on a monthly, weekly, and sometimes daily basis. This experience was no different when it came to the planning of this year’s meeting and program. Most of us have grown accustomed to the virtual meeting format – raise your hand if you had not been in a Zoom breakout room, played with virtual backgrounds, or used video filters (“I’m not a cat!”) before last year! While we acknowledge that virtual interactions cannot replace the authentic experience of face-to-face conversations and discussions, we have structured the program to take advantage of the benefits and conveniences of the virtual format. For example, we are offering several pre-conference sessions highlighting some amazing content. The pre-conference sessions begin during the week of May 18, every Tuesday and Thursday, leading up to the week of the conference, June 8 to 11. This year’s conference theme is “Bridging Research and Practice”. Research is the foundation of our field and continues to shape and advance our industry. Practice is where we can reach millions of people, and where critical decisions, such as certification, admissions, and placements, are made. Our goal is to encourage and foster a stronger bond between research and practice. Research needs to help address practical challenges and implications; practice needs to be grounded in research. To support this theme, we planned a series of invited theme sessions including: • (Past) Lessons about the modeling and measurement of human abilities, Tuesday, May 18, 11:00am-12:30pm ET, • (Present) Stakeholder perspectives on validating licensure examinations, Thursday, June 10, 1:00pm-2:00pm ET, • (Present) Assessments for different purposes: issues on scoring, score use, and measurement, Thursday, June 10, 2:15pm-3:45pm ET, • (Present) Pivoting in a pandemic, Thursday, June 10, 4:00pm-5:30pm ET, • (Future) Where Do We Go from Here? A practitioner’s discussion of our post-pandemic world, Friday, June 11, 1:00pm-2:00pm ET, • (Future) Looking ahead – Bridging future research and practice in credentialing, Friday, June 11, 1:00pm-2:00pm ET. In addition, we have several “hot topics” invited sessions: • Using longitudinal assessment to support professional development, Thursday, May 20, 11:00am-12:30pm ET, • Education literacy for psychometricians, Thursday, May 27, 2:00pm-3:30pm ET, • A.I. and machine learning, Wednesday, June 9, 9:00am-10:30am ET, • The value of assessment data from spring 2021: A debate, Wednesday, June 9, 1:00pm-2:00pm ET • Lessons learned from the pandemic: how do credentialing programs prepare for the next major crisis/disruption? Friday, June 11, 9:00am-10:30am ET • Remembering “career” in college and career readiness, Friday, June 11, 9:00am-10:30am ET • The future of college admissions testing, Friday, June 11, 2:15pm-3:45pm ET Another meeting highlight is the featured session for NCME’s Committee on Diversity in Testing, Black Lives Matter in Educational Measurement (Wednesday, June 9, 11:15am-12:45pm). We also have a session devoted to discussing the barrier and opportunities for women in the measurement field, Advancing Women in Measurement: Barriers and Opportunities (Tuesday, May 25, 2:00pm-3:30pm). In addition, we have a session dedicated to Edmund Gordon, Using Educational Assessments to Educate: Opportunities for Leveraging the “Power” of Assessment (Wednesday, June 9, 9:00am- 10:30am), and a session organized by the National Association of Assessment Director (NAAD), Assessment Literacy: Practical Applications and Implications (Wednesday, June 9, 2:15pm-3:45pm). Also, be sure to check out the sessions organized by the various NCME SIGIMIEs (Special Interest Groups in Measurement in Education – marked with ‘SIGIMIE’ in the title). Lastly, even the pandemic will not stop us from continuing several NCME Annual Meeting traditions such as the NCME Business Meeting and Presidential Address on Thursday, June 10, 10:45am-12:45pm, the NCME Fitness Run, as well as yoga and meditation sessions. We must acknowledge the incredible and talented cadre of NCME members and colleagues who generously volunteered their time and expertise this year to ensure that we will have a high-quality program. Many of you reviewed proposals and provided very helpful feedback; and many of you volunteered and are serving as chairs and discussants for the program. We cannot thank you enough! We are also grateful to Ye Tong (NCME President) and the NCME Board; Sarah Quesen NCME 2021 DRAFT Conference Program page 2 (Training & Professional Development Committee Chair) and her committee; Maura O’Riordan and Scott Holcomb (the Graduate Student Committee Co-chairs); and Erin O’Leary and Ethan Gray (Talley, NCME’s management partner). Last but certainly not least, we would like to acknowledge the 2020 NCME Annual Meeting Co-Chairs, Ada Woo, Andrew Wiley and Thanos Patelis. When the pandemic forced the cancellation of the Annual Meeting, they pivoted quickly to transform the in-person program into a series of webinars that took place over the summer and fall of 2020. We learned a lot from their experience and adopted the new innovative session format – the Research Blitz – that they originated. And as with the traditional in-person meeting, we have collaborated with many of you to prepare a program that we hope offers opportunities to learn, grow, connect, and celebrate some incredible work and achievements in the field. We are so excited about the conference and hope you enjoy it, even if we are socially distant (for now)! Susan Davis-Becker and Leslie Keng 2021 NCME Annual Meeting Co-Chairs NCME 2021 DRAFT Conference Program page 3 Table of Contents Welcome from the Program Chairs .............................................................................................................................. 2 NCME Leadership & Conference Team ...................................................................................................................... 5 NCME 2021 Proposal Reviewers ................................................................................................................................ 6 Training Sessions ......................................................................................................................................................... 7 TUESDAY, MAY, 18 ................................................................................................................................................ 14 THURSDAY, MAY, 20 ............................................................................................................................................. 18 TUESDAY, MAY, 25 ................................................................................................................................................ 22 THURSDAY, MAY, 27 ............................................................................................................................................. 26 TUESDAY, JUNE, 1 ................................................................................................................................................. 30 THURSDAY, JUNE, 3 .............................................................................................................................................. 34 WEDNESDAY, JUNE, 9 ........................................................................................................................................... 38 THURSDAY, JUNE, 10 ............................................................................................................................................ 82 FRIDAY, JUNE, 11 ................................................................................................................................................. 118 Conference Participants ............................................................................................................................................ 162 Schedule At a Glance ............................................................................................................................................... 177 NCME 2021 Sponsors ................................................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined. For technical assistance during the conference, please contact [email protected] Cover Image: Bunker Hill Bridge – Boston (unknown photographer) NCME 2021 DRAFT Conference Program page 4 NCME Leadership & Conference Team Board of Directors President Ye Tong, Pearson Vice President Derek Briggs, University of Colorado Boulder Past President Stephen Sireci, University of Massachusetts Members Ellen Forte, edCount Debbie Durrence, Gwinnett County Public Schools Andrew Ho, Harvard Graduate School of Education Sharyn Rosenberg, National Assessment Governing Board Michael Walker, The College Board Howard Everson, SRI International & City University of New York 2021 Annual Meeting Chairs Program Chairs Susan Davis-Becker, ACS Ventures Leslie Keng, Center for Assessment Training Chair Sarah Quesen, Pearson Fitness Run/Walk Directors Jill R. van den Heuvel, Alpine Testing Solutions Katherine Furgol Castellano, Educational Testing Service