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Download the Software Required Prior to the Training Sessions National Council on Measurement in Education Here and There and Back Again: Making Assessment a Stronger Force for Positive Impact on Teaching and Learning 2018 Training Sessions April 12-13 2018 Annual Meeting April 14-16 Westin New York at Times Square New York, NY #NCME18 Welcome from the Program Chairs Welcome to New York, welcome to New York! Welcome, friends and colleagues, to the 2018 NCME Annual Meeting. We are pleased to present you with this year’s NCME program. Our goal in putting together this slate of sessions has been balance: we have sought to represent research from different testing contexts, from a wide range of perspectives, from behind-the-scenes test development efforts across topics in our field to activities that advance the ways that tests and test results can be made accessible and useful to stakeholders. This year’s conference theme of “Here and There and Back Again: Making Assessment a Stronger Force for Positive Impact on Teaching and Learning” seeks to cultivate the interplay between testing (in all its forms) and the processes of instruction and learning. Carrying on with NCME’s expanding consideration of issues relating to classroom assessment, this year’s program features several invited sessions related to this important topic. On Saturday, April 14, at 10:35am, The Past, Present, and Future of Curriculum-Based Measurement will be discussed, reviewing 30+ years of research in the areas of reading, mathematics, content areas, and writing, and a discussion of future directions and challenges for CBM. On Sunday morning at 10:35am, speakers Joanna Gorin, Margaret Heritage, and James Pellegrino will take on The Positive Impact of Assessment, in a conversation about ways that assessment has been a positive impact on teaching and learning as well as ways that it could become a more positive influence in the future. Furthermore, on Monday at 10:35am, we will be joined by Diego Zapata-Rivera, Steven Ferrara, and Howard Wainer, for We Can Do This: Communicating Information from Educational Assessments. Also, as we look forward to the future of assessment, in this year’s conference we also take measure of where our field has been. 2018 marks the 25th anniversary of publication of Howard Wainer’s Measurement Problems article, and we have organized three conference sessions to promote reflection on the past and kick off research for the next 25 years. First, on Saturday, April 14, at 4:05pm we will be joined by several NCME Past Presidents (Mark Wilson, Michael Kolen, Suzanne Lane, and Laurie Wise) to ponder where we as a field stand with respect to the original 16 problems, and then on Sunday at 2:45pm and Monday at 12:25pm we will gather again for two forward-looking conversations on unsettled questions and new measurement challenges. The Sunday session panelists include Li Cai, Jimmy de la Torre, Chris Han, Karen Barton, and Alina von Davier, and Monday will feature Kathleen Scalise, Derek Briggs, Andrew Butler, Ellen Forte, and Sandip Sinharay. We’d also like to note that Brian Clauser has organized sessions to be held on Saturday afternoon focusing on the History of Measurement from 1950 to the Present, featuring Robert Brennan, Ronald Hambleton, Michael Kane and Brent Bridgeman, and Michael Bunch. For your information, this year’s program features 24 workshops, over 50 coordinated sessions, 7 Electronic Board sessions (2 of which are Graduate Student sessions), and over 50 individual paper sessions. Another conference highlight will certainly be the featured session for NCME’s Committee on Diversity in Testing, entitled Insight and Action: Diverse Perspectives on Critical Fairness Issues in Testing, scheduled for Saturday at 2:15pm. In addition, NCME’s 2018 Award Winners will present their award-winning research on Sunday at 4:35pm. If that isn’t enough, there’s yoga on Saturday morning, receptions nightly, the ever- popular NCME Breakfast and Presidential Address from NCME President Randy Bennett on Sunday morning, and the NCME Fitness Run/Walk first thing on Monday. We would like to take a brief moment to acknowledge the many NCME members who have volunteered over this past year: the vast corps of reviewers who provided us with critically helpful feedback on submitted proposals; our friends and colleagues who were available at all hours to support us with insight, perspectives, and suggestions; and the all of the expert researchers who gracefully accepted our request to serve as discussants for individual paper sessions (they’re back this year!). We are exceptionally grateful for your ready willingness to help us throughout this process. We’ve been waitin’ for you - Enjoy the conference! April Zenisky and Charlie DePascale 2018 NCME Annual Meeting Co-Chairs New York, NY, USA Table of Contents NCME Board of Directors . 4 Proposal Reviewers . 6 Future Meetings . 7 Westin at Times Square Floor Plans . 8 New York Hilton Midtown Floor Plans . 10 Training Sessions Thursday, April 12 . 12 Friday, April 13 . 23 Program Saturday, April 14 . 36 Sunday, April 15 . .97 Monday, April 16 . .130 Index . .187 Contact Information . .200 Schedule-at-a-Glance . .221 Here and There and Back Again: Making Assessment a Stronger Force for Positive Impact on Teaching and Learning 3 2018 Annual Meeting & Training Sessions NCME Officers President Randy Bennett Educational Testing Service President Elect Rebecca Zwick Educational Testing Service Past President Mark Wilson UC Berkeley, Berkeley NCME Directors Luz Bay Ye Tong The College Board Pearson Derek Briggs Walter Way University of Colorado The College Board Rose McCallin C Dale Whittington CO Dept. of Reg Agencies Shaker Heights (OH) Public Schools Editors Journal of Educational George Engelhard, Measurement Emory University Jonathan Templin University of Kansas Educational Measurement Dr . Howard Everson Issues and Practice SRI International ITEMS Editor André Rupp Educational Testing Service NCME Book Series Editor Dr . Brian Clauser National Board of Medical Examiners NCME Newsletter Editor Megan Welsh UC - Davis NCME Website Editor Matt Gaertner WestEd 4 New York, NY, USA 2018 Annual Meeting Chairs Annual Meeting Program Chairs April Zenisky University of Massachusetts Amherst Charlie DePascale National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment Graduate Student Issues Masha Bertling Committee Chair Harvard University Training and Development Amanda Wolkowitz Committee Chair Alpine Testing Solutions, Inc. Fitness Run/Walk Directors Katherine Furgol Castellano Educational Testing Service Jill R . van den Heuvel Alpine Testing Solutions Brain French Washington State University NCME Information Desk The NCME Information desk is located on the Second Floor Level in the Westin New York at Times Square . Stop by to pick up your badge, as well as your bib number and t-shirt for the fun run and walk . We will also have AERA tote bags and programs this year as well if you registered for both NCME & AERA! It will be open at the following times: Thursday, April 12 . 7:30 . AM – 4:30 PM Friday, April 13 . 7:30. AM . - 4:30 PM Saturday, April 14 . 8:00 . AM – 4:30 PM Sunday, April 15 . 10:00 . AM – 4:30 PM Monday, April 16 . 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM 5 2018 Annual Meeting & Training Sessions Proposal Reviewers Terry Ackerman Tia Fechter Krista Mattern Kathleen Sheehan Cigdem Alagoz Leah Feuerstahler Katie McClarty Mark Shermis Alicia Alonzo Sara Finney James McMillan David Shin Alison Ames Shameem Gaj Patrick Meyer Sandip Sinharay Alvaro Arce Brian Gong Michaelis Stephen Sireci Debbie Bandalos Chad Gotch Michaelides Whitney Smiley Bo Bashkov Andrea Gotzman Rochelle Michel Scott Strickman Kirk Becker Sean Gyll Dan Mix Dubravka Svetina Issac Bejar Ron Hambleton Scott Monroe Nathan Thompson Damian Betebenner Kristen Huff James Olsen Anna Topczewski Joseph Betts Anne Corinne Tianshu Pan Jill van den Heuvel Laine Bradshaw Huggins-Manley Thanos Patelis Peter van Rijn Chad Buckendahl Dan Jurich Marianne Perie Michael Walker Heather Buzick Priya Kannan John Poggio Shudong Wang Amy Clark Lisa Keller Sonya Powers Ting Wang Amanda Clauser Leslie Keng Anita Rawls Xi Wang Brian Clauser Leanne Ketterlin Mark Raymond Xiaolin Wang Kimberly Colvin Min Sung Kim Heather Rickels Craig Wells Jenna Copella Seock Ho Kim Michael Rodriguez Dale Whittington Juan D’Brot Young Kim Mary Roduta- Heru Widiatmo Nathan Dadey G .Gage Kingsbury Roberts Drew Wiley Mark Davidson Holis Lai Yigal Rosen Steven Wise Jennifer Davis Joni Lakin Louis Roussos Caroline Wylie Laurie Davis Erika Landl Jonathan Rubright Adam Wyse Susan Davis-Becker Quinn Lathrop Andre Rupp Duanli Yan Nina Deng Sue Lottridge Javarro Russell Hanwook Yoo John Donoghue Xiao Luo Leslie Rutkowski Liru Zhang Jennifer Dunn Christine Lyon Christina Schneider Ou Zhang Leslie Eastman Susan Lyons Matthew Schultz Yue Zhao Karla Egan Ross Markle Emily Shaw Cengiz Zopluoglu Howard Everson Joshua Marland Benjamin Shear 6 New York, NY, USA Graduate Student Abstract Reviewers Christiana Akande Robert Fay Huan Liu Deng Sien Abeer Alamri Angela Chinyere Ren Liu Miguel Sorrel David Alpizar Brittany Flanery Ye Ma Jordan Sparks Ezgi Ayturk Yanyan Fu Kaiwen Man Myrah Stockdale Ella Banda Chenlu Gao James Mason Meghan Sullivan Yu Bao Daria Gerasimova Stefan Merchant Victoria Tanaka Masha Bertling Stephanie Green Ma Mingjia Chen Tian Tanesia Beverly Ying Han Zhang Mingqin Lissette Tolentino Alex Brodersen Heather Handy Kyle Nickodem Stephanie Underhill Liuhan (Sophie) Cai Ma Hao Susan Niessen Thao Vo Tiago Calico Kristen Hochstedt Rich Nieto Jue Wang Luciana
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