2008 MARC Conference

Ninth Annual Maryland Assessment Conference :

THE CONCEPT OF VALIDITY: REVISIONS, NEW DIRECTIONS AND APPLICATIONS

Sponsored by the Maryland State Department of Education and

Maryland Assessment Research Center for Education Success

Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union
911�� , College Park , MD 20742

Time:
October 9 th and 10 th , 2008 (Thursday and Friday)
Registration and breakfast begins at 7:00 a.m. both days.
Presentations will start at 8:30 a.m. on both Thursday and Friday.
The program will end at 5:30 and include lunch on Thursday, and end at 1:00 on Friday.
Speakers and Presentations:


• Thursday, October 9 ,2008
7:00 ~ 8:30	Registration and Breakfast
8:30 ~ 8:45	Welcome and Comments	Robert Lissitz (911��)
8:45 ~ 9:45		Stephen Sireci (University of Massachusetts)
9:45 ~10:45		Bob Linn (University of Colorado)
10:45 ~ 11:00	Break
11:00~12:00		Joel Michell (University of Sydney in Australia)
12:00~ 1:00	Lunch
1:00 ~ 2:00		Denny Borsboom (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2:00 ~ 3:00		Micheline Chalhoub-Deville(University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
3:00 ~ 3:15	Break
3:15 ~ 4:15		William D. Schafer ( 911�� )
4:15 ~ 5:15		Michael Kane ( National Conference of Bar Examiners )
6:00 ~	Dinner for speakers at Adele's (in the Student Union)
• Friday, October 10 ,2008
7:00 ~ 8:30	Registration and Breakfast
8:30 ~ 9 : 30		Susan Embretson (Georgia Institute of Technology)
9 : 30 ~ 10:30		Robert J. Mislevy (911��)
10 : 30 ~10:45	Break
10:45 ~ 11: 45		Bruno Zumbo (University of British Columbia)
11:45~12:45		Wayne Camara (College Board)
12:45 ~ 1:00	Closing Comments	Robert Lissitz (911��)

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