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APPENDIX
A
Workshop Agenda

The National Academies

Board on Testing and Assessment (BOTA)

Performance Assessments for Adult Education: Exploring the Measurement Issues

State Plaza Hotel

2116 F Street, NW Diplomat Room

December 12-13, 2001

December 12th

8:00 – 8:30

Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 8:45

Welcome and Introductions

Pasquale DeVito, Director of BOTA Bob Mislevy, Chair of the Committee on Alternatives for Assessing Adult Education and Literacy Programs Member of BOTA, University of Maryland, College Park

8:45 – 9:45

PANEL 1: POLICY CONTEXT

 

Assessment in the Context of the Adult Education and Literacy System

John Comings, National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2002. Performance Assessments for Adult Education: Exploring the Measurement Issues: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10366.
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Overview of the Workforce Investment Act and National Reporting System

Mike Dean, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education

 

Equipped for the Future: A Standards-Based Approach to Defining and Measuring Results in the Adult Education and Literacy System

Sondra Stein, National Institute for Literacy, Washington, DC

Discussion Facilitator: Judy Alamprese, Abt Associates, Bethesda, MD

9:45–10:00

Break

10:00 – 11:30

PANEL2: DEVELOPING PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS

 

Using theStandards for Educational and Psychological Testing

Pamela Moss, University of Michigan

 

Developing High-Quality Performance Assessments

Stephen Dunbar, University of Iowa

Discussion Facilitator: Neal Schmitt, Michigan State University

11:30 – 12:30

Lunch

12:30 – 2:00

PANEL3: LESSONS LEARNED FROM OTHER CONTEXTS AND DISCIPLINES

 

Lessons Learned from Implementing the External High School Diploma Program

Judy Alamprese, Abt Associates, Bethesda, MD

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2002. Performance Assessments for Adult Education: Exploring the Measurement Issues: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10366.
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Lessons from K-12 State Assessments:

 

Lessons Learned from the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP)

Mark Moody, Maryland Department of Education

Standards-Based K-12 Testing: Lessons from the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS)

Kit Viator, Massachusetts Department of Education

 

Performance Assessment: Some Issues and Lessons from Implementation in the Field of Language Assessment

Eduardo Cascallar, American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC

2:00 – 2:15

Break

2:15 – 3:45

PANEL3 CONTINUED

 

Assessing Numeracy

Myrna Manly, El Camino College, Torrance, CA

AAAS/Project 2061’s Assessment Analysis Work

Leah Bricker, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC

Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS): A Statewide, Curriculum-Embedded, Performance-Based Screening Tool with Complimentary Internet Support

Marcia Invernizzi and Joanne Meier, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia

Discussion Facilitator: Susan Cowles, Linn-Benton Community College, Covallis, OR

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2002. Performance Assessments for Adult Education: Exploring the Measurement Issues: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10366.
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3:45 – 4:00

Break

4:00 – 5:00

PANEL 4: DISCUSSION, SYNTHESIS, AND HIGHLIGHTING OF MAINISSUES

 

Discussants:

• Cheryl Keenan, Pennsylvania Department of Education

• Jim Impara, Buros Institute of Assessment Consultation and Outreach, Lincoln, Nebraska

• Richard Hill, National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment

Discussion Facilitator: Bob Mislevy, University of Maryland, College Park

5:00

Adjourn

December 13th

7:45 – 8:15

Continental Breakfast

8:15 – 9:30

PANEL 5: GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS FOR PROPERTIES OF ADULT ASSESSMENT

 

Using the Results of Complex Tasks to Assess the Outcomes of Adult Education

Mark Reckase, Michigan State University

 

Comparability: The Search for Meaning

Henry Braun, Educational Testing Service

9:30 – 9:45

Break

9:45 – 11:00

Performance Assessments for Adult Education: How to Design Performance Tasks

Mari Pearlman, Educational Testing Service

Discussion Facilitator: Bob Mislevy, University of Maryland, College Park

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2002. Performance Assessments for Adult Education: Exploring the Measurement Issues: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10366.
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11:00 – 11:45

Panel 6: Implications for Applying the NRS

 

From a State Perspective: Aligning Skills and Learning Gains to the NRS

Fran Tracy-Mumford, Delaware Department of Public Instruction

 

Implementing a Standard Assessment System—A Local Perspective

Donna Miller-Parker, Shoreline Community College, Seattle, WA

11:45 – 12:30

Lunch

12:30 – 1:45

PANEL 6 CONTINUED

 

A Test Publisher’s Perspective on the NRS

Wendy Yen, K-12 Works, Educational Testing Service

 

How Ready Is ABE for High-Stakes Assessment?

Bob Bickerton, Massachusetts Department of Education

Discussion Facilitator: Catherine Snow, Harvard Graduate School of Education

1:45 – 2:00

Break

2:00 – 4:30

PANEL 7: CONCLUSIONS AND SYNTHESIS

 

Discussants:

• Ronald Hambleton, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

• David Thissen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Barbara Plake, Oscar and Luella Buros Center for Testing, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

• Stephen Sireci, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2002. Performance Assessments for Adult Education: Exploring the Measurement Issues: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10366.
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Discussion Facilitator: Lyle Bachman, University of California, Los Angeles

4:30

Closing Comments

Bob Mislevy, Chair of the Committee on Alternatives for Assessing Adult Education and Literacy Programs Member of BOTA, University of Maryland, College Park

4:45

Adjourn

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2002. Performance Assessments for Adult Education: Exploring the Measurement Issues: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10366.
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In the United States, the nomenclature of adult education includes adult literacy, adult secondary education, and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) services provided to undereducated and limited English proficient adults. Those receiving adult education services have diverse reasons for seeking additional education. With the passage of the WIA, the assessment of adult education students became mandatory-regardless of their reasons for seeking services. The law does allow the states and local programs flexibility in selecting the most appropriate assessment for the student. The purpose of the NRC's workshop was to explore issues related to efforts to measure learning gains in adult basic education programs, with a focus on performance-based assessments.

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