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Appendix A
Agenda
The Role of Tests in Higher Education Admissions
A National Research Council Workshop sponsored by the Board on Testing and Assessment and the Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel
DECEMBER 17-Wyndham Bristol Hotel, 2430 Pennsylvania Avenue, 202-955-6400
8:30 am
Welcome and Introduction
This workshop is designed as a preliminary exploration of key issues in the debate over the rational role of standardized test results in the selection of students for college. Its purpose is to assist BOTA and OSEP in examining the proper role of test data in higher education admissions, and in identifying directions for further investigation.
M.R.C. Greenwood, University of California, Santa Cruz, chair, OSEP
Robert Linn, University of Colorado, Boulder, chair, BOTA
8:45 am
Defining Successful Students and Institutional Goals
Moderator. Robert Linn
Presentation: What is the range of successful college performance across institutions? How do schools determine which questions they want answered about applicants?
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Appendix A
Agenda
The Role of Tests in Higher Education Admissions
A National Research Council Workshop sponsored by the Board on Testing and Assessment and the Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel
DECEMBER 17-Wyndham Bristol Hotel, 2430 Pennsylvania Avenue, 202-955-6400
8:30 am
Welcome and Introduction
This workshop is designed as a preliminary exploration of key issues in the debate over the rational role of standardized test results in the selection of students for college. Its purpose is to assist BOTA and OSEP in examining the proper role of test data in higher education admissions, and in identifying directions for further investigation.
M.R.C. Greenwood, University of California, Santa Cruz, chair, OSEP
Robert Linn, University of Colorado, Boulder, chair, BOTA
8:45 am
Defining Successful Students and Institutional Goals
Moderator. Robert Linn
Presentation: What is the range of successful college performance across institutions? How do schools determine which questions they want answered about applicants?
Thomas Kane, Kennedy School, Harvard University
Discussion:
Richard Atkinson, University of California
Maryanne Fox, North Carolina State University
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9:45 am
Break
10:00 am
Demystifying the Numbers
Moderator. John Wiley, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Paper: High Stakes and Ubiquitous Presence: An Overview and Comparison of the ACT Assessment Program and the SAT program.
Richard Jaeger, University of North Carolina
Linda Wightman, University of North Carolina
Paper: National Trends in the Use of Test Scores in College Admissions
Hunter Breland, Educational Testing Service
Discussion: Are the uses of test results consistent with the intentions of the examiners?
Discussants: Nancy Cole, Educational Testing Service
Richard Ferguson, American College Testing
Howard Everson, The College Board
12:00 pm
LUNCH
Current Practices and Their Impacts
Moderators:
Michael Kirst, Stanford University
William Taylor, Attorney at Law
1:00 pm
Paper: Validity in College Selection: Context and Evidence
Warren Willingham, Educational Testing Service
Paper: True Scores, Consequences, and People: Tests and Their Impact on Selection and Educational Progress of Minorities
Sylvia Johnson, Howard University
Discussant: Gary Natriello, Columbia University
2:00 pm
Break
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2:15 pm
Presentation: Rethinking Selection in the Current Legal Environment
Susan Sturm, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Discussion
3:30 pm
Panel Discussion: Admissions officers reflect on political, practical, and legal pressures that affect the selection process
David Cuttino,Tufts University
Thomas Parker, Williams College
Robert Seltzer, University of Wisconsin
4:30 pm
Adjourn
DECEMBER 18-National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Ave., 202-334-1578
Current Practices and Their Impacts
8:30 am
Paper: Prominent Explanations and Potential Prominent Factors in the Black/White Test Score Gap
Samuel Lucas, University of California, Berkeley
Discussion: Is the predictive validity of test scores sufficient to outweigh evidence of disparate impact?
Discussants: David Breneman, University of Virginia
Stacey Berg Dale, The Andrew Mellon Foundation
Meredith Phillips, UCLA
Debra Stewart, North Carolina State University
Moderator. Christopher Edley, Harvard Law School
10:15 am
Break
Alternatives and Supplements to Testing
Moderator. Carlos Gutierrez, California State University, Los Angeles
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10:30 am
Presentation: Current practices on University of California campuses
Dennis Galligani, University of California
Panel Discussion: Admissions officers reflect on promising alternatives and supplements to test scores
David Conley, University of Oregon
William Hiss, Bates College
Robert Seltzer, University of Wisconsin
Audrey Smith, Hampshire College
Peter Van Buskirk, Franklin and Marshall College
12:30 pm
LUNCH
1:30 pm
Panel Discussion: Perspectives on the practical and policy issues associated with the selection process
Moderator. Robert Linn
Daniel Koretz, Boston College
Ronald Latanision, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Susan Sturm, University of Pennsylvania
Thomas Kane, Kennedy School, Harvard University
3:00 pm
Synthesis and Reflections on Next Steps
Moderators: M.R.C. Greenwood and Robert Linn
3:30 pm
Adjourn
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