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Appendix A
Workshop Agenda
The National Academies
BOARD ON TESTING AND ASSESSMENT
Workshop on Technology and Assessment: Thinking Ahead
Green Building Room 130, 2001 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Wednesday, November 14, 2001
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8:00 a.m. |
Breakfast |
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8:30 |
Welcome and introductions • Marshall (Mike) Smith, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation • Michael Feuer, Director, NRC Center for Education • Pat DeVito, Director, Board on Testing and Assessment |
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9:00 |
Advances in cognition, measurement, and technology highlighted in the National Research Council report Knowing What Students Know • Rethinking the foundations of assessment Jim Pellegrino, University of Illinois, Chicago • Advances in the sciences of thinking and learning Rich Lehrer, University of Wisconsin • Advances in measurement and statistical modeling Mark Wilson, University of California, Berkeley • Assessment design and use and the role of technology Jim Pellegrino • Reemphasizing an important message: The need for informative assessments Robert Glaser, Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh • A perspective from the sponsor Larry Suter, National Science Foundation |
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10:30 |
Break |
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10:45 |
Discussants • Lorrie Shepard, University of Colorado • Jose Mestre, University of Massachusetts Followed by audience questions for panel |
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11:45 |
An example of the principles set forth in Knowing What Students Know : The Algebra I Cognitive Tutor • Albert Corbett, Carnegie Mellon University |
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12:00 noon |
Lunch Demonstration: The Algebra I Cognitive Tutor • Albert Corbett |
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1:00 p.m. |
Information technologies: Opportunities for advancing educational assessment • Session moderator Jim Pellegrino • Technology and the unmasking of constructs Drew Gitomer, Educational Testing Service • Surgical simulations and other learning systems that offer potentially rich assessment information Mike Russell, Boston College • Computerized speech recognition and the assessment of reading Susan Williams, University of Texas, Austin • Technology supports for developing assessments of science inquiry Barbara Means and Geneva Haertel, SRI International • Is it worth it? Cost benefits from technology-based assessment in the military Dexter Fletcher, Institute for Defense Analyses |
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3:00 |
Break |
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3:15 |
Discussants • Lauren Resnick, Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh • Paul Holland, Educational Testing Service Followed by audience questions for panel |
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4:00 |
Group discussion of research and development priorities Discussion leader • Mike Smith Synthesizer • Michael Feuer |
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5:00 |
Adjourn |
