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     PRESENTATIONS - NATIONAL

AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (AERA)


ASSESSMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS-STATE COLLABORATIVE ON ASSESSMENT AND STUDENT STANDARDS (ASES-SCASS)


AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION (ASHA)


COUNCIL FOR CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS (CCSSO)

  • Kearns, J., Marion, S., Fedorchak, G., & Rogers, P. (2007, June). You said, I heard: Speaking to your TAC about alternate assessment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Council for Chief State School Officers Large-Scale Assessment Conference, Nashville, TN. (PDF : 1886 Kb)
  • Marion, S.F., Kearns, J., Weiner, D., Kennedy, S., and Behuniak, P. (2007). A validity-based approach for evaluating the technical quality of alternate assessments. Session presented at the Council of Chief State School Officer’s Annual Large Scale Assessment Conference. June 17-20. Nashville, TN.
  • Towles-Reeves, E., Kearns, J., Rogers, P., & Kennedy, S. (2007, June). What do we really know about students taking alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Council for Chief State School Officers Large-Scale Assessment Conference, Nashville, TN. (PDF : 258 Kb)
  • Marion, S.F., Gong, B., Quenemoen, R., & Fincher, M. (2006). A Framework and Approaches for Setting Cutscores on Alternate Assessments. Session presented at the Council of Chief State School Officer’s Annual Large Scale Assessment Conference. June 25-28, 2006, San Francisco, CA.
  • Marion, S.F., Quenemoen, R., Sweeney, K., & Fedorchak, G. (2006). Psychometricians can be helpful too: New approaches for evaluating the technical quality of alternate assessments. Session presented at the Council of Chief State School Officer’s Annual Large Scale Assessment Conference. June 25-28, 2006, San Francisco, CA.
  • Marion, S.F., Pellegrino, J., Thurlow, M., & Fedorchak, G. (2005). Knowing What Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities Know: Constructing the assessment triangle of alternate assessments. Session presented at the Council of Chief State School Officer’s Annual Large Scale Assessment Conference. June 19-22, 2005, San Antonio, TX. (PDF : 384 Kb)

COUNCIL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN (CEC)


MARYLAND ASSESSMENT CONFERENCE ON ALTERNATE ASSESSMENT

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON MEASUREMENT IN EDUCATION (NCME)


NEW SOUTH WALES (NSW) SPECIAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE


OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS (OSEP) LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS (OSEP) PROJECT DIRECTORS’ CONFERENCE


OTHER OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS (OSEP) MEETINGS


TASH


     PRESENTATIONS - REGIONAL


     PRESENTATIONS - NAAC ADVISORY BOARD MEETINGS


     PRESENTATIONS - NAAC EXPERT PANEL MEETINGS


     WORKSHOPS


INCLUSIVE ASSESSMENT SEMINAR

  • National Alternate Assessment Center (NAAC). (2006, October). Inclusive assessment seminar. Alexandria, VA.
  • National Alternate Assessment Center (NAAC). (2006, October). Inclusive assessment seminar. Denver, CO.
  • PRESENTATIONS

    These presentations are meant to solely provide a quick introduction to each of these topics related to the validity evaluation of alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards. For more in-depth information, please contact Liz Towles-Reeves.
    • DePascale, C. (2006). Consistency and Reliability. Presentation at the Inclusive Assessment Seminar, Denver, CO / Alexandria, VA. (PDF : 156 Kb)
    • Gong, B., & Flowers, C. (2006). Alignment. Presentation at the Inclusive Assessment Seminar, Denver, CO / Alexandria, VA. (PDF : 105 Kb)
    • Kearns, J. (2006). Assessment Population. Presentation at the Inclusive Assessment Seminar, Denver, CO / Alexandria, VA. (PDF : 194 Kb)
    • Marion, S. (2006). Comparability. Presentation at the Inclusive Assessment Seminar, Denver, CO / Alexandria, VA. (PDF : 95 Kb)
    • Perie, M. (2006). Standard Setting. Presentation at the Inclusive Assessment Seminar, Denver, CO / Alexandria, VA. (PDF : 112 Kb)
    • Towles-Reeves, E. (2006). Consequential Validity. Presentation at the Inclusive Assessment Seminar, Denver, CO / Alexandria, VA. (PDF : 83 Kb)

  • MATERIALS

    These materials comprise a draft technical manual workbook to be used as an example. The opinions expressed within this document do not reflect the position or policy of the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs and no official endorsement should be inferred. If you need assistance or have further questions related to any of these materials, please contact Liz Towles-Reeves.


NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS (NASP)


CHIEF COUNCIL FOR STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS (CCSSO) SEMINAR


     RESOURCE DOCUMENTS


     WHITE PAPERS


     TELECONFERENCES


     RESEARCH REPORTS


     BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Kearns, J., Burdge, M., Clayton, J., Denham, A., & Kleinert, H. (2006). How students demonstrate academic performance in portfolio assessment. In D. Browder & F. Spooner (Eds.) Teaching language arts, math, and science to students with significant cognitive disabilities, (pp. 277-293). Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes.
  • Flowers, C., Browder, D., Ahlgrim-Delzell, L., & Spooner, F. (2006). Promoting the alignment of curriculum, assessment, and instruction. In D. Browder & F. Spooner (Eds.) Teaching language arts, math, and science to students with significant cognitive disabilities, (pp. 295-311). Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes.

     POLICY DIRECTIONS