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The 12th Annual Reidy Interactive Lecture Series  will be held October 21-22, 2010 Cambridge, MA Click here to download registration form

12th Program: Edward F. Reidy, Jr.
Interactive Lecture Series

Expanding conceptions of psychometrics to evaluate the technical quality of next generation balanced assessment systems

Sponsored by
Center for Assessment and WestEd

October 21-22, 2010
Location: Courtyard by Marriott
Boston-Cambridge
Cambridge, MA

Conference Overview

The 2010 Reidy Interactive Lecture Series will focus on the challenges of challenges of conducting appropriate technical evaluations of next generation assessment system. Current psychometric and technical approaches were designed largely to evaluate standardized summative assessments. Applying these techniques and criteria to a mix of assessment types, especially those that include significant amount of performance tasks and innovative item types, will likely under-represent the quality of these assessment systems. The speakers at this year’s RILS will outline these challenges—focused around validity, reliability, and utility—and offer practical approaches for addressing technical evaluations of next generation comprehensive assessment systems.

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