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Come One, Come All: The Fall 2009 Seminars! |
The Center for Educational Assessment and the Research and Evaluation Methods Program at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst are pleased to present the following schedule of seminars for Fall 2009.
Monday, September 14, 2009
151 Hills South, 12-1:30 p.m.
Welcome / Start of Semester
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
151 Hills South, 12-1 p.m.
Current REMP Students
Topic: What I Did on My Summer "Vacation" (Psychometrically Speaking)
Monday, September 28, 2009
151 Hills South, 12-1 p.m.
Dr. Kathryn McDermott, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Topic: Why and How Policymakers Want to Use Educational Assessments
Monday, October 5, 2009
151 Hills South, 12-1 p.m.
Professor George Englehard, Emory University
Topic: TBA
Monday, October 13 AND October 19, 2009
151 Hills South, 12-1 p.m.
Current REMP Students
Topic: NERA Presentations
Monday, November 9, 2009
151 Hills South, 12-1 p.m.
Professor Lisa Keller and Professor Jennifer Randall, UMass
Topic: TBA
Monday, November 16, 2009
151 Hills South, 12-1 p.m.
Visitors from Educational Testing Service
- Ida Lawrence, Senior Vice President for Research & Development
- John Mazzeo, Associate Vice President for Statistics and Psychometrics
- Mary Pitoniak, Lead Program Administrator in Research & Development/Associate Project Director for NAEP Research & Development (UMass Ph.D., 2002)
Monday, November 23, 2009
151 Hills South, 12-1 p.m.
Professor Ryan Wells, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Topic: TBA
Monday, December 7, 2009
151 Hills South, 12-1 p.m.
Dr. Eduardo Fonseca, University of Oviedo
Topic: TBA
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
151 Hills South, 12-1 p.m.
Holiday Fiesta
Topic: Eating, drinking, and being merry
This schedule is subject to change/updating; please contact the Research and Evaluation Methods Program office at (413) 545-0262 with questions about the seminar series.
Version: September 14, 2009
