CASMA-ACT Invitational Conference 2005

ACT, Inc. Conference Facilities, Iowa City, IA

Keynote Speaker: Laura Schwalm, Superintendent, Garden Grove Unified School District, Orange County, CA. Winner of the 2004 Broad Prize for Urban Education.

K-12 Testing and NCLB

Robert Linn, University of Colorado and CRESST

Kerri Briggs, Senior Policy Advisor, US DOE

Computerized Grading of Essays

Yigal Attali, Educational Testing Service

Cathy Mikulas, Vantage Learning

Lynn Streeter, Pearson Knowledge Technologies

Mark Shermis (discussant), Florida International University  

Non-cognitive Assessment in College Admissions and the Workforce

Robert Sternberg, Tufts University

Michael Campion, Purdue University

Paul Sackett (discussant), University of Minnesota  

NAEP 12th Grade Testing

Sharif Shakrani, National Assessment Governing Board

Ted Stilwill, Director of Learning for the Environmental Project (former Director of Iowa Department of Education)  

Panel Discussion on "Hot Topic"

Doug Becker, ACT

Wayne Camara, College Board

William Gorth, National Evaluation Systems

Lee Jones, Riverside Publishing Company

Stuart Kahl, Measured Progress

Neal Kingston, CTB/McGraw Hill

Stephen Koffler, Educational Testing Service

John Olson, Harcourt Assessment

Jon Twing, Pearson Educational Measurement  

Reception

Contributing Sponsor:    College Board

                                   CTB/McGraw Hill

                                   Harcourt Assessment

                                   Measured Progress

                                   National Evaluation Systems

                                   Pearson Educational Measurement

                                   Riverside Publishing Company

   Vantage