[Corpora-List] Symposium: Arguing for the validity of test score interpretation and use, Modena, 5 June 2013

[Silvia CACCHIANI]

We are happy to invite you to participate in the 2nd Language Assessment
Institute Symposium on
"Arguing for the validity of test score
interpretation and use" - June 5th, 2013
Please find more
information below.

Symposium

Arguing for the validity of test
score interpretation and use

June 5th, 2013
Sala Convegni,
Department of Law
Via San Geminiano, 3 - 41121
Modena

Organized by the Language Assessment Institute at The University of Modena
and Reggio Emilia as part of its Summer School, the symposium will discuss
how test designers can construct a validity argument to justify test score
interpretation and the appropriate use of scores to make decisions about
examinees.

The symposium begins by providing an overview of how to build an
interpretative argument that can be used as a basis for
validation.Then each inference in the argument will be described and
illustrated to provide attendees with a comprehensive understanding of
what might be involved in a validation program.


Invited Speakers

Kirby Grabowski, Columbia University, New York
Antony Kunnan, Nanyang Tech. University, Singapore
Vivian Lindhardsen, Columbia University, New York
James E. Purpura, Columbia University, New York
Xiaoming Xi, Educational Testing Service, Princeton


Symposium Programme

9.00 ‐ 9.30: Registration

9.30 ‐ 9.45
Introduction and goals of the symposium
Marc Silver – Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
James E. Purpura – Columbia University, New York

9.45 ‐ 11.00
Putting it into practice: Building a validity argument for an English
learner identification and placement test
Xiaoming Xi – Educational Testing Service, Princeton

11.00 ‐ 11.15: Break

11.15 ‐ 12.15
The evaluation inference
Vivian Lindhardsen – Columbia University, New York
James E. Purpura – Columbia University, New York

12.15 ‐ 13.15
The generalization inference
Kirby Grabowski – Columbia University, New York

13.15 ‐ 14.45: Lunch

14.45 ‐ 15.45
The explanation inference
James E. Purpura – Columbia University, New York

15.45 ‐ 16.45
The utilization inference
Antony J. Kunnan – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

16.45 ‐ 17.30
Making sense of it all
James E. Purpura – Columbia University, New York


Please note that attendance is free. if you wish to participate, please
fill out the online application form available on this site:
http://assessment.cla.unimo.it/index.php/en/conferences/registration-form

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