We are happy to invite you to participate in the 2nd Language Assessment
Institute Symposium on <br />"Arguing for the validity of test score
interpretation and use" - June 5th, 2013<br />Please find more
information below. <br /><br /><br /><br /> <br />
<div align="center"><font color="#800000"><font
face="Arial,<br<br<br />/>/>sans-serif"><font size="6"
style=""><em><strong>Symposium</strong></em></font></font></font></div>
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color="#800000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="6"
style="font-size: 22pt;"><em><strong>Arguing for the validity of test
score interpretation and use</strong></em></font></font></font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font color="#7e0021"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 16pt;"><span
lang="en-US"><strong>June </strong></span></font></font></font><font
color="#7e0021"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="4"
style="font-size: 16pt;"><span lang="en-US"><strong>5th,
2013</strong></span></font></font></font><font color="#7e0021"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="4" style="font-size: 16pt;"><span
lang="en-US"><strong>
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<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font color="#7e0021"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="4" style=""><strong>Sala Convegni,
Department of Law<br />Via San Geminiano, 3 - 41121
Modena</strong></font></font></font></p>
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<p lang="en-US" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm;"> <font
size="2" face="Arial" color="#4c4c4c">Organized by the Language Assessment
Institute at The University of Modena and Reggio </font><font size="2"
face="Arial"> </font></p>
<p> </p>
<p lang="en-US" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm;"><font
size="2" face="Arial" color="#4c4c4c"><font
style="">Emilia</font></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#4c4c4c">
as part of its Summer School, </font><font size="2" face="Arial"
color="#4c4c4c">the symposium will discuss how test designers can  </font>
</p>
<p> </p>
<p lang="en-US" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm;"><font
size="2" face="Arial" color="#4c4c4c"><font style="">construct
</font></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#4c4c4c">a validity
argument to justify test score interpretation and the appropriate
</font></p>
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<p lang="en-US" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm;"><font
size="2" face="Arial" color="#4c4c4c"> use of scores to make decisions
about examinees.<br /></font></p>
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<p lang="en-US" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm;"><font
size="2" face="Arial" color="#4c4c4c">The symposium begins by providing an
overview of how to build an interpretative argument</font></p>
<p> </p>
<p lang="en-US" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm;"> <font
size="2" face="Arial" color="#4c4c4c">that can be used as a basis for
validation.</font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#4c4c4c">Then each
inference in the argument will be  </font>   </p>
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<p lang="en-US" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm;"> <font
size="2" face="Arial" color="#4c4c4c">described and illustrated to
</font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#4c4c4c">provide attendees with
a comprehensive understanding</font></p>
<p> </p>
<p lang="en-US" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm;"> </p>
<p> </p>
<p lang="en-US" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm;"><font
size="2"> </font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#4c4c4c"><font
size="2"> of what might be involved in a validation program.</font><br
/></font></p>
<p> </p>
<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.35cm; line-height:
0.18cm;"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#333333"><em><strong><font
color="#800000"><em><strong><br />Invited Speakers
</strong></em></font><font color="#4c4c4c"><em><span
style=""></span></em></font><br /><br /></strong></em></font><font
size="2" face="Arial" color="#4c4c4c"><em><span style="font-weight:
normal;"><br /><br /></span></em></font><font size="2" face="Arial"
color="#800000"><font style=""><em><strong>Kirby
Grabowski</strong></em></font></font><font size="2" face="Arial"
color="#800000"><span style="font-style: normal;"><strong>
</strong></span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"
color="#4c4c4c"><em><span style="font-weight: normal;">Columbia
University, New York</span></em></font><font size="2" face="Arial"
color="#4c4c4c"><font style=""><em><strong><br /><br
/></strong></em></font></font><font size="2" face="Arial"
color="#800000"><em><strong>Antony Kunnan </strong></em></font><font
size="2" face="Arial" color="#4c4c4c"><em><span style="">Nanyang Tech.
University, Singapore</span></em></font><font size="2" face="Arial"
color="#4c4c4c"><font style=""><em><strong><br /><br
/></strong></em></font></font><font size="2" face="Arial"
color="#800000"><font style=""><em><strong>Vivian
Lindhardsen</strong></em></font></font><font size="2" face="Arial"
color="#808080"><em><span style="font-weight: normal;">
</span></em></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#4c4c4c"><em><span
style="font-weight: normal;">Columbia University, New Yor<font
color="#333333">k</font></span></em></font><font size="2" face="Arial"
color="#333333"><font style=""><em><strong><br /><br
/></strong></em></font></font><font size="2" face="Arial"
color="#800000"><font style=""><em><strong>James E.
Purpura</strong></em></font></font><font size="2" face="Arial"
color="#800000"><em><span style="font-weight: normal;">
</span></em></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#4c4c4c"><em><span
style="font-weight: normal;">Columbia University, New
York</span></em></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br /><br /><font
color="#800000"><font style=""><em><strong>Xiaoming Xi
</strong></em></font></font><font color="#4c4c4c"><em><span
style="font-weight: normal;">Educational Testing Service,
Princeton</span></em></font><br /><br /><br /></font></p>
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face="Arial" color="#000000"><span lang="en-US"><em>Please note that
attendance is free. if you wish to participate, please fill out the online
application form available on this site:</em></span></font><font
face="Arial" color="#4c4c4c"><span lang="en-US"><em><strong>
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