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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">The <b>School of Education</b> at
<b>Virginia International University</b> invites your proposals for the 2015 Conference on Language, Learning, and Culture: Next-Generation Assessment to be held April 9-11, 2015 on VIU’s new campus in Fairfax, VA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">(submission deadline: January 5, 2015)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">(website: cllc.viu.edu)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">THEME<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">The 2015 theme, Next-Generation Assessment, intends to frame assessment in terms of its ability to meet the needs and achieve the goals of all stakeholders: empowering students with awareness
of their strengths and areas for development; giving educators additional diagnostic information and tools to adapt their instruction; and providing administrators, testing organizations, policy makers, and community members with rigorous data on outcomes
that can be used to improve educational programs. Through the sharing of best practices and emerging trends, the goal is to begin a solutions-oriented dialogue on the next generation of innovations in assessment by acknowledging the interplay among a variety
of factors related to language, learning, and culture.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">PLENARY SPEAKERS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">We are honored to announce that three prominent experts in the field of language assessment have agreed to give plenary addresses this year:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">*Dr. Robert Mislevy -Frederic M. Lord Chair in Measurement and Statistics at the Educational Testing Service & Professor Emeritus of Measurement, Statistics, and Evaluation at the University
of Maryland, College Park<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">*Dr. Margaret Malone -Associate Vice President for World Languages and International Programs at the Center for Applied Linguistics Co-Director of the National Capital Language Resource Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">*Dr. Paula Winke -Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Arts in Foreign Language Teaching at Michigan State University & President of the Midwest Association of Language Testers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">Proposals for paper and poster presentations, practice-oriented sessions and workshops, colloquia, and panel discussions are invited in the following broad areas:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">-Innovations in Assessment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">-Ethics, Accountability, and Education Policy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">-Effective Assessment Design, Implementation, and Use<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">For abstract submission guidelines and more details on each of these strands, please visit our Call for Papers page: http://cllc.viu.edu/content/call-papers
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: January 5, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: February 6, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: March 1, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">REGULAR REGISTRATION DEADLINE: April 5, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">LATE REGISTRATION: April 6-11, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">CONFERENCE: April 9-11, 2015
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">QUESTIONS?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">Questions about the conference can be directed to Kevin Martin, Director of the School of Education, at kevin@viu.edu.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">For more information on the School of Education, our programs, and the variety of events we host throughout the year, please visit our website at www.viu.edu/sed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333F50">We welcome your participation in CLLC 2015! Please mark your calendars and make plans to attend!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Kevin J. Martin</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Director of the School of Education<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Conference on Language, Learning, and Culture Organizer</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">General Education Director and Common Academic Core Chair<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Writing, Research, and Media Center Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">TESOL Higher Education Interest Section Assistant Chair<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Virginia International University<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.viu.edu/"><span style="color:#1F497D">www.viu.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">3957 Pender Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Fairfax, VA 22030<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Tel: (703) 865-8736<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Fax: (703) 591-7046<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:kevin@viu.edu"><span style="color:blue">kevin@viu.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://twitter.com/SEDatVIU"><span style="color:blue">@SEDatVIU</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://twitter.com/TESOLVIU"><span style="color:blue">@TESOLVIU</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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