NATD members are encouraged to consider the 9-5 EST Testing Integrity Symposium offered by the National Center for Educational Statistics on February 28. Sign Up is available now. Sessions will include panels of national leaders addressing: I. Prevention of Irregularities, II. Detection and Analysis of Irregularities, III. Response and Investigation of Aleged and/or Actual Irregularities, IV. Testing Integrity Practices and Procedures for Online and Computer-based Assessments. Full agenda is available. http://nces.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/PDF/2012_testing_symposium_agenda.pdf
National Council of Measurement in Education has highlighted the NATD/NCME Joint Symposium as one of the major convention events for the April 2012 Meeting in Vancouver, BC. The Symposium will take place at 4:05 PM on Sunday, April 15, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver; George Room B (655 Burrard Street,Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C 2R7; Maps & Directions)
For more information on the NCME Vancouver convention a preliminary program is now available. NCME Preliminary Program.
Substantial planning activity for the 2012 NATD meeting is taking place. Activities will include the annual membership meeting with presentation, the networking dinner, and joint activities with our partner organizations NCME, DRE, and AERA. Please update your membership if you have had a change in your job or e-mail address as the pre-convention newsletter with details on the meeting will soon be available. Update now. holtzae@cps-k12.org
NATD is maintaining our low dues rate of $20 for memberships for 2012. The annual dues notice was sent out to members in early January. If you did not get your notice, please contact Elizabeth to update your address and contact information holtzae@cps-k12.org. You may also pick up a copy of the membership form here on the NATD site and mail it with your 2012 payment.
Data Use in a World of Common Standards and Assessments: How can aligned, timely, and comparative student assessment data impact teacher practice and support student success? is being finalized for the April meeting. Enis Dogan from PARCC Assessment Research, Kim Schildikamp from University of Twente, NL, Arie van der Plog from AIR, Jeff Wayman from UT Austin, and Trevor Mahlum from Casper College have all confirmed. Details of time and place are soon to be posted with the NCME Program. Make you plans now to attend the NATD/NCME Symposium at the annual meeting in Vancouver, BC in April. Registration is now open on the AERA site. AERA.net
Happy Holidays from the NATD board and all the little elves.
We will soon have a NATD Newsletter to distribute with interesting articles and up-to-date information on the 2012 annual meeting. Be certain to let our Secretary and Newsletter Editor, Connie Zumpf, know if you have had a change. czumpf@cherrycreekschools.org
The NATD annual meeting is held in conjunction with the NCME and AERA annual meetings which are to be held in April in Vancouver, BC. AERA registration is now open. (AERA.net) Going to Canada and returning to the United States requires a valid current passport.
Using the Publications link from the left side of the page, you will be able to access the PowerPoint presented by Dr. Joe Willhoft during the 2011 NATD Breakfast Presentation during AERA. The presentation was titled An Overview of the Race-to-the-Top Assessment Consortia.
Using the Publications link from the left side of the page, you will be able to access the PowerPoint and Adobe PDF files along with a video recording of the 2011 NATD/NCME Joint Invited Symposium: Measuring Teacher Effectiveness in a Comprehensive Teacher Evaluation System: Fair, Accurate, and Legally Defensible?
The Winter 2011 NATD Newsletter has been published, providing detailed information about the activities of NATD and its related organizations at the upcoming meetings in New Orleans. To download the newsletter, click here
We look forward to seeing you in New Orleans.
Jack Monpas-Huber, President, NATD