Presentations by SRI International Education Researchers at AERA's 2006 Annual Meeting

Topic Area: Assessment Research and Design

Saturday, April 8

Principled Assessment Designs for Inquiry (PADI): A Comprehensive Walk through the Online Assessment System -- "Performance Task Activity Station: An Illustration of How Performance Tasks Were Reverse-Engineered in PADI"

John J. Brecht, Angela Haydel DeBarger, Ron C. Fried, Lawrence P. Gallagher, Geneva D. Haertel, Andrea A. Lash, Robert F. Murphy, Edys S. Quellmalz, and Patricia Schank

8:15 am - 10:15 am, Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel / Rubens

Sunday, April 9

Validities of Standards-Based Science Inquiry Assessments: Integrating Studies of Alignment, Performance, and Cognition: "Examining Validities of Science Inquiry Assessments With Cognitive Analyses"

Angela Haydel DeBarger

10:35 am - 12:05 pm Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel / Cervantes

Validities of Standards-Based Science Inquiry Assessments: Integrating Studies of Alignment, Performance, and Cognition:

(1) "A Study of the Alignment of TIMSS, NAEP, and New Standards Reference Exams in Science with the National Science Education Standards"

Patty Kreikemeier and Edys Quellmalz

10:35 am - 12:05 pm Bldg/Rm: Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel / Cervantes

(2) Evaluating the Instructional Sensitivity of Items Measuring Science Content and Inquiry Skills in Large-Scale Science Assessments"

Edys Quellmalz

10:35 am - 12:05 pm Bldg/Rm: Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel / Cervantes

(3) Examining Validities of Science Inquiry Assessments with Cognitive Analyses

Geneva Haertel and Edys Quellmalz

10:35 am - 12:05 pm Bldg/Rm: Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel / Cervantes

Validities of Standards-Based Science Inquiry Assessments: Integrating Studies of Alignment, Performance, and Cognition

Patty A. Kreikemeier

10:35 am - 12:05 pm Bldg/Rm: Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel / Cervantes

Validities of Standards-Based Science Inquiry Assessments: Integrating Studies of Alignment, Performance, and Cognition: "Evaluating the Instructional Sensitivity of Items Measuring Science Content and Inquiry Skills in Large-Scale Science Assessments"

Andrea A. Lash

10:35 am - 12:05 pm, Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel / Cervantes

Tuesday, April 11

Investigating the Affordances of Technology for Supporting and Assessing Inquiry in Science Learning: "Calipers: Using Simulations to Assess Complex Science Learning"

Edys S. Quellmalz

12:25 pm - 1:55 pm, Moscone Center West / 3rd Floor, Room 3012

Investigating the Affordances of Technology for Supporting and Assessing Inquiry in Science Learning: "Calipers: Using Simulations to Assess Complex Science Learning"

Edys S. Quellmalz

12:25 pm - 1:55 pm, Moscone Center West / 3rd Floor, Room 3012