This one-day conference builds on the conversation started in a recent Special Issue of Educational Assessment centered on fairness in testing and assessment.

Sessions will explore:

• The meaning of fairness in educational assessment
• Conceptual and methodological challenges in adopting new approaches
• Implications for educational measurement, policy and practice
• Recommendations for the forthcoming revision of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing

Schedule for the Day:

8:45am-10:40am: Welcome by UCLA Dean Tina Christie, UCLA Education Chair Cecilia Rios-Aguilar and Heather Hough (PACE)

Plenary Session:

RE-ENVISIONING FAIRNESS IN EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND THE NEXT EDITION OF THE STANDARDS

Chair: Joan Herman

Papers by: Jennifer Randall (U of Mich), Randy Bennett (ETS) & Guillermo Solano-Flores (Stanford)
Comments by Tyrone Howard (UCLA and AERA President), Ye Tong (NCME past President), and Kristen Huff (Curriculum Assoc. and NCME Joint Standards Committee)  

Break 10:40-11:05

11:05am - 12:35pm: Simultaneous Breakout Panels:  

• Implications for Measurement and Psychometrics  (Chair: José Felipe Martínez)

Panelists: Randy Bennett (Educational Testing Service), Li Cai (UCLA), Guillermo Solano-Flores (Stanford University), Ye Tong (National Board of Medical Examiners). 

Q&A and discussion with the audience

• Implications for Assessment Policy and Practice  (Chair: Alison Bailey)

Panelists:  Juli Coleman (CORE Districts), Heather Hough (Policy Analysis for California Education), Jennifer Randall (University of Michigan), Anne Vasquez (EdSource), Emily Wolk (Santa Ana Unified School District).

Q&A and discussion the audience 

For queries:

José Felipe Martínez

jfmtz@ucla.edu

Joan Herman

herman@cresst.ucla.edu

Alison Bailey

abailey@gseis.ucla.edu

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