Monday, March 02, 2015, 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM (PST)
The Incredible Journey…to Trustworthy Assessment Results: A Panel Discussion of Best Practices for Using Statistics to Invalidate Scores
Practice Area Division(s): Certification/Licensure, Industrial /Organizational, Education, Clinical
Topic: Security
As testing professionals, we all pursue a common goal—valid, trustworthy test results. However, set ting off to attain this goal can feel a bit like starting a long, arduous journey, one filled with myriad challenges and dangers. Some of the most treacherous aspects of this adventure can involve creating policies and procedures around the use of Data Forensics to determine which test takers may have gained unfair advantage and should have their scores invalidated.
Fortunately, this breakout session will serve as a map for avoiding many perils and risks on this incredible journey.
Our panel of industry experts has decades of experience using statistics to invalidate scores in programs that test anywhere from a few hundred candidates a year to hundreds of thousands. Their combined expertise on this topic provides a comprehensive set of guidelines that will benefit assessment professionals managing any high stakes test program. Panel members will address several of the crucial questions any program manager must grapple with when instituting the powerful deterrent of statistical score invalidation. These questions involve legal, operational organizational, community, and media dynamics. Panelists will also accept questions from the audience, facilitating an interactive, engaging conversation between professionals who share the same validity concerns.
PRESENTERS:
Steve Addicott, Caveon Test Security
Jennifer Semko, Baker and McKenzie LLP
Liz Burns, NetApp
Jack Terry, National Board of Examiners in Optometry
Rachel Schoenig, Act, Inc.
Dennis Maynes, Caveon Test Security
GOLF 
