Organizer:


Anne Fitzpatrick, ETS

Moderator:

Lora Monfils, ETS

Presenters:

Damian Betebenner, Boston College ; Using Growth to Assess Performance Level Alignment Across Grades; Kilchan Choi, CRESST/UCLA; Teacher Effect Profile Model: Estimating Simultaneous Growth Processes of Students and Teachers

Wendy Yen, Venessa Lall, Lora Monfils, ETS, Markus Broer, Qatar Supreme; Education Council, Shameem Gaj, Robert Smith, Ying Lu, Lixiong Gu, ETS; Evaluating Academic Progress Without a Vertical Scale
Richard Patz, R.J. Patz, Inc.; Vertical Scaling for Assessment and Accountability

Discussant:

David Thissen, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill