VATD Conference Agenda

Tuesday, November 1

4:00 - 7:00 Registration: Jennifer Eichel, Conference Solutions James River Foyer

6:30 - 8:00 Conference Pre-Session: Using Neuroscience to Raise Achievement. Steve Miller, Ph.D. Scientific Learning Parlors G & H

8:00 - Hours Hospitality Suite – Meet and Greet Old and New Friends. Jack Kopcak, Scientific Learning Room 802

Wednesday, November 2

7:30 - 8:30 Registration & Continental Breakfast Sponsored by Tests for Higher

Standards, David Mott James River Foyer

8:30 - 9:00 Welcome and Introductory Remarks, Joe Montecalvo, President, VATD and Dr. Billy Cannaday, Superintendent, Chesterfield County Public Schools Parlors G & H

9:00 - 9:30 Dr. Jo Lynne DeMary, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, “Assessment Issues from the Virginia Department of Education” Parlors G & H

9:30 - 10:00 Vendor Break – Refreshments sponsored by Tests for Higher Standards

James River Corridor

10:00 - 11:30 “Test Coordinating??? Take this Job and Love It” Jerry King, Educator, Author, and Humorist Parlors G & H

11:45 - 12:45 Conference Luncheon – Sponsored by ETS, Introduction by Charles Cascio, Vice President for Communication and Public Affairs Parlors C & D

1:00 - 2:00 Breakout Session 1 See Below for Sessions, Times, and Locations

Wednesday, November 2 (continued)

3:15-3:45 Vendor Break Sponsored by Tests for Higher Standards James River Corridor

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5:00 - 6:00 The Myth of IQ: 100 Years of Misconception and its Effect on Minority Students. Jack Naglieri, Ph.D. Parlors G & H

6:30 - 8:00 Conference Dinner sponsored by Harcourt Assessment, Inc. Shannon Still

Dinner Speaker: John Olson, Ph.D., Vice President, Psychometrics and Research Services, Harcourt Assessment, Inc. Parlors C & D

8:00 - Hours VATD Hospitality Suite Scientific Learning, Jack Kopcak, Host Room 802

Thursday, November 3

7:00-8:00 Registration and Breakfast, sponsored by VATD James River Foyer

8:00-9:30 Shelley Loving-Ryder, Assistant Superintendent for Assessment and Reporting, VDOE

“The State of Assessment in the Commonwealth” Parlors G & H

9:30-10:00 Vendor Break – Refreshments sponsored by VATD James River Corridor

10:00-11:30 “Sustaining School Improvement While Leaving No DDOT Behind,” Dan Mulligan, Simply Achieve, Inc. Parlors G & H

11:45-12:50 Conference Luncheon – Sponsored by The Princeton Review, Jim Garrett. Parlors C & D

NOTE: Conference participants are asked to sit at tables designated for their regions. Charlette McQuilken and Susan Willis will discuss “Forming Regional DDOT Groups” during this time.

1:00-2:00 Peter Coleman, VDOE and Kris Herakovich, Pearson Project Manager - VA EIMS, “EIMS Introduction and SOL Data Disaggregation Report Demonstration”

Parlors G & H

Thursday, November 3 (continued)

2:15-3:15 Breakout Session 3 See Below for Sessions, Times, and Locations

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4:45-5:30 Fireside Chat with Shelley Loving- Ryder and Nate Sparks about Assessment Issues Parlors A and B

5:30-7:00 Networking Reception, sponsored by IBM. Presentation of VATD Excellence in Assessment Awards James River Foyer

7:00 - Hours VATD Hospitality Suite Scientific Learning, Jack Kopcak, Host Room 802

Friday, November 4

7:30-8:00 Coffee, Danish and Registration, Sponsored by Pearson Educational Measurement Shenandoah Foyer

8:00-9:00 Perspectives on the State of Education in the Nation. David Harmon, US Department of Education Shenandoah Ballroom

9:00-9:45 Conference Brunch, Sponsored by Pearson Educational Measurement, Brian Farmer, host. Shenandoah Ballroom

9:45-10:45 Dr. Jim McMillan, Virginia Commonwealth University, “Use of SOL Data at the Student, School, and District Level” Shenandoah Ballroom

10:45-11:15 Break and checkout

11:15-12:15 Susan Williams, VDOE, AYP From Top to Bottom: Changes in AYP and Accreditation Shenandoah Ballroom

12:15-12:30 Mr. Joe Montecalvo, President, VATD: 2005 Conference Wrap Up Shenandoah Ballroom

VATD 2005 Exhibitors