Conversations on Validity 2012

AERI's inaugural conference was held from March 28-29, 2012 at the Cowin Center at Teachers College, Columbia University. Sessions 1-3 were co-sponsored by Educational Testing Service (ETS) and Teachers College. Session 4 was sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Teachers College. The conference was co-organized by Madhabi Chatterji (TC), Eugene Gonzalez (ETS), and Alina von Davier (ETS).

The inaugural conference was titled 'Conversations on Validity around the World'. 

Conference presentations addressed issues of validity that arise with uses of educational assessments in a variety of institutional contexts, and the associated concerns of students, teachers, schools and institutions, as well as, of educational measurement and evaluation scholars/professionals. 

The conference was followed immediately by a two-day AERI Inaugural Institute.