2013 Videos and Presentations

Inaugural Conference

The second AERI annual conference, "Testing Then and Now" on December 9, 2014. By providing a means for discussing the application and consequences of modern innovations in educational testing, both in the U.S. and internationally, the conference supported a forum for participants to develop a deeper understanding of contemporary issues in education

Opening Ceremony	Video
Provost Thomas James, TC, Columbia University Warner W. Burke, Edward L. Thorndike Professor of Psychology and Education, TC, Columbia University Moderator: Madhabi Chatterji, TC, Columbia University
Testing, Assessment, and the Scientific Movement in Education: From the Thorndikes to the Present	Video	Slides
Some Milestones in the History of Educational Measurement Robert L. Brennan, University of Iowa		1/1
Robert Ladd Thorndike: The Man and His Legacies Neal Kingston, University of Kansas		1/2
The Founding and Development of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) and Reflections on Contributions of TC's Faculty Tjeerd Plomp, University of Twente, The Netherlands		1/3
Validity, Test Use, and Consequences: Reflections on Some Contemporary Issues in Educational Assessment Madhabi Chatterji, TC, Columbia University		1/4
Discussant
Designing and Using Assessments to Create Learning Opportunities for Least Advantaged Students Kent McGuire, Southern Education Foundation Moderator: Madhabi Chatterji, TC, Columbia University
The Gordon Commission's Perspectives: Moving toward Assessment for Learning	Video	Slides
The Future of Assessment is Already Here -- It's Just not Evenly Distributed (after William Gibson) Robert J. Mislevy, Educational Testing Service		2/1
Connecting Cognitive Science and Measurement Science: An Argument Regarding necessity and Sufficiency James W. Pellegrino, University of Illinois at Chicago		2/2
A Persistent Problem in Evaluating Writing Clifford Hill, TC, Columbia University		2/3
An Anthropologist's Perspectives on Everyday Assessments and Their Relevance to Formal Assessments Herve Varenne, TC, Columbia University		2/4
Discussant
A Visionary Perspective on Assessment for Education, Born of the Gordon Commission on the Future of Assessment Edmund W. Gordon, TC, Columbia University and The Gordon Commission Moderator: Ernest Morrell, TC, Columbia University
Backlash against Testing Today	Video
This moderated panel discussion will focus on testing and accountability from Pre-K to Higher Education with specific attention to the roots and potential consequences of the contemporary political backlash against testing emanating from educators, state's rights' advocates, affluent uburbanites, and others. Panel Speakers Kevin Dougherty, TC, Columbia University Jeffrey R. Henig, TC, Columbia University Frederick M. Hess, The American Enterprise Institute Sharon Lynn Kagan, TC, Columbia University Jal Mehta, Harvard Graduate School of Education Moderator: Susan Fuhrman, TC, Columbia University
Closing Remarks	Video
President Susan Fuhrman, TC, Columbia University Anna Neumann, Professor and Chair, Department of Organization and Leadership, TC, Columbia University Moderator: Madhabi Chatterji, TC, Columbia University
Luncheon	Video