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The National Academies
Board on Testing and Assessment

Committee on the Evaluation of the Impact of Teacher Certification by NBPTS

November 28-29, 2006

Washington, DC

       

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

   
       

OPEN SESSIONS

       

9:30 - 10:30

Panel 1: Research on the Relationships between Board Certification and Student Achievement: Report on Two Studies

 

Discussion Leaders: Adam Gamoran and Susanna Loeb

   
     
 

Findings from a study of two school districts in North Carolina (20 min.)
Presenter: William Sanders, SAS Institute

 
       
 

Findings from a study of Los Angeles Unified School District
Presenters: Tom Kane and Jon Fullerton, Harvard

 
       
 

Commentary
Stephen Raudenbush, University of Chicago

   
       
 

Discussion with the committee

   
       

10:30 - 11:45

Panel 2: Critical Review of Prior Studies of the Relationships between Board Certification and Student Achievement

 

Discussion Leaders: Mark Dynarski and Brian Stecher

   
       
 

Findings from critical review and suggestions for new analyses
Presenters: Daniel McCaffrey,
RAND

Commissioned Paper

 
       
 

Discussion with the committee

   
       

11:45 - 12:30

Lunch

   
       

12:30 - 1:30

Panel 3: Results of New Analyses of Teachers and Students in Two States

 

Discussion Leaders: Mark Dynarski and Brian Stecher

 
       
 

Commissioned Paper
Results of new analyses of Florida data

Presenters: Tim Sass and Doug Harris, Florida State University

Results of new analyses of North Carolina data
(20 min.)
Presenter: Helen Ladd, Duke University

       
 

Commentary
Stephen Raudenbush, University of Chicago

   
       
 

Discussion with the committee

   
       

1:30 - 2:00

Panel 4: Results of Research Comparing the Practices of Teachers With and Without Board Certification

 

Discussion Leaders: Mike Kane and Dorothy White

 
       
 

Findings from “Accomplished Teaching: A Validation of National Board Certification”
Presenter: Lloyd Bond, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

       
 

Discussion with the committee

   
       

2:00 - 2:45

Discussion and Synthesis of Findings from Panels 1-4

 

Discussion Leaders: Jane Hannaway and Karen Wixson

 
       
 

Commentary
Stephen Raudenbush, University of Chicago

   
       
 

Discussion with the committee

   
       

2:45 - 3:00

Break

   
       

3:00 - 4:45

Panel 5: Psychometric Characteristics of the NBPTS Assessments

 

Discussion Leaders: Deirdre Knapp and Ana Maria Villegas

       
 

Evaluating the Psychometric Characteristics of NBPTS Assessments
Presenter: Teresa Russell, consultant to the committee, HumRRO

Commissioned Paper

 
       
 

Studies of Disparate Impact on NBPTS Assessments

 

Presenter: Lloyd Bond, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

       
 

Development of the NBPTS Assessments: Panel Discussion

 

Panelists: Lloyd Bond; Chuck Cascio, ETS; Ann Harman, Independent Consultant; and Mari Pearlman, ETS

       
 

Discussion with the committee

   
       

4:45 pm

Adjourn open session

   

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