Angoff Memorial Lecture: Test-based accountability systems: The importance of paying attention to consequences

Angoff Memorial Lecture:  Test-based accountability systems:  The importance of paying attention to consequences

October 16, 2019 2 p.m.    

Location: Ballroom

This event is open to the public though registration is strongly recommended.  Register here.

ETS will present its 17^th William H. Angoff Memorial Lecture titled, “Test-based accountability systems: The importance of paying attention to consequences,” on Wednesday, October 16 from 2-3:30 p.m. in the Ballroom.  A reception will follow in Holeman Lounge.

This year’s lecturer, Suzanne Lane, Professor in the Research Methodology Program in the Department of Psychology in Education at the University of Pittsburgh, will address intended and potentially unintended consequences of test-based state accountability systems — an important issue for researchers and policymakers to examine to improve educational opportunities for all students. In the lecture, Lane will provide a conceptual framework for evaluating consequences and discuss the inherent conflict in test-based systems between the goal of accountability and the need to support teaching and learning.

Lane will also discuss implications for state assessment and accountability systems such as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced®). Her talk will also examine the impact of alternate assessments used for students with the most severe disabilities.

About the Lecture Series

ETS’s Angoff Memorial Lecture Series was established in 1994 to honor the life and work of William H. Angoff, a noted research scientist in the field of educational measurement for more than 40 years at ETS.  The lectures focus on topics in educational measurement with implications for policymakers.  For additional information on the series and a listing of past lectures, click here.