Authentic Assessment. Seminar presented to the 14th annual Utah Rural Schools Conference sponsored by the Utah State Office of Education, Orem, Utah, July 1992. Constructing better test items for certification examinations. Workshop presented at Word Perfect Corporation, Orem, Utah, July 1992. Expert witness called by the defense to testify in the court hearing of a case challenging the validity of the performance test used in the chiropractic licensing examination, Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing, Utah State Department of Commerce, Salt Lake City, UT, December, 1992. The basics of item response theory. A series of two training seminars presented to the Learning Disabilities Test Selection Committee, Utah State Office of Education, Salt Lake City, UT, March and October, 1993. Consultant, PPST Validation and Standard Setting Project, College of Education, Weber State University, Logan, Utah, April-November, 1993. Steering committee member and consultant on assessment-related issues, Elementary School Science Core Curriculum Revision Project, Utah State Office of Education, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1993-94. Consultant on the development of performance assessments for elementary school mathematics curricula. Jostens Learning Corporation, Carlsbad, CA. (April 1993-June, 1994). Improving assessment of student achievement in university courses. Workshop presented jointly with Adrian van Mondfrans, Faculty Development Center, Brigham Young University, June, 1994. Constructing valid and reliable tests. Workshop presented to the faculty at Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah, August 1994 How to score performance assessments in science. Workshop presented to secondary science teachers sponsored by the Utah Office of Education, Midvale Utah, January, 1995. How to write and score essay questions. Series of two faculty development workshops presented to the faculty of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages, Brigham Young University, January-February, 1995. How to construct context-dependent test items. Presented at the workshop for new faculty sponsored by the Faculty Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, May 6th, 1997. Performance assessment in college classrooms. Presented at the workshop for new faculty sponsored by the Faculty Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, May 13th, 1997. Improving the use of essay tests in college classrooms. Presented at the workshop for new faculty sponsored by the Faculty Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, May, 1998. Mistakes to avoid when using students' scores from standardized tests as a basis for making instructional decisions. Keynote speech presented at the Utah Testing and Evaluation Conference, Snowbird Resort, October 29, 1998. Basic concepts and applications of item response theory. Inservice training workshop presented to the staff of the Evaluation and Assessment Division, Utah State Office of Education, Provo, Utah, June 22, 2000. Using test scores as basis for making informed decisions about how to improve classroom instruction. Series of two inservice workshops presented to the principals and central office staff of the Provo School District, Provo, Utah, December 10, 2001 and January 7, 2002. Aligning instructional methods and assessment practices with curricular goals. Presented to the faculty of Orem High School, Orem, Utah, February 1, 2008. Problems and Possibilities Associated with Using Mathematics Tests to Track Student Growth and Assess Teacher Effectiveness. Presented jointly with John Bennion to the Education Interim Committee of the Utah Legislature in Salt Lake City, May 22, 2008. The Use, Misuse, and Misinterpretation of Coefficient Alpha, Invited presentation given at the meeting of the Church Sponsored Educational Research Practitioners, Aug. 1, 2008, Provo UT. Why Documenting Student Learning Matters (Keynote Address to the Faculty at the New Academic Year Annual Meeting). Dixie State University, St. George, UT, August 15, 2016.
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