Workshop
 

Pre-conference workshops will take place on Sunday, July 18, 2010. Each half-day workshop can be booked via our online registration system.

Take advantage of our special booking rate by booking a second workshop for a reduced price. Please be sure to only book one AM and one PM workshop.

Workshop enrolment is limited to 40 persons per workshop. Please indicate your second priority for the AM and PM sessions if your first choice is not available.

The workshop presenters and topics include:

MORNING WORKSHOPS 
18 July 2010 (Sunday)      9:00am – 12:30pm

 
Room 201
Workshop 1

Wai Chan (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Introduction to structural equation modeling

 
LT5
Workshop 2

Kurt Geisinger (Buros Center on Testing & University of Nebraska, USA)
Evaluating test quality as users and writing manuals as authors: Two sides of a coin

 
LT4
Workshop 3

Kwok Leung (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Methods and designs for enhancing cross-cultural invariance

 
LT6
Workshop 4

Bruno D. Zumbo (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Psychometric methods for investigating differential item functioning (DIF) and test bias: Concepts, methods and applications

AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
18 July 2010 (Sunday)    1:30pm – 5:00pm

 
LT5
Workshop 5

Avi Allalouf (National Institute for Testing and Evaluation, Israel)
Establishing the ITC Guidelines on quality control in scoring, analysis and reporting of test scores

    Workshop 6

David Bartram (SHL, UK) and Marise Born (Erasmus University, the Netherlands)
Understanding ISO 10667 – A standard for assessment service delivery
Workshop 6 is cancelled.
You are welcomed to join the special session on ISO 10667 which will be held on 21 July, 2010, at 10:00.
(Please refer to the conference schedule)

 
Room 201
Workshop 7

Barbara M. Byrne (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Testing basic structural equation models: Overview and hands-on application using the EQS approach

 
LT6
Workshop 8

Ronald K. Hambleton (University of Massachusettsat Amherst, USA)
Item Response Theory:  Introduction to Concepts, Models, Parameter Estimation and Fit, and Several Applications
 
 
  
 
   
 

July 19-21, 2010
July 18, 2010 (Pre-Conference Workshops)

   
  The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Shatin, Hong Kong
   
  Challenges and Opportunities in Testing and Assessment in a Globalized Economy
   
 
  • Developments in psychometrics and test theory for international testing
  • Indigenous, second language, and cross national test development
  • Geotrends in testing: making use of technology advances in test administration and data management
  • Issues of policy, ethics, professionalism and training in multinational testing
  • Test security and privacy concerns when testing internationally
 

Call for papers and symposia opens
1 January 2009 (Closed)

Submission of abstracts
1 February 2009 (Closed)

Closing deadline for proposals
15 January 2010 (Closed)

Notification to authors
15 Feb 2010

Early bird registration end
1 April 2010

 

International Test Commission (ITC) website
http://www.intestcom.org

Dept of Psychology,The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) website
http://www.psy.cuhk.edu.hk

Organizing Committee Chair
Prof. Fanny M. Cheung, Dept of Psychology, CUHK, Shatin, Hong Kong
Tel (852) 2609 8145
Fax (852) 2603 5019
Email: itc2010@psy.cuhk.edu.hk

The 7th ITC Conference is a satellite meeting of the 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, 11-16 July 2010, Melbourne, Australia
http://www.icap2010.com

 
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