2010 14th Ottawa FAME Course Schedule
FAME is intended to be a basic-level course on educational assessment. The course is one-and-a-half days of plenary and small group sessions on test design, test development, standard setting, and scoring, and attendance at program events most relevant to the participants’ needs. The FAME course will be conducted May 15 - 18 (Saturday through Tuesday). The course fee is $850 and all participants must be registered for the 14th Ottawa International Conference.
Saturday, May 15 |
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9:00 |
Welcome and Orientation |
Jack Boulet, PhD and Ann King, MA |
10:00 |
Theme Plenary: Test Material Development |
Dave Swanson, PhD |
10:45 |
Frame Group Discussion: Test Material Development |
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12:15 |
LUNCH |
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1:00 |
Theme Plenary: Scoring and Reporting Issues |
Andre DeChamplain, PhD |
1:45 |
Frame Group Discussion: Scoring and Reporting (4 Working groups) |
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2:45 |
Theme Plenary: Standard Setting |
Jack Boulet, PhD |
3:15 |
BREAK |
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3:30 |
Theme Plenary: Validating Test Scores and Decisions |
Dale Dauphinee, MD |
4:00 |
Frame Group Discussion: Standard Setting (4 working groups) |
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5:00 |
Adjourn |
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Sunday, May 16 |
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9:00 |
Theme Plenary: Program Assessment |
Ingrid Philibert, PhD, MBA |
9:45 |
Frame Group Discussion: Validating Test Scores and Decisions |
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10:45 |
Group Discussion |
Jack Boulet, PhD and Ann King, MA |
12:00 |
Adjourn |
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Monday, May 17 |
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12:00 |
LUNCH and Frame Group Review Discussion |
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1:00 |
RECESS to AAMC Conference Sessions |
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Tuesday, May 18 |
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12:00 |
LUNCH and Group Wrap-up Discussion |
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1:00 |
Adjourn |
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