If you plan to attend this year’s Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) annual convention (April 13-16) held in St. Louis or the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting (April 8-12) held in Philadelphia, we invite you to attend conference sessions delivered by NCEO staff members.

Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

Formative Assessment: A Powerful Tool to Improve Student Learning (pre-conference workshop), Wednesday, April 13, 9 am to 4 pm. Workshop Leaders: Sheryl Lazarus and Susan Brookhart; Presenters: Sandra Warren, Margaret Heritage, Ed Roeber.

IEPs and State Standards: Results From an Evaluation of a Web-Based Decision Support Tutorial, by James Shriner, Susan Carty, and Martha Thurlow on Wednesday, April 13 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm.

Assessment Today: How We Got Here and Where We are Going, presented by Martha Thurlow on Wednesday, April 13 from 2:15 to 3:15 pm.

Update on AA-AAS: What We Now Know about Expectations and Instruction, presented by Rachel Quenemoen and Martha Thurlow on Friday, April 15 from 10:30 to 11:30 am.

American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Join the AERA special interest group, “Inclusion & Accommodation in Educational Assessment” (SIG #96) to share lively conversations with colleagues about the latest research findings and projects in process, and much more!