NCEO staff will present at the annual conferences of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), and the American Education Research Association (AERA).

CEC Convention and Expo

The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is holding its 2024 Convention and Expo in San Antonio, Texas on March 13-16. We invite you to attend eight conference sessions that include NCEO staff members:

Navigating Inclusive Education Through Implementation Science for School Leaders by Jessica Bowman, David Seale, and Michael Kennedy. Wednesday, March 13, 2:15-3:15 p.m.

Participation Guidelines for Alternate Assessments: Longitudinal Changes by Mari Quanbeck,  Sheryl Lazarus, and Martha Thurlow. Thursday, March 14, 9:15-10:00 a.m.

Universally Designed Assessments: What the Literature Tells Us by Kristin Liu and Mari Quanbeck. Thursday, March 14, 9:15-10:00 a.m.

Research-Based Suggestions for Teachers in Selecting and Implementing Accommodations by Kascinda Fleming and Virginia Ressa. Thursday, March 14, 10:30-11:15 a.m.

Strategies for Educators When Engaging Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families by Charity Funfe Tatah Mentan, Martha Thurlow, and Darrell Peterson. Friday, March 15, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Examining Disproportionality in the Alternate Assessment by Andrew Hinkle. Friday, March 15, 9:15-10:00 a.m.

Students on the Border Between the Alternate and General Assessments by Sheryl Lazarus, Andrew Hinkle, Linda Goldstone, Jessica Bowman, Darrell Peterson, and Yi-Chen Wu. Friday, March 15, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Separate School Placement for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities by Jessica Bowman and Yi-Chen Wu. Friday, March 15, 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

AERA Annual Meeting

The American Education Research Association is holding its 2024 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 11-14. We invite you to attend four sessions that include NCEO staff members:

Teachers’ Perspectives About Students with Disabilities Who Moved From the Alternate to the General Assessment by Linda Goldstone and Sheryl Lazarus. Friday, April 12, 11:25 a.m.- 12:55 p.m.

Universal Design and K–12 Academic Assessments: A Scoping Review of the Literature by Kristin Liu, Martha Thurlow, Mari Quanbeck, Jessica Bowman, and Amy Riegelman. Saturday, April 13, 7:45-9:15 a.m.

Reading Allowed? An Analysis of Accommodations Research and Policy by Mari Quanbeck, Virginia Ressa, Sheryl Lazarus, and Andrew Hinkle. Saturday, April 13, 7:45-9:15 a.m.

Separate School Placement Trends for Students with Extensive Support Needs by Jessica Bowman, Gail Ghere, and Yi-Chen Wu. Sunday, April 14, 9:35-11:05 a.m.

NCME Annual Meeting

The National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) is holding its 2024 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 11-14. We invite you to attend two sessions that include NCEO staff members:

Policies and Practices that Support Making More Appropriate Assessment Participation Decisions by Mari Quanbeck and Sheryl Lazarus.

A Principled Design Approach to Developing an Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment by Dan Lewis, Li Cai, Yun Kim, Kristin Liu, and Cat Still.