UGA Expert in Testing to Deliver Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate Lecture

A top University of Georgia education researcher will discuss his work in analysis of standardized testing in the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate Lecture Series on Friday, March 25 at the UGA Alumni Center in Buckhead.

Allan Cohen, professor of educational psychology and director of UGA's Test Scoring and Reporting Services (TSARS), will deliver a lecture titled, “Hidden Information in Students' Answers to Test Questions,” from 10-11:30 a.m.

Cohen will discuss the detection of test bias in test questions and the utility of some psychometric models that can be used to provide information far beyond that of simple test scores.

Cost of the lecture is $15. Light breakfast refreshments will be served and a Q&A/open dialogue session will follow the lecture. Students may attend free with a valid ID.

The Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate is a five-year research and action project aimed at improving doctoral education at universities across the nation. UGA, whose graduate program in educational psychology, is currently ranked 13th nationally by U.S. News and World Report, was among only 32 partner departments in chemistry, education, English and mathematics that were tasked to participate in the project.

Go to www.acteva.com to register,
click “events” and use “Carnegie” as search term.

For directions to the UGA Alumni Center, Buckhead:
www.alumni.uga.edu/alumni/center/directions.html

Tuesday, March 1, 2005
WRITER: Michael Childs, 706/542-5889, mchilds@coe.uga.edu
CONTACT: Lauren Barrett, 706/542-2267, lbarrett@coe.uga.edu