The Gordon Commission


Session title:

A Public Hearing on the Gordon Commission on the Future of Assessment in Education

Gordon Commission to Hold a Public Hearing at AERA Meeting

The Gordon Commission on the Future of Assessment in K–12 Education is a two-year study group whose members are thought leaders and innovators in academia, research, and policy. Its goal is to harness emerging developments in the pedagogical, cognitive, and technological sciences to improve K–12 educational assessment, now and into the mid-21st century. Its mission is to analyze the best assessment practices and our nation’s current and future educational needs, and to generate recommendations that will improve pedagogical practice, educational measurement, and student achievement.

The public hearing aims to provide participants with the opportunity to (1) interact with the commission, (2) become familiar with the perspectives of its members, (3) learn about how best to work with the commission, and (4) seek perspectives and viewpoints from the education research community.

Presidential Session

Cosponsor:

Division L - Educational Policy and Politics

Cosponsor:

Division C - Learning and Instruction

Cosponsor:

NCME

Schedule Information:

Time: Saturday, April 14, 4:05 p.m.–6:05 p.m.  

Building/Room: Vancouver Convention Centre, First Level - West Ballroom C

Session Participants:

Chair: Edmund W. Gordon (Teachers College, Columbia University) egordon@tc.edu

Chair: Ezekiel J. Dixon-Roman (The University of Pennsylvania) ezekield@sp2.upenn.edu

Participant: Robert J. Mislevy (University of Maryland) rmislevy@umd.edu

Participant: James W. Pellegrino (University of Illinois at Chicago) pellegjw@uic.edu

Discussant: Eva L. Baker (University of California - Los Angeles) eva@ucla.edu

Discussant: Louis M. Gomez (University of Pittsburgh) lgomez@pitt.edu

Participant: Andrew Dean Ho (Harvard Graduate School of Education) Andrew_Ho@gse.harvard.edu