Keynote Speaker
Dr. Stephen Sireci will be our keynote speaker for the conference. The title of his talk, scheduled for Thursday, May 3rd, is How We Should Measure Teaching Effectiveness – Or Should We?. Dr. Sireci is Professor in the Research and Evaluation Methods Program and Director of the Center for Educational Assessment in the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He earned his Ph.D. in psychometrics from Fordham University and his master and bachelor degrees in psychology from Loyola College in Maryland. Before UMASS, he was Senior Psychometrician at the GED Testing Service, Psyc
hometrician for the Uniform CPA Exam, and Research Supervisor of Testing for the Newark NJ Board of Education. He is known for his research in evaluating test fairness, particularly issues related to content validity, test bias, cross-lingual assessment, standard setting, and computer-based testing. In 2003 he received the School of Education’s Outstanding Teacher Award, in 2007 he received the Chancellor’s Medal, which is the highest faculty honor at UMASS, in 2009 he received the University’s Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Research and Creative Activity, and in 2010 he received the Thomas Donlon Award for Distinguished Mentoring from NERA. Dr. Sireci is an excellent speaker who shares his passion for his research in a way that is very thoughtful and engaging. We are delighted to have Dr. Sireci as our keynote speaker for NEERO 2012.
