| 8:00 am - 12:00 pm | Golf Tournament - Sponsored by General Dynamics [More Info] |
| 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | First Time Attendee Reception and Remarks [More Info] |
| 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Opening Reception [More Info] |
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| 7:30 am - 8:15 am | European Practice Area Division Breakfast Meeting [More Info] |
| 7:30 am - 8:15 am | Session Coordinator Breakfast Meeting [More Info] |
| 7:30 am - 8:15 am | Workforce Practice Area Division Breakfast Meeting [More Info] |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast with Exhibitors |
| 8:30 am - 10:00 am | Opening Keynote: The Future Value of Certifications: Insights from LinkedIn’s Data Trove [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | A How-To Guide to Successfully Managing a Portfolio of Credentials [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Accessibility 101 [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Aligning the Content of an Adaptive Test with the Most Important Knowledges and Skills: How to Accomplish it and how to Measure It [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Avoiding the “Techie”/”SME” Disconnect: Collaboration Principles for Performance-based Test Development [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Can Assessment Tools Survive the Rise of Video Recruiting? [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Content Development Cohorts: The Role They Play in the Changing Face of Innovative, Interactive Item Development [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Crowdsourcing Leadership: Evaluating CEO Performance via Big Data and Public Digital Records [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | FISHBOWL SESSION: Leader2Leader 2.0: What are your Challenges in Running a Credentialing Business? [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | How Many Distractors Do You Need? [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Implementing a Universal Optimal Test Assembly (OTA) System for Linear, Multi-Stage and Computer Adaptive Testing [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Online Proctored Testing: Navigating Uncharted Waters in High Stakes Assessment [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | The 2014 Testing Standards: Implications for Assessment Organizations [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | We Are Not the NSA: How to Factor Privacy Into Your Security Program [More Info] |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Break |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Conquering the Great Divide Between Exam and Curriculum Development [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Demonstrating the Value of Assessment in Talent Management [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Determining Whether Innovative Item Types Are Right for Your Program [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | FISHBOWL SESSION: Thinking in New Boxes: Thought Provoking Conversations for Certifiers [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Learning Maps as a Basis for Educational Assessment [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Lessons Learned: Designing and Building Technology Enhanced Items Using a Writing and Editing Tool [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Locking it Down: The Key to Test Readiness and Security [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | PII Data Is an Important Business Asset. How Well Are You Protecting It? [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION (Alpine Testing Solutions): Don't Be Late to the Game - Security Should Not Be An Afterthought [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION (Cito): High Stakes CBT Examinations Breaking Through [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION (Internet Testing Systems): What's New in Accessibility for Computer-Based Testing [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Taking Exam Development Virtual [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | The Power of Community: Leveraging Open-Source Solutions for Item Banking and Test Delivery [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Transitioning to Multiple Response Items: A Case-Study [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Want to Report Subscores? Things to Think About [More Info] |
| 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Asia Practice Area Division Luncheon [More Info] |
| 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Education Practice Area Division Luncheon [More Info] |
| 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm | Lunch with Exhibitors |
| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | Candidate Self-Perceptions of Exam-Related Knowledge and their Role in the Interpretation and Use of Subscores [More Info] |
| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | Common Challenges in Developing & Updating Test Content [More Info] |
| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | Driving Automated Scoring: Avoiding the Bumps in the Road [More Info] |
| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | Extending the Applications of Measurement Decision Theory [More Info] |
| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | FISHBOWL SESSION: Value-Added and the Use of Student Test Scores to Evaluate Teachers [More Info] |
| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | How to Develop Video-Based Content for Computer-Based Examinations: Experiences and Lessons [More Info] |
| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | Implementing Automated Scoring in K-12 Assessments: Development and Scoring Considerations [More Info] |
| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | Including Special Populations in Test Security Policies and Procedures [More Info] |
| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION (ATA): Leveraging Mobile Technologies to Enable Secure and Quick Deployment of Test Delivery – with Global Case Studies [More Info] |
| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION (Pearson VUE) -- If You Come to a Fork in the Road, Which Road Should You Take? Test Owners No Longer Need to be Limited to One Road When It Comes to Test Delivery [More Info] |
| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION (Professional Examination Service): The Future Role of Noncognitive Assessments in Credentialing [More Info] |
| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | Selecting Civil Servants Across 28 European Counties: Psychometric Challenges and Solutions [More Info] |
| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | The Incredible Journey…to Trustworthy Assessment Results: A Panel Discussion of Best Practices for Using Statistics to Invalidate Scores [More Info] |
| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | The Subject Matter Expert Lifecycle: Pitfalls and Assessment Implications [More Info] |
| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | Using Automatic Item Generation to Develop Practice Non-Verbal Reasoning Items for a High Stakes Medical Admission Test [More Info] |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Dessert with Exhibitors and Roundtables |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | A Systems Approach to the Design of an Adaptive Test [More Info] |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Cloud Based Assessment - A Match Made in Heaven [More Info] |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Defending Cut Scores across Various Contexts: Common Questions, Answers, and Insights [More Info] |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | FISHBOWL SESSION: Innovating Report Design in Testing [More Info] |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | If at First you Don't Succeed: An Analysis and Interpretation of Candidate Retake Response Patterns [More Info] |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Improving the Odds for Success of High-Potential Programs [More Info] |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Including Video in an Assessment: Use of a Storyboard to Support Item Writers [More Info] |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | International Perspectives: Clinical Computer-Based Testing in the UK [More Info] |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Learning from Disruption - How Industries are Rapidly Evolving and the Trends their Setting [More Info] |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Opportunities in International Credentialing: Organizations, Relationships and Collaboration [More Info] |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION (Prometric): The Impact of the Updated Standards for Psychological & Educational Testing -- What You Need to Know and Do [More Info] |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION (The College Board): All Roads Lead to Rome: Using Multiple Selection Tools [More Info] |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Pushing the Boundaries – Going Global with your Certification [More Info] |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Security at the Forefront [More Info] |
| 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Innovation Showcases and Reception with Exhibitors |
| 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | INNOVATION SHOWCASE: ATP's New Global Structure [More Info] |
| 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | INNOVATION SHOWCASE: Breadth is Better: A Cross-Industry Assessment Platform [More Info] |
| 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | INNOVATION SHOWCASE: Generating Test Items Pre-Aligned to Common Core Standards [More Info] |
| 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | INNOVATION SHOWCASE: How to Volunteer for an ATP Conference Committee [More Info] |
| 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | INNOVATION SHOWCASE: Innovation in Testing - Business Strategy Simulator [More Info] |
| 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | INNOVATION SHOWCASE: International Differences in Personality: Smaller than Occupational Differences [More Info] |
| 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | INNOVATION SHOWCASE: SIFT: New Software for Investigating Fraud in Testing [More Info] |
| 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | INNOVATION SHOWCASE: The Generated Response Option Item [More Info] |
| 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | INNOVATION SHOWCASE: The World is VUCA for Public Sector Assessment and Selection! [More Info] |
| 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | INNOVATION SHOWCASE: Tips and Insights for Submitting Sessions for ATP [More Info] |
| 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | INNOVATION SHOWCASE: Using Automated Essay Scoring to Mark Innovative Item Types Administered in Multiple Languages [More Info] |
| 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | INNOVATION SHOWCASE: What is Workforce Skills Credentialing? [More Info] |
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| 7:30 am - 8:15 am | Security Committee Breakfast Meeting [More Info] |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast with Exhibitors |
| 8:30 am - 10:00 am | WORKSHOP: Innovation Challenge [More Info] |
| 8:30 am - 10:00 am | WORKSHOP: Innovations Hackathon - Part 1 [More Info] |
| 8:30 am - 10:00 am | WORKSHOP: Building Assessments with New Technologies: The Good, the Bad, the Cloud, and the Free. [More Info] |
| 8:30 am - 10:00 am | WORKSHOP: Deepen your Knowledge of Depth of Knowledge (DOK): A Crash Course in the Appropriate Use of DOK [More Info] |
| 8:30 am - 10:00 am | WORKSHOP: Exam Security Incident Response Workshop [More Info] |
| 8:30 am - 10:00 am | WORKSHOP: How to Identify, Develop and Implement Innovative Items [More Info] |
| 8:30 am - 10:00 am | WORKSHOP: The Top 5 Mistakes in Performance Testing (and how to avoid them) [More Info] |
| 8:30 am - 10:00 am | WORKSHOP: Trust But Verify: Exam Integrity Audits Made Easy Through The Adoption of Technology [More Info] |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Break with Exhibitors |
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | Product Demonstrations and Workshops |
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | PRODUCT DEMO: Curious About Taking an Online Proctored Exam? [More Info] |
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | PRODUCT DEMO: Good Practices for Securing IP for ONLINE Exams [More Info] |
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | PRODUCT DEMO: MetaCat® SaaS Assessment Platform [More Info] |
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | PRODUCT DEMO: Multilingual Language Test Development: Best Practices and Unique Challenges [More Info] |
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | PRODUCT DEMO: Not Ready To Switch Over To Online Proctoring Quite Yet? Learn About The Kiosk Proctoring Technology and How It Differs [More Info] |
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | PRODUCT DEMO: Simulation Development with Hammer [More Info] |
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | PRODUCT DEMO: A Statistical Software to Conduct Data Analysis for Test Security [More Info] |
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | PRODUCT DEMO: Scorpion: A Collaborative Exam Review Tool [More Info] |
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | WORKSHOP: Innovations Hackathon - Part 2 [More Info] |
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | WORKSHOP: Successfully Taking Employment Assessments into the Global Market Place [More Info] |
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | WORKSHOP: Don’t Just Check the Box - Authoring TEIs Made Easy [More Info] |
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | WORKSHOP: Measuring, Monitoring and Improving the Quality of Item Pools [More Info] |
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | WORKSHOP: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Using Principled Assessment Frameworks to Aid in Standard Setting [More Info] |
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | WORKSHOP: Test Security on a Dime: Tips and Tools for a Cost-Effective Test Security Program [More Info] |
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | WORKSHOP: We're Not in Kansas Anymore: Supporting International Expansion with Best Known Security Controls [More Info] |
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Certification/Licensure Practice Area Division Luncheon [More Info] |
| 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | Lunch with Exhibitors |
| 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Assessing and Developing Versatile Leaders for a VUCA World [More Info] |
| 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Blueprint Classification Schemes - More Than Just a Sequence of Characters [More Info] |
| 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Design Differential Item Functioning (DIF) Analyses for Certification/Licensure Programs: Values, Practical Considerations, and a Real-World Solution [More Info] |
| 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Drivers for Innovation and the Changing Context for Testing and Assessment Solutions [More Info] |
| 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | FISHBOWL SESSION: Back to the Future Planning: Envisioning I-O Assessments in 2025 [More Info] |
| 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | FISHBOWL SESSION: Evaluating the Psychometric Properties of Generated Test Items [More Info] |
| 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Identifying Sources of Construct-Irrelevant Variance in Performance Testing [More Info] |
| 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Implementing an Open-Source Multi-State Assessment Platform for a K12 Consortium – A View from the Trenches [More Info] |
| 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Maximizing Exam Security through & Susceptibility of Various Item Types [More Info] |
| 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION (Certification Management Services (CMS)): Developing Performance-Based Panel Exams at Mach Speed [More Info] |
| 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION (Professional Testing, Inc.): Marketing Your Credentialing Program for Success [More Info] |
| 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Scoring Alternative Item Types: There’s Many a Slip Between the Cup and the Lip [More Info] |
| 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Test Security Tools and Measuring Their Effectiveness [More Info] |
| 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Testing Accommodations 101 [More Info] |
| 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | The Connection Between Socializing Professional Skills and Career Advancement [More Info] |
| 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm | Break |
| 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm | IGNITE SESSION: Automating your Video Remote Proctoring [More Info] |
| 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm | IGNITE SESSION: Don’t Ignore What is Already There: Can Auxiliary Information Improve Formal Assessments? [More Info] |
| 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm | IGNITE SESSION: Multilingual Automatic Item Generation: Overview and Demonstration [More Info] |
| 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm | IGNITE SESSION: Reconceptualizing Score Comparability in the Era of Devices [More Info] |
| 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm | IGNITE SESSION: Social Networks and Credential Sharing - Enabling and Leveraging Social Sharing as a Marketing Channel [More Info] |
| 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm | IGNITE SESSION: The Dark Side of Employee Engagement [More Info] |
| 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm | IGNITE SESSION: Five Innovative Practices to Manage and Working with Big Data in the Testing Industry [More Info] |
| 3:30 pm - 4:15 pm | Dessert with Exhibitors and Roundtables |
| 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Case Study: How Human Grading Machines Standardize Performance Examinations [More Info] |
| 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Combining Learning and Testing: Individual Learning Paths through Testing Expertise in Learning Platforms [More Info] |
| 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Evolution of Psychological Measurement Models and their Applications in Practical Testing and Assessment [More Info] |
| 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | FISHBOWL SESSION: Let’s Eat Grandma!: Toward Better, Cheaper, and Faster Psychometric Editing Practices [More Info] |
| 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Learn Badging from the Leaders [More Info] |
| 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | New Security Trends in High Stakes International Examinations: Communicating with Regulators [More Info] |
| 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Our Heads Shouldn’t Be In The Cloud But Perhaps Our Tests Should Be: Performance-Based Testing and Online Proctoring [More Info] |
| 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION (Kryterion): Hybrid Cloud-Based Test Delivery [More Info] |
| 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION (PSI Services LLC): Organizational Effectiveness Starts at the Top [More Info] |
| 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | PLATINUM SPONSOR SESSION (Yardstick): AIG Free: Mass Production of Items for the Masses [More Info] |
| 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Subscores: Relevance and Reporting [More Info] |
| 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | The Application of Scenario Based Testing (SST) in Large-scale Campus Recruitment Assessment [More Info] |
| 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | The Political Economy of Assessment: Changing the Rules to Get the Assessments We Need [More Info] |
| 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Uncommon Measures Revisited [More Info] |
| 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | You Don’t Have to be a Giant Testing Program to have Scalable and Manageable Performance-Based Exams [More Info] |
| 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Sponsor Thank You and Debrief Reception |
| 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Industrial/Organizational Practice Area Division Reception [More Info] |
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| 8:00 am - 10:00 am | Breakfast with Closing Keynote: Next-Generation Assessment: The Power of Games [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Assessing Conversion Equivalence between Computer and Paper Pencil Testing [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Designing a Standardized Admissions Test for Young Children Utilizing iPad Technology [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Development and Validation of a Technology Enhanced Score Report [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | End-to-End Certification Program on the Cloud [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | FISHBOWL SESSION: The Critical Role of SMEs: Implications to Program Quality, Test Security & Business Assets [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Identity Authentication: Tools to Legitimize Identities in Distance Learning [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Innovative Strategies for Efficient High Quality Item Development [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Item-Writing Workshop: How to Properly Train Writers and Review Items [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Policies and Procedures for the Independent Review of Standard Setting [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Security and Transparency – Do You Know What You Purchased? Do They Know What They Sold You? [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | The Economics of Item Development – Key Cost Factors Impacting Program Profitability [More Info] |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Using Secure Item and Test Designs to Protect Your Tests [More Info] |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Break |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Accessing Web Resources during a High-Stakes Secure Exam: Is an Open-Book Exam Feasible? [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Burning Questions: What Every Exam Manager Wants to Know But Is Afraid to Ask [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Guaranteeing Fairness and Equality of Treatment using Parallel Simulation Exercises in Large Scale Assessment Centres: Two Empirical Studies [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | It's Not Just What you Know, But What You Can do With What you Know that Matters [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Reasonable Accommodations of Selection Tests for Candidates with Disabilities Staffing the EU Institutions: From Policy to Practice [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Standard Setting Issues, Research, and Opportunities for Innovation [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | The Evolution of Standardized Testing - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | What’s in YOUR Quality Toolkit? [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Workforce Credentials: The Employer Perspective [More Info] |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Working a Case: Best Practices in Conducting Exam Integrity Investigations [More Info] |
