Program Overview

The 2019 Innovations in Testing Conference will encourage attendees to challenge, transform, and evolve.

Innovations in Testing brings together industry professionals representing a wide variety of practice areas guaranteeing diverse perspectives and valuable collaboration.

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Innovations in Testing will feature:

A diverse choice of Educational Breakout Sessions, Product Demonstrations, ePoster Sessions, Interactive Workshops, Fishbowl Sessions, Peas in a Pod Discussions, and Innovative Debates
Informative Keynote Speakers presenting on cutting-edge topics
Numerous networking opportunities designed to connect you with other industry experts
Vendor exhibits showcasing leading testing and assessment tools, technologies, and services

The Innovations in Testing Conference is your only opportunity to learn about issues at the forefront of the assessment industry. The following topics will be addressed throughout the conference program:

Learning Sciences: Focuses on cognitive-psychological, social-psychological, and cultural-psychological disciplines for improving design and implementation of learning innovation and instructional methods.

Trending or Disruptive Technologies: Focuses on groundbreaking technologies that have practical implications in the testing industry.

Program Design: Addresses the goals, purpose, and policies of establishing a testing program, the roles of the different stakeholders within the program, the stakes involved, and the expected outcomes.

Legislation, Policy, and Accessibility: Focuses on legislative mandates, legal and regulatory matters, government policies, and issues regarding accessibility and accommodations.

Measurement and Psychometrics: Covers a wide range of measurement subjects, such as job analyses, item/test development, Item Response Theory, Classical Test Theory, standard setting, issues of examination validity and reliability, and measurement research.

Security and Privacy: Addresses topics such as biometrics, data forensics, fraud prevention and detection, protection of intellectual property, and data privacy.

Data Analytics and Management: Includes all aspects of the collection, transmission, processing, storage, analysis, and reporting of data, including test scores and personally identifiable information.

Business Strategy and Operations: Focuses on the business of testing, including marketing, branding, program management, and building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders.

Test Administration and Delivery Models: Addresses methods surrounding test delivery modalities and models, such as paper-and-pencil, computer-based testing, internet-based testing, remote proctored testing, unproctored testing, performance testing, and linear versus adaptive.

Whether you are new to ATP or have been attending for 20 years, the 2019 Innovations in Testing Conference offers every attendee a valuable and inspiring experience.