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Testing 2006:
Staying on the Right Track

September 6-9, 2006

St. Louis, Missouri

Conference Session Descriptions

Listed below are brief descriptions of the sessions being offered at the 2006 annual conference. These descriptions may be of value to you as you register for the conference and identify on the conference registration form the sessions you plan to attend.

Session 1
Thursday
2:00pm - 3:00pm A. Getting Onboard with PRAXIS

Administering PRAXIS exams can be challenging. With the tremendous variety of tests and formats, materials, and candidate concerns, staff must work efficiently in order to manage all aspects of the program. Two experienced PRAXIS supervisors are prepared to share their Top 10 Tips for successful PRAXIS administrations. Come prepared to listen, learn, and share your tips, too.

Powerpoint Presentation

B. Keep Scheduling Complexities from Derailing Your Center

Due to increased student enrollment, multiple tests, increased hours to administer standardized tests, and schedule complexities, a web-based scheduling application benefits assessment/testing centers.

C. Staying on the Right Track

Whether you’re a novice testing administrator or a seasoned vet, this round table discussion will focus on challenges, issues, concerns, best practices, and the highs and lows of testing services. Come share, listen, and learn from your colleagues to make sure you're staying on the right track!

D. Marketing Plan to Keep Your Test Center on the Track to Success

Effective marketing efforts are an essential aspect of spotlighting your office's services! This workshop addresses the marketing aspects of test center operations at educational institutions and will assist you in developing your own marketing strategies. Key topics include free or low-cost methods, websites, e-mail, flyer/poster campaigns, little-known resources, and marketing timelines. Workshop packets will be provided to each participant, and sample marketing materials will be available for viewing.

Session 2
Thursday
3:15pm - 4:45pm A. Surviving the iBT Storm

A panel of eight testing center supervisors from a variety of geographical and metropolitan areas will discuss their incredible balancing task of implementing iBT testing this past year. This informative session of successes and failures will review the impact of this program on their testing offices.

Panel Spreadsheet
Powerpoint Presentation

B. Outreach and Distance Testing Made Easy

Participants will learn how colleges are using two new features of the COMPASS Internet testing system. The Multiple Test Centers feature facilitates high school outreach services to increase college readiness and to support dual enrollment programs. The National Remote Testing Network provides supervised testing at COMPASS sites across the country for a college's extended distance students, including those who will later attend the campus and those interested in on-line courses. ACT staff will also provide insight on using the 26 COMPASS diagnostic tests with high school and/or college level students. Diagnostic outcomes provide detailed information that can be used to assist in determining a student’s strengths and weaknesses in specific subareas of knowledge and skills. The session includes practical how to information and group discussion time for questions and sharing of ideas.

C. Building Up Steam for Policy Discussions on Your Campus

Are you in the midst of a policy discussion on your campus? In this informative session, discover how you can have a greater voice in decisions impacting you, your assessment center, and your students. Gain insight from a Texas institution which just went through a credit-by-exam policy revision. Identify proactive steps you can take, and learn of resources that may aid you in the process.

Session 3
Thursday
5:00pm - 6:00pm A. Online Proctored Final Exams for DE Courses

The University of Maryland University College (UMUC) administers more than 60,000 undergraduate final exams per year to distance education students worldwide. Beginning with the mid-spring semester, UMUC will be partnering with a vendor to deliver those exams online. An overview of the types of exams, old and new exam processes, anticipated benefits, known challenges, student participation goals, and future plans of the online exams project will be provided. Data from the mid-spring pilot administration of the online exams project will be presented.

B. From Paper/Pencil to Computerized Testing

This session will address how a campus moved from paper/pencil placement testing center to a state of the art on-line computer facility. How we set cut-scores, involved faculty and administration, and set up and funded the facility will also be shared. Other topics for discussion will include how COMPASS/ESL Internet test impacted our decision, future enhancements of the COMPASS/ESL internet test, performance of COMPASS/ESL internet as an essential ingredient, and lessons learned.

C. On Track with MAT and PCAT

The Miller Analogies Test (MAT) and Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) are developed and administered by Harcourt Assessment, Inc. The MAT has been used as a graduate school admission test for more than 70 years in university programs throughout the United States. The PCAT is used in over 70% of pharmacy schools and colleges as a graduate admission requirement to enter pharmacy school. The information presented in this session is intended to provide answers to the questions that administrators receive from MAT and PCAT examinees. Updates will be provided on the MAT computer-based test as well as new policies and procedures that will benefit administrators and proctors in their administration of these assessments.

D. Taking It to the Streets with Accuplacer

Learn how a new testing initiative took flight as two large urban districts, a community college, and a university work collaboratively to take ACCUPLACER® to eleven high school campuses across El Paso, Texas. Highlights include forming partnerships, administration logistics, and testing impacts on developmental education.

Session 4
Friday
9:30am - 10:30am A. Understanding Universal Design and Its Impact on Testing

Universal design has made life easier for all of us. While it is often mentioned as a way to make education more accessible for students with disabilities, it is really a way to make education more accessible for everyone. This workshop will discuss the history and principles of universal design and how this concept is affecting the testing world. This session will also show how those of us in testing can help others in education embrace the concepts of universal design.

B. The A+dvancer/Accuplacer Connection

This workshop will showcase the A+dvancer courseware program. A+dvancer was designed with the same proficiencies as Accuplacer and serves as an exceptional tool for aiding students with their college readiness skills. The A+dvancer program will be demonstrated and participants will learn the many benefits of using both Accuplacer and A+dvancer as a way to increase retention, boost student morale to encourage them to keep going, provide early intervention, and ensure more accurate placement.

C. Past, Present, and Future: Evolution of an ACT Center

This presentation looks at the first five years of Bossier Parish Community College’s ACT Center, a computer-based testing and online training facility providing services to academics and the workforce. A representative from ACT, Inc. will review recent developments, future plans, and opportunities for colleges to join the ACT Center network.

D. Has the Assessment Train Left the Station?

This presentation will discuss research on student assessment and placement, focusing on the effect on student success of properly and improperly implemented assessment systems. Assessment and placement may be one of the most overlooked factors in student success. This work will show that proper research is vital to the development of a successful placement system.

Session 5
Friday
10:45am - 12:15pm A. Leadership: It's All Fun and Games!

Have you ever had to prepare for staff retreats, workshops, or training sessions? Have you ever been guilty of giving long, boring presentations? Do you ever want to add some spice and pizzazz to a dull moment?
This highly interactive, hands-on session is designed to offer many opportunities to explore innovative techniques of planning and developing an experientially based leadership training, retreat, and workshop. Discover unique and exciting ways to enhance your training sessions and workshops utilizing icebreakers and team builders. Come aboard for a jam-packed, exhilarating adventure to ensure that your program is a success! You’ll be sure to stay on the right track!

B. Calling All High School Students - First Stop: Placement Junction

High school students entering college from Maryland public schools place in high numbers into developmental courses. We have instituted programs that are alliances between the high schools and Anne Arundel Community College to decrease the numbers of developmental courses that incoming students need. AACC has partnered with 12 county high schools and will administer Accuplacer to 10th through 12th graders. In this workshop we will discuss the various programs and interventions.

C. CLEP and New Student Orientation

Enhancing your services by incorporating CLEP into your new student orientation program offers many benefits. This session will present research regarding the retention of CLEP versus non-CLEP incoming freshmen and how testing centers can use the information to gain the support of the recruiting staff and the university’s administration and faculty. Methods for promoting CLEP during orientation to incoming freshmen and their parents as well as to the university staff, and ideas for coordinating and administering these multiple and concurrent exams will be included.

Session 6
Friday
1:45pm - 2:45pm A. Online/On Track: Ensuring Exam Integrity

In 2001, Creighton University launched the nation’s first web-based entry level Doctor of Pharmacy degree pathway. This presentation will describe the model used to employ testing centers to deliver online assessments successfully, ensure policy compliance, and address technology issues for students distributed across the United States and Canada.

B. Lessons Learned

Coming to the world of college testing from outside of academia has made for a very interesting and challenging first year. This included starting a brand new Testing Center in addition to learning about the testing industry. This session is an opportunity to share what I have learned and to promote dialogue with the attendees about testing center best practices.

Powerpoint Presentation

C. Creating, Scheduling, Delivering, and Reporting on Computerized Assessments

Learn the basics of writing, scheduling, delivering, and reporting on assessments using Questionmark Perception. See the latest innovations in the use of online surveys, quizzes, tests, and exams, including workflow management, distributed authoring, drag-and-drop publishing, WYSIWYG HTML authoring, and content management. This session will benefit instructors, test center managers, and others involved in administering assessments.

D. Beyond Testing: Strategies for Growing Testing Departments

This workshop explores strategies for promoting the growth of testing departments and enhancing their position with their institutions. Topics that will be addressed include Finances and Face Validity, Playing the Politics, Positioning with the Power Brokers, Alignment and Agents of Change, Principles of Value Add, Marketing Everything, Earning Prophets and Finding a Silver Bullet. Best practices employed by successful testing directors for promoting the growth of their departments will also be shared. Questions and discussion among the participants will be encouraged.

Powerpoint Presentation (stand alone)

Session 7
Friday
3:30pm - 4:30pm A. The Revised GRE General Test - Coming September 2007

In September, 2007, changes to the Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, and Analytical Writing sections of the GRE General Test will be introduced. In this session, GRE will discuss the goals of the effort and provide information on the changes being introduced. An update on the status of the TOEFL iBT rollout will also be provided.

B. On the Right Track to Finding the Right Major

The cost of higher education compels us to help students find the right career path or college major as soon as possible. This presentation includes a description of the Career Quest workshop at Moore Norman Technology Center, ways to incorporate it into college orientation, suggestions on how to use Myers Briggs and Holland codes for career decision-making, an example of how to categorize programs and majors, and some recommendations for low- or no-cost assessment tools.

C. A Testing Center's Role in Promoting Student Learning

The presenters will discuss a unique organizational structure that promotes student learning and raises the visibility and role of your Testing Center on campus and in your community. Examples of successful collaborative pathways between high school and college will be explored, along with the testing center's role as a learning facilitator. The presenters will illustrate successful strategies and pilots.

Session 8
Saturday
8:30am - 9:30am A. A System for Tracking Testing Center Services

This presentation will cover the transition from a paper-based test tracking system to the use of the software program AccuTesting. During this session, we will showcase the new computerized system, the features it offers to a testing center, and the ease with which it can be implemented

B. Full Speed Ahead with Accuplacer - The Next Generation

The launch of the new ACCUPLACER Online platform is upon us. Join us for a glimpse of the new platform and its many benefits. You will participate in a discussion about valuable practices related to recruitment and retention and learn more about the availability of free institutional validity studies.

C. Administering Large Paper/Pencil Exams

Join us for a round table discussion for supervisors of large paper/pencil Saturday administrations and test company personnel. Supervisors can share their secrets of the trade, which may prove especially beneficial to newer test center supervisors. Following this, the discussion will focus on what different test companies do that works well from an administrative standpoint and where there remains room for improvement. This session is solely a sharing of ideas and brainstorming ways to prepare for the smoothest administrations.

D. Getting All the Credit You Deserve

This session will provide an overview of major credit-by-exam programs, including CLEP, DANTES, AP, and the International Baccalaureate (IB).
There will be a description of each credit-by-exam program's major features, target audience (if applicable), and other relevant information. Differences and similarities of the programs will be explored. Fees and other financial issues of each program will be discussed. Pros and cons of each program will also be a part of the presentation. Throughout the presentation, there will be opportunity for participants to share how credit-by-exam is handled at their institutions.

Session 9
Saturday
9:45am - 10:45am A. Testing Built on Principles (An HBCU Model)

As our institutions evolve and embrace change and diversity, so must professionals who work in them. There is a growing need for principle-centered leaders in today’s higher education community. This workshop will address these dynamics and universal, timeless principles most relevant to the testing professional.

B. Getting on Board with NCTA's Online Resources

Come learn about all of the online resources available to NCTA members. We’ll cover some of the ins and outs of the mailing lists, the wiki, and the website. There will also be plenty of time for Q&A, so come with lots of questions for our webmaster.

C. Following the Data Tracks to Understand Intelligence

This workshop will provide an overview of CHC theory, a data-based theory of human cognitive abilities that is gaining increasing support. A variety of widely used commercial tests of intelligence, including the WAIS-III and the WJ-III, will be used to illustrate assessment/interpretive techniques.

D. Career Preparation: The COMPASS Connection

Many high school graduates are not academically prepared for college-level courses or workforce training. As a result, Hawkeye Community College and the Waterloo Community Schools created a partnership to provide career preparation and new opportunities for post secondary education. Through the use of Explore, Plan, COMPASS, ACT, and campus visits, we are encouraging all students to take rigorous courses that align with their career selections. Learn about how this partnership evolved and the many ways we are expanding post secondary education.

Session 1 Thursday 2:00pm - 3:00pm	A. Getting Onboard with PRAXIS
Session 1 Thursday 2:00pm - 3:00pm	Administering PRAXIS exams can be challenging. With the tremendous variety of tests and formats, materials, and candidate concerns, staff must work efficiently in order to manage all aspects of the program. Two experienced PRAXIS supervisors are prepared to share their Top 10 Tips for successful PRAXIS administrations. Come prepared to listen, learn, and share your tips, too. Powerpoint Presentation
	B. Keep Scheduling Complexities from Derailing Your Center
	Due to increased student enrollment, multiple tests, increased hours to administer standardized tests, and schedule complexities, a web-based scheduling application benefits assessment/testing centers.
	C. Staying on the Right Track
	Whether you’re a novice testing administrator or a seasoned vet, this round table discussion will focus on challenges, issues, concerns, best practices, and the highs and lows of testing services. Come share, listen, and learn from your colleagues to make sure you're staying on the right track!
	D. Marketing Plan to Keep Your Test Center on the Track to Success
	Effective marketing efforts are an essential aspect of spotlighting your office's services! This workshop addresses the marketing aspects of test center operations at educational institutions and will assist you in developing your own marketing strategies. Key topics include free or low-cost methods, websites, e-mail, flyer/poster campaigns, little-known resources, and marketing timelines. Workshop packets will be provided to each participant, and sample marketing materials will be available for viewing.
Session 2 Thursday 3:15pm - 4:45pm	A. Surviving the iBT Storm
Session 2 Thursday 3:15pm - 4:45pm	A panel of eight testing center supervisors from a variety of geographical and metropolitan areas will discuss their incredible balancing task of implementing iBT testing this past year. This informative session of successes and failures will review the impact of this program on their testing offices. Panel Spreadsheet Powerpoint Presentation
	B. Outreach and Distance Testing Made Easy
	Participants will learn how colleges are using two new features of the COMPASS Internet testing system. The Multiple Test Centers feature facilitates high school outreach services to increase college readiness and to support dual enrollment programs. The National Remote Testing Network provides supervised testing at COMPASS sites across the country for a college's extended distance students, including those who will later attend the campus and those interested in on-line courses. ACT staff will also provide insight on using the 26 COMPASS diagnostic tests with high school and/or college level students. Diagnostic outcomes provide detailed information that can be used to assist in determining a student’s strengths and weaknesses in specific subareas of knowledge and skills. The session includes practical how to information and group discussion time for questions and sharing of ideas.
	C. Building Up Steam for Policy Discussions on Your Campus
	Are you in the midst of a policy discussion on your campus? In this informative session, discover how you can have a greater voice in decisions impacting you, your assessment center, and your students. Gain insight from a Texas institution which just went through a credit-by-exam policy revision. Identify proactive steps you can take, and learn of resources that may aid you in the process.
Session 3 Thursday 5:00pm - 6:00pm	A. Online Proctored Final Exams for DE Courses
Session 3 Thursday 5:00pm - 6:00pm	The University of Maryland University College (UMUC) administers more than 60,000 undergraduate final exams per year to distance education students worldwide. Beginning with the mid-spring semester, UMUC will be partnering with a vendor to deliver those exams online. An overview of the types of exams, old and new exam processes, anticipated benefits, known challenges, student participation goals, and future plans of the online exams project will be provided. Data from the mid-spring pilot administration of the online exams project will be presented.
	B. From Paper/Pencil to Computerized Testing
	This session will address how a campus moved from paper/pencil placement testing center to a state of the art on-line computer facility. How we set cut-scores, involved faculty and administration, and set up and funded the facility will also be shared. Other topics for discussion will include how COMPASS/ESL Internet test impacted our decision, future enhancements of the COMPASS/ESL internet test, performance of COMPASS/ESL internet as an essential ingredient, and lessons learned.
	C. On Track with MAT and PCAT
	The Miller Analogies Test (MAT) and Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) are developed and administered by Harcourt Assessment, Inc. The MAT has been used as a graduate school admission test for more than 70 years in university programs throughout the United States. The PCAT is used in over 70% of pharmacy schools and colleges as a graduate admission requirement to enter pharmacy school. The information presented in this session is intended to provide answers to the questions that administrators receive from MAT and PCAT examinees. Updates will be provided on the MAT computer-based test as well as new policies and procedures that will benefit administrators and proctors in their administration of these assessments.
	D. Taking It to the Streets with Accuplacer
	Learn how a new testing initiative took flight as two large urban districts, a community college, and a university work collaboratively to take ACCUPLACER® to eleven high school campuses across El Paso, Texas. Highlights include forming partnerships, administration logistics, and testing impacts on developmental education.
Session 4 Friday 9:30am - 10:30am	A. Understanding Universal Design and Its Impact on Testing
Session 4 Friday 9:30am - 10:30am	Universal design has made life easier for all of us. While it is often mentioned as a way to make education more accessible for students with disabilities, it is really a way to make education more accessible for everyone. This workshop will discuss the history and principles of universal design and how this concept is affecting the testing world. This session will also show how those of us in testing can help others in education embrace the concepts of universal design.
	B. The A+dvancer/Accuplacer Connection
	This workshop will showcase the A+dvancer courseware program. A+dvancer was designed with the same proficiencies as Accuplacer and serves as an exceptional tool for aiding students with their college readiness skills. The A+dvancer program will be demonstrated and participants will learn the many benefits of using both Accuplacer and A+dvancer as a way to increase retention, boost student morale to encourage them to keep going, provide early intervention, and ensure more accurate placement.
	C. Past, Present, and Future: Evolution of an ACT Center
	This presentation looks at the first five years of Bossier Parish Community College’s ACT Center, a computer-based testing and online training facility providing services to academics and the workforce. A representative from ACT, Inc. will review recent developments, future plans, and opportunities for colleges to join the ACT Center network.
	D. Has the Assessment Train Left the Station?
	This presentation will discuss research on student assessment and placement, focusing on the effect on student success of properly and improperly implemented assessment systems. Assessment and placement may be one of the most overlooked factors in student success. This work will show that proper research is vital to the development of a successful placement system.
Session 5 Friday 10:45am - 12:15pm	A. Leadership: It's All Fun and Games!
Session 5 Friday 10:45am - 12:15pm	Have you ever had to prepare for staff retreats, workshops, or training sessions? Have you ever been guilty of giving long, boring presentations? Do you ever want to add some spice and pizzazz to a dull moment? This highly interactive, hands-on session is designed to offer many opportunities to explore innovative techniques of planning and developing an experientially based leadership training, retreat, and workshop. Discover unique and exciting ways to enhance your training sessions and workshops utilizing icebreakers and team builders. Come aboard for a jam-packed, exhilarating adventure to ensure that your program is a success! You’ll be sure to stay on the right track!
	B. Calling All High School Students - First Stop: Placement Junction
	High school students entering college from Maryland public schools place in high numbers into developmental courses. We have instituted programs that are alliances between the high schools and Anne Arundel Community College to decrease the numbers of developmental courses that incoming students need. AACC has partnered with 12 county high schools and will administer Accuplacer to 10th through 12th graders. In this workshop we will discuss the various programs and interventions.
	C. CLEP and New Student Orientation
	Enhancing your services by incorporating CLEP into your new student orientation program offers many benefits. This session will present research regarding the retention of CLEP versus non-CLEP incoming freshmen and how testing centers can use the information to gain the support of the recruiting staff and the university’s administration and faculty. Methods for promoting CLEP during orientation to incoming freshmen and their parents as well as to the university staff, and ideas for coordinating and administering these multiple and concurrent exams will be included.
Session 6 Friday 1:45pm - 2:45pm	A. Online/On Track: Ensuring Exam Integrity
Session 6 Friday 1:45pm - 2:45pm	In 2001, Creighton University launched the nation’s first web-based entry level Doctor of Pharmacy degree pathway. This presentation will describe the model used to employ testing centers to deliver online assessments successfully, ensure policy compliance, and address technology issues for students distributed across the United States and Canada.
	B. Lessons Learned
	Coming to the world of college testing from outside of academia has made for a very interesting and challenging first year. This included starting a brand new Testing Center in addition to learning about the testing industry. This session is an opportunity to share what I have learned and to promote dialogue with the attendees about testing center best practices. Powerpoint Presentation
	C. Creating, Scheduling, Delivering, and Reporting on Computerized Assessments
	Learn the basics of writing, scheduling, delivering, and reporting on assessments using Questionmark Perception. See the latest innovations in the use of online surveys, quizzes, tests, and exams, including workflow management, distributed authoring, drag-and-drop publishing, WYSIWYG HTML authoring, and content management. This session will benefit instructors, test center managers, and others involved in administering assessments.
	D. Beyond Testing: Strategies for Growing Testing Departments
	This workshop explores strategies for promoting the growth of testing departments and enhancing their position with their institutions. Topics that will be addressed include Finances and Face Validity, Playing the Politics, Positioning with the Power Brokers, Alignment and Agents of Change, Principles of Value Add, Marketing Everything, Earning Prophets and Finding a Silver Bullet. Best practices employed by successful testing directors for promoting the growth of their departments will also be shared. Questions and discussion among the participants will be encouraged. Powerpoint Presentation (stand alone)
Session 7 Friday 3:30pm - 4:30pm	A. The Revised GRE General Test - Coming September 2007
Session 7 Friday 3:30pm - 4:30pm	In September, 2007, changes to the Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, and Analytical Writing sections of the GRE General Test will be introduced. In this session, GRE will discuss the goals of the effort and provide information on the changes being introduced. An update on the status of the TOEFL iBT rollout will also be provided.
	B. On the Right Track to Finding the Right Major
	The cost of higher education compels us to help students find the right career path or college major as soon as possible. This presentation includes a description of the Career Quest workshop at Moore Norman Technology Center, ways to incorporate it into college orientation, suggestions on how to use Myers Briggs and Holland codes for career decision-making, an example of how to categorize programs and majors, and some recommendations for low- or no-cost assessment tools.
	C. A Testing Center's Role in Promoting Student Learning
	The presenters will discuss a unique organizational structure that promotes student learning and raises the visibility and role of your Testing Center on campus and in your community. Examples of successful collaborative pathways between high school and college will be explored, along with the testing center's role as a learning facilitator. The presenters will illustrate successful strategies and pilots.
Session 8 Saturday 8:30am - 9:30am	A. A System for Tracking Testing Center Services
Session 8 Saturday 8:30am - 9:30am	This presentation will cover the transition from a paper-based test tracking system to the use of the software program AccuTesting. During this session, we will showcase the new computerized system, the features it offers to a testing center, and the ease with which it can be implemented
	B. Full Speed Ahead with Accuplacer - The Next Generation
	The launch of the new ACCUPLACER Online platform is upon us. Join us for a glimpse of the new platform and its many benefits. You will participate in a discussion about valuable practices related to recruitment and retention and learn more about the availability of free institutional validity studies.
	C. Administering Large Paper/Pencil Exams
	Join us for a round table discussion for supervisors of large paper/pencil Saturday administrations and test company personnel. Supervisors can share their secrets of the trade, which may prove especially beneficial to newer test center supervisors. Following this, the discussion will focus on what different test companies do that works well from an administrative standpoint and where there remains room for improvement. This session is solely a sharing of ideas and brainstorming ways to prepare for the smoothest administrations.
	D. Getting All the Credit You Deserve
	This session will provide an overview of major credit-by-exam programs, including CLEP, DANTES, AP, and the International Baccalaureate (IB). There will be a description of each credit-by-exam program's major features, target audience (if applicable), and other relevant information. Differences and similarities of the programs will be explored. Fees and other financial issues of each program will be discussed. Pros and cons of each program will also be a part of the presentation. Throughout the presentation, there will be opportunity for participants to share how credit-by-exam is handled at their institutions.
Session 9 Saturday 9:45am - 10:45am	A. Testing Built on Principles (An HBCU Model)
Session 9 Saturday 9:45am - 10:45am	As our institutions evolve and embrace change and diversity, so must professionals who work in them. There is a growing need for principle-centered leaders in today’s higher education community. This workshop will address these dynamics and universal, timeless principles most relevant to the testing professional.
	B. Getting on Board with NCTA's Online Resources
	Come learn about all of the online resources available to NCTA members. We’ll cover some of the ins and outs of the mailing lists, the wiki, and the website. There will also be plenty of time for Q&A, so come with lots of questions for our webmaster.
	C. Following the Data Tracks to Understand Intelligence
	This workshop will provide an overview of CHC theory, a data-based theory of human cognitive abilities that is gaining increasing support. A variety of widely used commercial tests of intelligence, including the WAIS-III and the WJ-III, will be used to illustrate assessment/interpretive techniques.
	D. Career Preparation: The COMPASS Connection
	Many high school graduates are not academically prepared for college-level courses or workforce training. As a result, Hawkeye Community College and the Waterloo Community Schools created a partnership to provide career preparation and new opportunities for post secondary education. Through the use of Explore, Plan, COMPASS, ACT, and campus visits, we are encouraging all students to take rigorous courses that align with their career selections. Learn about how this partnership evolved and the many ways we are expanding post secondary education.