[etni] [FWD: Conference: "Testing our Tests: Are Exams Doing the Job?"]
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Subject: Conference: "Testing our Tests: Are Exams Doing the Job?"
From: "Sara Saunders" <saunders@xxxxxxxxx>
You are cordially invited to attend a National Conference on:
Testing our Tests: Are Exams Doing the Job?
sponsored by The Lila Bet-El Endowment Fund
Thursday, April 14, 2005 / 5 Nissan, 5765
9:30 -16:15
At the Jerusalem College of Technology (Machon Lev)
21 Havaad Haleumi Street, Givat Mordechai,
Jerusalem
SCHEDULE:
9:30-10:00 ? Registration
10:00-10:15 ? Greetings
Mr. Raphael Gefen, Former Chief Inspector for English, Ministry of
Education
Prof. Joseph Bodenheimer, President, JCT
Prof. Menachem Steiner, Rector, JCT
Mr. Michael Gordon, Head of English Dept., JCT
10:15-11:05 Dr. Ofra Inbar
The School of Education, Tel-Aviv University; Beit Berl College of
Education
"Using Content-Based Instruction in Academic Settings: Assessment
considerations"
11:05-11:55 Ms. Ruth Fortus
Director of Test Development, National Institute for Testing &
Evaluation
"Constructing a Multiple-Choice English Test"
11:55-12:45 Dr. Susan Schneider
David Yellin College of Education; Director of English Language Centre
"Doing Away with Unseens: Dream or Reality?"
12:45-13:15 Light lunch
13:15-14:00 Mr. Yuval Peleg
Operational Director, Til International
"Psychometric Aspects of English Tests" [in Hebrew]
14:00-15:00 Workshops
Dr. Erica Garb
Director of English Studies for the pre-academic centers under the
auspices of
the Association for the Advancement of Education in Israel
1. "'Washback': How Tests Influence Teaching "
2. "Adapting Tests to Specific Populations"
Mr. Meir Komar
Director of Academic Quality and Development, JCT
"Whom Do Tests Test: Student or Teacher?"
15:15-16:15 Panel Discussion: "Is There a Perfect Test?"
Dr. Yitzchak Isaac (Chair)
JCT; Head of Research Unit, Michlala Jerusalem;
Director of Entrance Examination for Teacher Training Colleges in
Israel, Mofet Institute
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For additional inquiries, please contact:
JCT ? English Dept.
Tel.: 02-6751026 / 6751256
Fax: 02-6751256
Email: eng@xxxxxxxxx
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