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           The 7
th

 Conference of the International Test Commission 
July 19-21, 2010 

(July 18, 2010 Pre-conference workshops) 
Hong Kong 

 

 
 

Submission:   http://www.itc2010hk.com    
 

Theme: Challenges and Opportunities in Testing and Assessment in a Globalized Economy 
 

Sub-Themes 
�   Developments in psychometrics and test theory for international testing 
�   Indigenous, second language, and cross national test development 
�   Geotrends in testing: making use of technology advances in test administration and 

data management 
�   Issues of policy, ethics, professionalism and training in multinational testing 
�  Test security and privacy concerns when testing internationally 
 

 
 

State-of the-Art Lecture 
John Hattie (University of Auckland, New Zealand) 

       Global testing, global opportunities, global challenges, and a global future for assessment 
 

Robert Roe (University of Maastricht, The Netherlands)  

       Testing for travelers: Past and future 
 

Keynote Address 
Fanny M. Cheung (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China) 

       From indigenous to cross-cultural personality assessment: The usefulness of the combined  

emic-etic approach  
 

David Foster (KRYTERION, USA) 

       International high-stakes online testing: Best practices for test security and data privacy 
 

Thomas Oakland (University of Florida, USA) 

       Ethical and other professional issues: What to do when working in the absence of local 

standards 
 

Neal Schmitt (Michigan State University, USA) 

       Validation support for selection procedures 
 

Fons van de Vijver (Tilburg University, The Netherlands) 

       Recent developments in international testing 

Important Dates 
Call for papers and symposia:  1 January, 2009 

Closing deadline for proposals: 1 December, 2009 

Notification to authors:  15 February, 2010 

Early bird registration:  1 April, 2010 



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Workshop Presenters and Topics 
Avi Allalouf (National Institute for Testing and Evaluation, Israel)  

       Establishing the ITC guidelines on quality control in scoring, analysis and reporting of test 

scores  
 

David Bartram (SHL, UK)  

       Applying IRT models to personality assessment 
 

Barbara Byrne (University of Ottawa, Canada)  

       Testing basic structural equation models: Overview and hands-on application using the EQS 

approach 
 

Wai Chan (Chinese University of Hong Kong)  

       Introduction to structural equation modeling 
 

Kurt Geisinger (Buros Center on Testing & University of Nebraska, USA)  

       Evaluating test quality as users and writing manuals as  authors: Two sides of a coin 
 

Ronald Hambleton (University of Massachusetts, USA)  

      Item Response Theory:  Introduction to concepts, models, parameter estimation and fit, and 

several applications  
 

Kwok Leung (City University of Hong Kong)  

       Methods and designs for enhancing cross-cultural invariance  
 

Bruno Zumbo (University of British Columbia, Canada)  

       Psychometric methods for investigating differential item functioning (DIF) and test bias: 

Concepts, methods and applications  

 

Other Information 
International Test Commission (ITC) website 

     http://www.intestcom.org 
 

Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) website 

    http://www.psy.cuhk.edu.hk 
 

Organizing Committee  

    Email: itc2010@psy.cuhk.edu.hk 
 

The 7th ITC Conference is a satellite meeting of the 27th International Congress of Applied 

Psychology, 11-16 July 2010, Melbourne, Australia  

    http://www.icap2010.com