COTS Virtual Program

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Times are in Mountain Standard Time (MST)

Welcome to COTS (Virtual) 2023!

9:00-9:05

Jim Wollack & Cindy Meza

What Do You Know about AI Essays?

9:05 - 9:55

Duanli Yan, Educational Testing Service

Test Fraud: How Secure Is Your Strategy?

10:05-10:55

Steve Addicott & John Kleeman

A Score-Based Method to Detect Both Item Compromise and Preknowledge in

11:05 - 11:25

Computerized Adaptive Testing

Kylie Gorney

Opening Keynote: Cheating Services, Academic and Assessment Integrity AI

11:30 -1:00

Panelists: Dr. Thomas Lancaster, Craig Nicholson, Jarret Dyer, Ray Nicosia, & Rachel Schoenig

Aberrance: An R package to detect aberrance in test data

1:15 - 1:35

Kylie Gorney

Addressing Test Security after the AI Toothpaste is Out of the Tube

1:15 - 2:15

Rachel Schoenig, Craig Nicholson, & Dr. Kimberly Brunnert

Thursday, November 9, 2023

Times are in Mountain Standard Time (MST)

COTS Debates

8:30-9:20

Rachel Schoenig, Kim Brunnert & Michael Clifton

Study Sites or Cheating Sites? A discussion on how to treat web sites

9:30-10:20

selling study aid to students.

Jeff Marsh

Using ChatGPT for the automatic creation of SmartItems™ for the purposes of

10:30-11:20

Test Security and Culturally Responsive Assessment.

Sergio Araneda

AI AI - Oh! Exploring the Exciting Possibilities of AI and Technology for

11:30-12:20

Exam Security.

Rachel Schoenig, Dr. Kimberly Brunnert, Dr. Kimberly Swygert, Basim Baig, & Rose Hastings

A more holistic approach to validity: Considering the Connections between

12:35-1:25

Validity, Inclusivity, and Test Security.

John Kleeman, Ben Hunter, & Liberty Munson

Closing

1:25-1:30

Kim Brunnert

Schedule subject to change