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SUMMARY:CAL Presentation: Increasing EL Achievement Through Teacher Capacity Building
DESCRIPTION:Event: TESOL Conference 2026\nLocation: 150 DEF at the Salt Palace Convention Center\nDate & Time: March 26\, 2026 |1:00 PM\nSession Format: Presentation\nPresenter(s): \n     Marybelle Marrero-Colón (Center for Applied Linguistics) \n     Carmen De La Cruz Scales (Carlin Springs Elementary School) \nThis presentation showcases one school’s journey toward capacity building. By focusing on an effective\, research-based model\, this school built a 3-year plan to improve teacher capacity. Supported by a job-embedded approach featuring guided lesson design and lesson study\, results are noted in improved teacher evaluations\, student achievement\, and language proficiency.
URL:https://www.cal.org/event/cal-presentation-increasing-el-achievement-through-teacher-capacity-building/
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SUMMARY:CAL Presentation: Making Literacy Instruction Meaningful for Multilingual Learners Through Interactive Activities
DESCRIPTION:Event: TESOL Convention 2026\nLocation: Ballroom F at the Salt Palace Convention Center\nDate & Time: March 26\, 2026 | 2:30 PM\nSession Format: Presentation\nPresenter(s): \n     Marybelle Marrero-Colón (Center for Applied Linguistics) \n     Kia Johnson (Center for Applied Linguistics) \nDescription:  \n This session explores how literacy instruction can be meaningful and fun through activities such as multilingual story boxes\, multicultural literacy autobiographies\, dice conversations\, and writing from visuals. Participants engage in various activities and analyze how they can support foundational skill development\, reading comprehension\, and language acquisition.
URL:https://www.cal.org/event/cal-presentation-making-literacy-instruction-meaningful-for-multilingual-learners-through-interactive-activities/
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SUMMARY:CAL Presentation: Leading and Learning for Rural Multilingual Learners: An Inquiry Session
DESCRIPTION:Event: TESOL Convention 2026\nLocation: Ballroom F at the Salt Palace Convention Center\nDate & Time: March 27\, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM\nSession Format: Presentation\nPresenter(s): \n     Diep Nguyen(Center for Applied Linguistics) \n     Kia Johnson (Center for Applied Linguistics) \nDescription:  \nThis session explores how literacy instruction can be meaningful and fun through activities such as multilingual story boxes\, multicultural literacy autobiographies\, dice conversations\, and writing from visuals. Participants engage in various activities and analyze how they can support foundational skill development\, reading comprehension\, and language acquisition.
URL:https://www.cal.org/event/cal-presentation-leading-and-learning-for-rural-multilingual-learners-an-inquiry-session/
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SUMMARY:Conference Presentation: Hyperparameter Optimization for Neural Network-Based IRT in Constrained Settings
DESCRIPTION:“Hyperparameter Optimization for Neural Network-Based IRT in Constrained Settings“\nEvent: NCME Annual Meeting\nDate: Thursday\, April 9\, 9:45 AM ET – 10:45 AM ET\nSession Format: Presentation \nPresenters: \n     Seong Eun Hong \nDescription: \nThis study investigates hyperparameter optimization in neural network-based IRT  estimation. Using simulation with varying item pool sizes\, iterations\, and tuning strategies\, results show fine-tuning improves performance under constrained settings\, offering practical guidelines for implementing neural networks in educational assessment with limited item banks and test administrations
URL:https://www.cal.org/event/conference-presentation-hyperparameter-optimization-for-neural-network-based-irt-in-constrained-settings/
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SUMMARY:Conference Presentation: Implementing Multilingual Multimodal Classroom Assessment Activities: Evidence from Elementary School Science"
DESCRIPTION:“Implementing Multilingual Multimodal Classroom Assessment Activities: Evidence from Elementary School Science”\nEvent: NCME Annual Meeting\nDate: Thursday\, April 9\, 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM\nSession Format: Presentation \nPresenters: \n     Keira Ballantyne \nAmy Burden \n     Brittany York \nDescription: \nMultilingual students in K-12 settings are learning and being assessed in content areas while still in the process of learning the language of the assessment. Our research project explores how classroom educators might use multilingual multimodal formative assessment activities to gain a clearer picture of multilingual elementary students’ scientific sense-making.
URL:https://www.cal.org/event/presentation-implementing-multilingual-multimodal-classroom-assessment-activities-evidence-from-elementary-school-science/
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SUMMARY:Conference Presentation: A Holistic Model for Developing an Early Childhood English Language Proficiency Assessment
DESCRIPTION:“A Holistic Model for Developing an Early Childhood English Language Proficiency Assessment”\nEvent: NCME Annual Meeting\nDate: Saturday\, April 11\, 2026\, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM\nSession Format: Presentation \nLocation: Silver Lake A\nPresenters: \n     Yu Lan Su (Center for Applied Linguistics) \n      Aubrey Sahouria (Center for Applied Linguistics) \n      Jasmine Tsai\, Yamei Wang (Center for Applied Linguistics) \nDescription: \nThis two-year study outlines the development of a psychometrically sound English language proficiency assessment for early childhood learners\, leveraging storybook-based tasks to enhance engagement. The assessment underwent a rigorous multi-phase process to achieve strong psychometric characteristics. This presentation details the methodological framework and analyses that underpin the final assessment forms.
URL:https://www.cal.org/event/conference-presentation-a-holistic-model-for-developing-an-early-childhood-english-language-proficiency-assessment/
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