Call for Proposals to Present at the VATD 2009 Conference October 27-29, 2009 Koger Conference Center Richmond, Virginia We invite you to actively participate in VATD by presenting at the 2009 Conference. The conference topic for this year will be benchmark assessments. We are seeking breakout sessions so that testing program best practices can be shared in a format that will allow participants to learn from your experience and expertise. Break-out sessions will take place the afternoons of Wednesday October 28th and morning of Thursday October 29th. All sessions will be 50 minutes in length. An overhead projector, screen, and Internet connection will be supplied by VATD, all other equipment will be the responsibility of the presenter. The deadline for submittal of presentation proposals is July 30, 2009. PLEASE ENTER THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION EXACTLY AS YOU WISH IT TO APPEAR IN THE 2009 CONFERENCE PROGRAM: PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR PROPOSED PRESENTATION Title:      Brief Description (100 words or less, please): Key Contact: First name:  (required) Last name:  (required) E-Mail:  (required) School or Organization: Name: Address: Address2:  (room, box, etc.) City: Division: State: Zip Code: Phone: Fax: Presenters: 1  First name:  Last name:  Position:  Division:  School: 2  First name:  Last name:  Position:  Division:  School: 3  First name:  Last name:  Position:  Division:  School: Please indicate the strand that best suits your presentation from the list below: Select One   Effective use of Data  Program Evaluation  Administration/Oranization of testing program  V-Tests  Technology  DDOT 101  Benchmark Assessments  Other   To help us define your presentation, please check the Audience(s) below that apply:  Elementary School     Middle School      High School      Special Ed      General Please check any AV Resources that you will require:  Overhead projector     Screen      Internet access