Select Conference Presentations by Brian Huot

“Consequences of High-Stakes High School Writing Assessments for College Composition Programs.” Conference on College Composition and Communication Annual Meeting, San Antonio, 2004.

“Effects of State-Mandated Secondary Writing Assessments:Students, Teachers and Professors Speak Out.” The National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference, San Francisco, 2003.

“The Consequences of Kentucky’s State Writing Assessments.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, New York, 2003

“Consulting for Writing Assessment” Full Day Workshop with Bob Broad, Michael Neal, Peggy O’Neill, Ellen Schendel and Michael Williamson. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Denver, 2001; Chicago, 2002; New York, 2003; & San Antonio, 2004.

“The Effects of the Kentucky State Writing Assessments on English Curriculum, Teachers and Students.” The National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference, Atlanta, 2002.

“What We Value Is Who We Are: A Roundtable on Identity Issues in Writing Assessment” with Tony Edgington, Michael Neal and Michael M. Williamson. “Composing Identity: Watson Conference, University of Louisville, 2002.

“The Big Picture: Asking High School Teachers About Testing” National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference, Baltimore, 2001.

“Conclusively Inconclusive: Examining the Connections between Error and Assessment.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Denver, 2001.

“Labor and Technology: Twin Tensions in Understanding Writing Assessment.” Watson Conference, Louisville, 2000.

“Research on/as Assessment: Historical Trends and Future Possibilities.” Invited by Commission on Composition.  NCTE, Annual Convention, Milwaukee, 2000.

“Reporting on the Results and Implications of a Six-Year Pilot Program Using Portfolios to Place Students in First-Year Composition.” American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 2000. (With Vickie Hester, Michael Neal and Peggy O’Neill).

“Knowing More than You Think: Assessment as Research” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Minneapolis, 2000.