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Elias Chakwera
University of Massachusetts Amherst and Domasi College

Elias W. J. Chakwera is Deputy Principal of Domasi College of Education in Malawi, where he teaches courses in Testing, Measurement and Evaluation. He is also a doctoral student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His areas of expertise and interest include evaluation of educational assessments, teacher education and development, and training teachers through distance education. His recent research activities include studies on content validity, test score generalizability, consequential validity, and teacher upgrading through distance education in Malawi.

Dafter Khembo
University of Massachusetts Amherst and Malawi National Examinations Board

Dafter J. Khembo is currently a doctoral student in Testing & Measurement at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He received his B.Ed from the University of Malawi in 1986 and MA (Education) from the University of London Institute of Education in 1991. He is presently an employee of the Malawi National Examinations Board where he works as a Research & Test Development Officer. His areas of interest include: standard setting, differential item functioning, and test score equating.

Stephen G. Sireci
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Stephen G. Sireci is Associate Professor of Education and Co-Director of the Center for Educational Assessment at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. His areas of expertise include educational test development and the evaluation of educational assessments. His most recent research activities include evaluating content validity, test bias, differential item functioning, and the comparability of different language versions of tests and questionnaires. His vita can be accessed at http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~sireci.