Brown, E. T., and Bush, W. S. (2005, October).  Using NCTM's Classroom Assessment Serices to Improve Mathematics Assessment (Grades 3-5). Presented at the regional meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Birmingham.

Brown, T., Ronau, R., Karp, K., Bush, W., Thompson, C., & McGatha, M. (2007, January.) An analysis of middle school teachers' knowledge of mathematics. Presentation at the annual meeting of Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. Irvine, CA. (accepted)

Brown, S.L., & Kemp, A. (2004, January) Diagnostic teacher assessments for middle grades science teachers. Association for the Education of Teachers of Science Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN.

Brown, S.L., & Kemp, A. (2003, October). Designing science content tests for middle grade teachers. Mid-Atlantic Association for the Education of Teachers of Science, Lake Lure, NC.

Brown, S.L., Tretter, T.R., Bush, W.S., Saderholm, J.C., Moore, B.D. & Kemp. A.C. (2006, April) Valid and reliable physical, life, and earth science content assessments for middle school teachers.  National Association for Research in Science Teaching, San Francisco.

Bush, W. S. (2005, November). Learn—Reflect Reflection Session. Presented at the regional meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Denver.

Bush, W. S. (2005, November). Hunters, gatherers, and farmers: Changing teaches' thinking about instruction and assessment. Presented at the regional meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Denver.

Bush, W. S. (2005, June). Mathematics knowledge expected of elementary and middle school teachers. Presented at Education Forum Policy Meeting of Achieve, Inc., Washington, DC.

Bush, W. S. (2005, May).  Assessing middle school teachers' knowledge of mathematics. Presented at the Project MERIT National Dissemination Conference. Charleston, WV.

Bush, W. S. (2005, April). The reliability and validity of diagnostic assessments for middle school teachers. Presented at the annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, Montreal.

Bush, W. S. (2004, December).Strategies for pushing mathematics achievement to the next level.. Presented at the annual meeting of America's Choice Schools, Washington, DC.

Bush, W. S. (2003, November). Place, perspective, and perception. Presented at the 2003 ACCLAIM Research Symposium, Athens, OH.

Bush, W. S. (2003, November). Building mathematics capacity in rural areas. Presented at the southern regional meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Charleston, South Carolina.

Bush, W. S. (2003, October)  Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics. Presented at the Inverness Appalachian NSF Conference, Beckely, WV.

Bush, W. S. (2002, November).  Opening up your assessment practices.  Presented at the regional meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Paducah, KY.

Bush, W. S. (2002, August). Overview of the Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics. Presented at the first meeting of the Appalachian Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Lexington, KY.

Bush, W. S. (2001, October). Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics. Presented at the annual meeting of the AEL Mathematics Science Consortium Directors, Lexington, KY.

Bush, W., Karp, K., Ronau, B., Thompson, C., McGatha, M. & Brown, T. (2005, April). Assessing middle school teacher's knowledge of mathematics. Presentation at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Anaheim, CA.

Bush, W., Karp, K., Ronau, B., Thompson, C., McGatha, M. & Brown, T. (2005, April).  The reliability and validity of diagnostic mathematics assessments for middle school teachers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association. Montreal, Canada.

Bush, W. S., Karp, K., McGatha, M., Ronau. R., Thompson, C., & Brown, V. (2005, April).  Assessing middle school teachers' knowledge of mathematics. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Dallas.

Bush, W. S., Karp, K., McGatha, M., Ronau, R., & Thompson, C. (2004, January). Diagnostic teacher assessments for middle grades mathematics teachers. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, San Diego.

Bush, W. S., Karp, K., Thompson, C. S., Ronau, R., & McGatha, M. B. (2004, April).  What mathematics do middle school teachers really need to know. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Philadelphia.

Bush, W. S., Long, V. M., Schultz, J., & Mitchell, K. (2003, July). Building mathematics capacity in Appalachia: ACCLAIM.  Presented at the annual conference of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, San Antonio, Texas.

Bush, W. S., McGatha, M., and Brown, E. T. (2005, October). Diagnostic mathematics assessments for middle school teachers. Presented at the regional meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Birmingham.

Bush, W. S., McGatha, M., Brown, E. T., Hill, H., Sleep, L., & Romangano, L. (2005, April).  Assessing teachers' knowledge of mathematics. Presented at the annual meeting of the NCTM Research Presession, Anaheim.

Bush, W., Moody, V., & McGatha, M. (2007, January). What mathematics Kentucky preservice middle school teachers are expected to know. Presentation at the annual meeting of Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. Irvine, CA. (accepted)

Bush, B., Ronau, B., Moody, M. & McGatha, M. (2006, April). What we know about middle school teachers' knowledge of mathematics. Presentation at the annual meeting of National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. St. Louis, MO.

Foletta, G., Wilkinson, S., & McGatha, M.  (2003, March).  Preparing middle-grades mathematics teachers.  Presentation at the American Mathematical Society/ Mathematics Education Reform workshop on Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics: Mathematics for Teachers and Mathematics for Teaching.  Ithaca, NY.

Long, V. M., Bush, W. S., Conway, J., Davis, R., & Theobald, P. (2003, January). Reaching rural America: Ignoring, building, and permeating traditional boundaries. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, New Orleans.

Long, V. M., Bush, W. S., Klein, T., & Mitchell, K. (2003, February). ACCLAIM: Mathematics and mathematics education in a rural context. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Atlanta.

McGatha, M. (2006, April). Levels of engagement in establishing coaching relationships. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association. San Francisco, CA.

McGatha, M.  (2003, April). Does anyone really know what time it is? Presentation at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. San Antonio, TX.

McGatha, M., Brown, T., & Thompson, C. (2007, April). What mathematics should elementary teachers really know? Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association. Chicago, IL.

McGatha, M., Brown, T., Bush, W., Karp, K., Ronau, B., & Thompson, C. (2005, April).  Diagnostic teacher assessments for mathematics and science. Paper presented at the research pre-session of the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Anaheim, CA.

McGatha, M. & Bush, W. (2007, March).What does the research say about coaching? Presentation at the annual meeting of National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Atlanta, GA.

McGatha, M., and Bush, W. S. (2005, October). Using NCTM's Classroom Assessment Serices to Improve Mathematics Assessment (Grades 6-8). Presented at the regional meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Birmingham.

McGatha, M., and Bush, W. S. (2005, November). Using NCTM's Classroom Assessment Serices to Improve Mathematics Assessment (Grades 6-8). Presented at the regional meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Denver.

McGatha, M., & Bush, W. S. (2005, January). Becoming a leader in mathematics:  A study of leaders' beliefs, attitudes, and professional development practices.  Presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Dallas.

McGatha, M. & Darcy, P. (2006, April). Developing and using rubrics, 6-8. Presentation at the annual meeting of National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. St. Louis. MO.

Moody, V., and Bush, W. S. (2005, October). Using NCTM's Classroom Assessment Serices to Improve Mathematics Assessment (Grades 9-12). Presented at the regional meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Birmingham.

Moore, B. D., Tretter, T. R., Brown, S. L., & Saderholm, J. (2005, October). Development of content knowledge assessments for science teachers: Ensuring validity. Mid-Atlantic Association for Science Teacher Education, Breaks Interstate Park, VA.

Orthober, C., McGatha, M., & Rowland, L. (2007, January). Placement partnerships: Developing sustainable mentoring relationships during early field placements. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Holmes Partnership. San Antonio, TX.

Ronau, R., McGatha, M., Brown, T., & Bush, B. (2006, January). What mathematics do middle school teachers need to know? Presentation at the annual meeting of Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. Tampa, FL.

Thompson, C., Brown, T., McGatha, M., Bush, B., & Karp, K. (2006, January.) What mathematics do elementary teachers really need to know? Presentation at the annual meeting of Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. Tampa, FL.

Tretter T.R., Brown S.L., & Saderholm, J. (2005, January). Structure and characteristics of physical science assessments designed for middle school teachers.  Association for the Education of Teachers of Science Annual Meeting, Colorado Springs, CO.

Tretter, T. R., Moore, B. D., Brown, S. L., Kemp, A. C., Saderholm, J.C., & Bush, W. S. (2004, October). What middle school teachers need to know about physical science. Mid-Atlantic Association for the Education of Teachers of Science, Roane Mountain, TN.

Tretter, T.R., Votaw, N., & Brown, S.L. (2006, January). Focused professional development to enhance specific teacher content knowledge. Association of Science Teacher Education Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.

Votaw, N., Tretter, T. R., & Brown, S. L. (2005, October). Professional development targeting teachers' physical science content and pedagogical knowledge of motion and forces.  Mid-Atlantic Association for Science Teacher Education, Breaks Interstate Park, VA.