Staff Presentations

2013

Baker, S., Whetstone, P., & Judd, K. (2013, April). Leveling the playing field begins with access to the Common Core Standards for students. Presentation accepted to the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

Baker, S., Whetstone, P., Judd, K., & Bratcher, K. (2013, April). Transforming and monitoring instruction: Access to quality instruction for all students in K5 math. Presentation accepted to the National Title I Conference, Nashville, TN.

Bowen, K., & Clark, A. K. (2013, April). Predicting text complexity when students read orally for fluency and recall for comprehension. In E. Hiebert (Chair) Beginning-reader text complexity: Scale development and best-predictor text characteristics. Symposium to be presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Clark, A. K., & Kingston, N. M. (2013, April). Validation of a cognitive diagnostic model of reading comprehension. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Council of Measurement in Education, San Francisco, CA

Clark, A. K., & Kingston, N. M. (2013, April). The effect of item ordering on examinee performance: A synthesis of 60 years of research. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Council of Measurement in Education, San Francisco, CA.

Clark, A. K., & Kingston, N. M. (2013, April). The impact of poverty on English language proficiency assessment performance. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Clark, A. K. & Kingston, N. M. (2013, April). Understanding the meaning of slippage and guessing parameters in cognitive diagnostic models.Poster presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.p>

Ferster, A., Shaftel, J., Sheinker, A., Shin, S., & Whetstone, P. (2013, April). An argument based approach to the reliability of the First Contact Survey. Presentation accepted to the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Ferster, A., & Templin, J. (2013, April). An evaluation of item design features via a random effects extension of the Linear Logistic Test Model. Presentation accepted to the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Francisco, CA.

Fitzpatrick, J. & Skorpuski, W. (2013, April). The sampling distribution of coefficient alpha for small samples of items and examinees. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Francisco, CA.

Perie, M. & Kerbel, A. (2013, April). Developing PLDs for "Readiness" Using a Statistical Approach. In B. Plake (chair) Using Performance Level Descriptors to commuicate student learning and readiness for college and careers. Symposium presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. p>

Perie, M. (2013, April). One Year After Standard Setting: Validating the PLDs. In B. Plake (chair) Using Performance Level Descriptors to commuicate student learning and readiness for college and careers. Symposium presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Shaftel, J. & Shaftel, T. L. (2013, August). Scale development using item-level IRT analysis of response options. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HA.

Shaftel, J. (2013, August). Accessibility for technology-enhanced assessments for students with vision and motor disabilities. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HA.

Sheinker, A., & Thurlow, M. (2013, April). The Alternate Assessment Consortia (DLM & NCSC) for students with significant cognitive disabilities: Progress to date. Invited presentation accepted to the Council for Exceptional Children 2013 Convention & Expo, San Antonio, TX.

Sheinker, A., & Whetstone, P. (2013, April). Online Alternate Assessment: What are we learning? Invited presentation accepted to the Council for Exceptional Children 2013 Convention & Expo, San Antonio, TX.

Shipman, M., Whetstone, P., & Clark, A. (2013, April). Creating technology enhanced items using the Dynamic Learning Map: A process for ELA. Presentation accepted to the International Reading Association 58th Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX.

Thomas, K. (2013, April). Mapping the way: Using a learning map to analyze assessment data and guide mathematics instruction. Presentation accepted to the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

Thomas, K., & Sheinker, A. (2013, April). (2013, April). Assessing what counts. Presentation accepted to the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

Walsh, T., Zhao, F., & Broaddus, A. (2013, April). Comparing computer adaptive testing item selection methods in skill networks. Presentation accepted to the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Francisco, CA.

Whetstone, P., Koziol, J., Gillmor, S., & Shuster, J. (2013, February). Social skills change student behavior. Presentation accepted to the Learning Disabilities Association 50th Annual International Conference, San Antonio, TX.

2012

Adams, L., & Stoltenberg, A. (2012, November). CETE's Formative-Assessment tools for the CCSS. Presentation at the Kansas State Department of Education Annual Conference, Wichita, KS.Presentation

Anderson, G., & Kingtson, N. M. (2012, April). Providing useful information to guide student learning: A review of state level individual score reports. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Council on Measurement Education, Vancouver, Canada.

Broaddus, A. (2012, April). Developing instructional tools to assist teachers in implementing the Common Core State Standards for mathematics. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, Canada Presentation

Broaddus, A. (2012, April). Modeling student understanding of the slope concept: An application of the attribute hierarchy method. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement Education, Vancouver, Canada. Presentation

Broaddus, A., & Shaftel, J. (2012, May). Cognitive diagnostic assessment: Informing responses and interventions. Critical discussion presentation at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and Council for Exceptional Children Substantive Collaborative Meeting, Reston, VA. Presentation

Chen, J., & Kingston, N. (2012, April). Detecting item sensitivity to instruction: A comparison between Mantel-Haenszel and logistic regression procedures. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, Canada. Presentation

Chiu, P. C. (2012, April). The effect of item position on state mathematics assessment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, Canada. Presentation

Cho, H. J., & Kingston, N. (2012, April). Examining the effectiveness of test accommodation using DIF and a mixture IRT. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, Canada.

Clark, A. K., & Kingston, N. (2012, August). Identifying sources of differential item functioning on an English language proficiency assessment. Poster accepted to the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL. Presentation

Clyne, C. (2012, June). Career Pathways Collaborative: On the road to career readiness. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Conference on Student Assessment, Minneapolis, MN.

Ehlert, M., Kramer, L., Sheinker, A., Wittmann, T., Holder, K., Meyer, S., Clay, D. (2012, March). Maximizing the data we have to inform and improve practice and policy. Panel discussion at the Kansas City Area Education Research Consortium Conference, Kansas City, MO.

Grewing, S., & Peterson, S.M. (2012, April). Alternate pathways: An overview of atypical language development in students with disabilities. Poster presented at the annual University of Kansas Professionals for Disability and School of Education Graduate Student Research Conference, Lawrence, KS. Presentation

Hock, M., Muldoon, L., Quenemoen, R., Sheinker, A., & Wilmes, C. (2012, January). Assessments for the common core: Development and implementation. Panel at the IDEA Partnership meeting, Washington, DC.

Kearns, J., & Whetstone, P. (2012, April). Characteristics of students who participate in these assessments. Structured demonstration presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Vancouver, Canada.

Kingston, N., & Clark, A. (2012, April). Instructionally relevant item types. Structured demonstration presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Vancouver, Canada.

Kingston, N., Tiemann, G., Hock, M., Davis, M., & Tonks, S. (2012, April). Building validity into the development of the Adaptive Reading Motivation Measures. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, Canada.

Mark, C., & Adams, L. (2012, April). The Dynamic Learning Maps Assessment: Supporting access to literacy for students with significant cognitive disabilities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Reading Association, Chicago, IL. Presentation

McJunkin, L., Peyton, V., & Montgomery, M. (2012, April). Examining alignment between state science assessment and classroom activities. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, Canada.

Montgomery, M., & Skorupski, W. P. (2012, April). Investigation of IRT parameter recovery and classification accuracy in mixed format assessments. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement Education, Vancouver, Canada. Presentation

Quenemoen, R. Q., & Sheinker, A. (2012, May). Development of growth models for students taking an alternate assessment on alternate academic achievement standards (AA-AAS). Discussant at the Collaboration to Promote Self Determination, Washington, DC.

Schechinger, H. (2012, April). Innovative computerized test items: A review. Poster presented at the Annual University of Kansas Professionals for Disability (KUPD) & School of Education (SOE) Graduate Student Research Conference, Lawrence, KS. Presentation

Schuster, J. G., Clark. A., Mark, C., & Shin, S. (2012, October).Creating the Dynamic Learning Map: Representing how concepts influence language development. Poster presented at the Mental Lexicon Conference, Montreal, Canada.

Schuster, J. G., Clark, A. K., Mark, C. A., & Shin, S. (2012, April). Multiple pathways to literacy: The Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment System. Lecture presented at the Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, Denver, CO. Presentation

Shaftel, J., & Nash, B., & Gillmor, S. (2012, April). Effects of the number of response categories on rating scales. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, Canada.
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Sheinker, A. (2012, June). Lessons learned for improving access to general assessments by low-performing students with disabilities. Discussant at the U.S. Department of Education in Partnership with Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC.

Sheinker, A., Whetstone, P., Ferster, A., & Shaftel, J. (2012, November). Are the "right" students taking the alternate? What do we know? Poster presented at the TASH Conference, Long Beach, CA.

Sheinker, A., Whetstone, P. J., & Thurlow, M. (2012, May). Program chair invited session: Next generation alternate assessments for students with significant cognitive disabilities. Presentation at the Council for Exceptional Children Annual Convention & Expo, Denver, CO. Presentation

Stoltenberg, A., & Sood, P. (2012, October).Tips from the writers of the Common Core State Standards. Presentation at the Kansas Association of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference, Pittsburg, KS.Presentation

Stoltenberg, A., & Sood, P. (2012, October). What do we know now? Reflections on the Spring 2012 Mathematics Pilot Test results. Presentation at the Kansas Association of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference, Pittsburg, KS.Presentation.

Thomas, K., Sheinker, A., Broaddus, A., & Sood, P. (2012, April). Constructing a street level view of the Common Core State Standards: A map for how all students learn mathematics. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the National Council for Supervisors of Mathematics, Philadelphia, PA. Presentation

Thomas, K., & Mark, C. (2012, April). Learning maps: A comprehensive structure for assessment. Structured demonstration presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Vancouver, Canada.

Thomas, K., Mark, C., & Crawford, J. (2012, April). Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment: Process and progress. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Conference on Student Assessment, Minneapolis, MN. Presentation

Thomas, K., Sheinker, A., & Joannou, J. (2012, May). The road less traveled for alternate assessments: Mapping multiple learning pathways. Presentation at the Council for Exceptional Children Annual Convention & Expo, Denver, CO. Presentation

Thomas, K., & Sood, P. (2012, November). Navigating places to go when learning mathematics: Using Common Core State Standards as a map for instruction. Presentation at the Kansas State Department of Education Annual Conference, Wichita, KS.Presentation

Thurlow, M. L., Sheinker, A., Quenemoen, R. Q., & Kingston, N. (2012, April). Assessment of students with significant cognitive disabilities: Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) and National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC). Structured demonstration at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Vancouver, Canada. Presentation

Tindal, G., Sheinker, A., Thurlow, M., & Zigmond, N. (2012, May). The next generation in alternate assessment. Presentation at the Council for Exceptional Children Annual Convention & Expo, Denver, CO. Presentation

Walsh, T., & Goschin, S. (2012, August). Dynamic teaching in sequential decision making environments. Paper presented at the Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, Catalina Island, CA. Presentation

Wang, W., & Kingston, N. (2012, August). Are all item response functions monotonically increasing? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL. Presentation

Whetstone, P.J., Sheinker, A., & Joannou, K. (2012, November). Go ahead and ask - Can students with SCD take an online test? Presentation at the TASH Conference, Long Beach, CA.

Whetstone, P.J., Sheinker, A., & Joannou, K. (2012, November). Improving instructional quality with students with significant cognitive disabilities. Presentation at TASH Conference, Long Beach, CA.

Zhao, F., Wang, W., & Kingston, N. (2012, April). On the use of nonparametric IRT techniques for checking 3PL IRT model fit. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement Education, Vancouver, Canada.

2011

Sheinker, A., & Mark, C. (2011, December). DLM-AAS: A new generation assessment for students with significant cognitive disabilities. Presentation at TASH Conference, Atlanta, GA. Presentation

Broaddus, A. E., Kramer, L. M. B., & Kingston, N. (2011, August). Validity evidence based on the consequences of interim assessments. In N. Kingston & A.E. Broaddus (Chairs), Interim Assessment: Reliability and Validity Evidence. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington D.C. Presentation

Chiu, P. C., & Irwin, P. M. (2011, April). Chronological item ordering: Does it make a difference on a state history and government assessment?. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, New Orleans, LA. Presentation

Kingston, N., & Anderson, G. (2011). The efficacy of using state standards-based assessments for predicting student success in dual enrollment community college classes. Paper presented at the National Council on Measurement in Educational, New Orleans, LA. Presentation

Kingston, N., Wang, W., Broaddus, A. E., & Kramer, L. M. B. (2011, August). Validity evidence based on the relationship between interim and summative assessment scores. In N. Kingston & A.E. Broaddus (Chairs), Interim assessment: Reliability and validity evidence. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington D.C. Presentation

Kramer, L. M. B., Kingston, N., & Broaddus, A.E. (2011, August). Validity evidence based on interim assessment content. In N. Kingston & A.E. Broaddus (Chairs), Interim assessment: Reliability and validity evidence. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington D.C. Presentation

Perie, M. (2013, April). Developing PLDs for "Readiness" Using a Statistical Approach. In B. Plake (chair) Using Performance Level Descriptors to commuicate student learning and readiness for college and careers. Symposium presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Shaftel, J., & Shaftel, T. L. (2011, November). Evaluation of study abroad outcomes. Roundtable presented at the annual conference of the American Evaluation Association, Anaheim, CA. Presentation

Shaftel, J., & Shaftel, T. L. (2011, August). Assessment of student success in study abroad. Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C. Presentation

Wang, W., McKinley, R., Kramer, L. M. B., & Kingston, N. (2011, August). Validity evidence based on the internal structure of the interim assessment. In N. Kingston & A.E. Broaddus (Chairs), Interim assessment: Reliability and validity evidence. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington D.C. Presentation

2010

Broaddus, A. (2010). Effective Use of Kansas Formative, Interim and Summative Assessments to Support Student Learning. Strategies for Educational Improvement, Lawrence, KS. Presentation

Chiu, P. C., Irwin, P. M., & Kingston, N. (2010). How much time does a test-taker take if a test-taker does take time. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Denver, CO.

Chiu, P. C. (2010). The effects of socioeconomic status, gender and race on students’ performance in science assessment. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.

Gu, Fei, Little, Todd, Kingston, Neal (2010). Coefficient alpha and structural equation modeling-based reliability estimates under the violation of essential tau equivalence and uncorrelated errors: A simulation study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.

Kingston, N., Foster, D., Miller, H., Tiemann, G. (2010, February). Building a better mousetrap: Using discrete options to improve the multiple choice question. Paper presented at the Association of Test Publishers Innovations in Testing Conference, Orlando, FL. Presentation

Lee, S. W., Shaftel, J., Neaderhiser, J., & Schuttler, J. (2010, April). Measurement of whole-class behavior: A validity study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO. Presentation

Shaftel, J., & Nash, B. (2010, November). One state’s experience implementing links for academic learning. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Evaluation Association, San Antonio, TX. Presentation

Shaftel, J., & Shaftel, T. L. (2010, August). Development of a scale for measuring student intercultural attitudes. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Council of Psychologists, Chicago, IL. Presentation

Wolkowitz, A.A., Templin, J., & Kingston, N. (2010). When do seventh grade students perform best on reading and mathematics Assessments? Annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Denver, CO. Presentation

2009

Cho, H. J., Wehmeyer, M. L., & Kingston, N. (2009). Elementary Teachers’ Knowledge and Use of Interventions and Barriers to Promoting Student Self-Determination. TASH 2009 Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

Chiu, P. C., & Poggio, J. C. (2009). The Effect of English Proficiency on Mathematics Performance: A Comparison of Item Response Theory-based Area and Mantel-Haenszel Methods. Graduate Student Poster Session at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Diego, CA. Presentation

Kingston, N.M. (2009). Formative, Schmormative or I just want to help my students learn (and maybe do better on those darn state tests). Kansas Fall Assessment Conference.

Kingston, N.M. (2009). The Role of a Shared Item Bank in the Re-invention of the Modified Assessment in Kansas. Kansas Fall Assessment Conference.

Kingston, N.M. (2009). Interim assessment as an integral part of a state assessment program. Kansas Fall Assessment Conference.

Kingston, N.M. (2009). Large-Scale Formative Assessment: Panacea, Transitional Tool, or Oxymoron. 39th annual National Conference on Student Assessment, Los Angeles, CA.

Kingston, N.M. and Nash, B. (2009). The Efficacy of Formative Assessment: A Meta-Analysis. American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Kingston, N.M. (2009). What Have We Learned about the Structure of Learning from 30 Years of Research on Integrated Cognitive-Psychometric Models? Not Much. National Council on Measurement in Education, San Diego, CA.

Lee, S. W., Shaftel, J., Neaderhiser, J., & Schuttler, J. (2009, November). The analysis of the Classroom Behavior Observation Tool: Triangulating on disruptive classroom behavior in the evaluation process. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Orlando, FL. Presentation

Shaftel, J. & Shaftel, T. L. (2009, August). Development of a scale for measuring intercultural attitudes. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada. Presentation

Lee, S. W., Shaftel, J., Neaderhiser, J., & Schuttler, J. (2009, August). Development and validation of instruments to assess the behavior and assets of students at the classroom level. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada. Presentation

2008

Peyton, V. (2008, November). Kansas assessments and English Language Learners. Workshop presentation at the Learning Disabilities Association of Kansas Annual Conference, Overland Park, KS. Presentation

Yang, X., & Chiu, P. C. (2008). Modeling Language Components in Mathematical Items Using Multiple-Random-Effects IRT Models. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, New York, NY. Presentation

2007

Irwin, P.M., Buckendahl, C., & Poggio, A.J. (2007). Examinee-centered standard setting: An alternative approach. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.

Irwin, P.M. & Poggio, A.J. (2007). Using Technology to Assist Students Overcome Anxiety About Computerized Testing. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.

Templin, J., Irwin, P.M., Poggio, A.J., & Henson, R. (2007). Latent class model based approaches to standard setting. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.

Poggio, A.J. & Irwin, P.M. (2007). The utility and impact of online computerized formative and early warning assessments on instruction and student performance. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.

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