Staff Presentations

2011

Sheinker, A., Mark, C. & Shin, S. (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

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, Angela (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

Kingston, N.M., Templin, J., & Wolkowitz, A.A. (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

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. (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

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.