Staff Research Publications


2012

Cho, H.J., & Kingston, N. M. (accepted). Why do special educators make unexpected test type assignments? Journal of Special Education.

Cho, H.J., & Kingston, N. M. (in press). Why individualized education program teams assign low-performing students with mild disabilities to the Alternate Assessment Alternate Achievement Standards. Journal of Special Education.

Cho, H. J., & Kingston, N. M. (in press). Examining the effectiveness of test accommodation using DIF and a mixture IRT model. Journal of Applied Measurement in Education.

Cho, H. J., Wehmeyer, M., & Kingston, N. M. (accepted). Factors that predict elementary educators’ perceptions and practice in teaching self-determination. Journal of Psychology in the Schools.

Cho, H. J, Wehmeyer, M., & Kingston, N. M. (2012). The effect of social and classroom ecological factors on promoting self-determination in elementary school. Preventing School Failure, 56, 19-28. doi:10.1080/1045988X.2010.548419

Gu, F., & Yung, Y-F. (in press). A SAS/IML program using the Kalman filter for estimating state space model. Behavior Research Methods. Supplemental SAS programs

Gu, F., Little, T., & Kingston, N.M. (2012). Misestimation of reliability using coefficient alpha and structural equation modeling when assumptions of tau-equivalence and uncorrelated errors are violated. Methodology. doi:10.1027/1614-2241/a000052 Supporting SAS programs

Kingston, N. M. & Tiemann, G.C. (2012). Setting performance standards on complex assessments: The body of work method. In G. J. Cizek (Ed.), Setting performance standards: Foundations, methods, and innovations, second edition. , New York, NY: Routledge.

Kingston, N. M., Tiemann, G.C., Miller, H. L., & Foster, D. (2012). An Analysis of the Discrete-Option Multiple Choice Item Type. Psychological Test and Assessment Modeling, 54, 3-20.

Kingston, N. M. (Accepted). Educational Testing Case Studies. In James Wollack and John Fremer (Eds.), Handbook of Test Security. New York: Routledge.

Whetstone, P., Abell, M., Collins, B., & Kleinert, H. (2012). Teacher Preparation in Moderate and Severe Disabilities: A State Tool for Intern Support. Teacher Education and Special Education: The Journal of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children. Advance online publication. doi:10.1177/0888406412452761


2011

Cho, H. J., & Kingston, N. M. (2011). Capturing implicit policy from NCLB test type assignments of students with disabilities. Exceptional Children, 78, 58-72.

Cho, H.J., Wehmeyer, M. & Kingston, N. M. (2011). Elementary teachers’ knowledge and use of interventions and barriers to promoting student self-determination. Journal of Special Education, 45, 149-156. doi:10.1177/0022466910362588

Gu, F., Skorupski, W. P.; Hoyle, L; Kingston, N. M. (accepted). Standard errors and confidence intervals from bootstrapping for Ramsay curve-IRT model item parameters. Applied Psychological Measurement, 35,562-565. doi:10.1177/0146621611414405 Comprehensive Report and SAS code

Gu, F., & Wu, W. (2011). Using SAS PROC TCALIS for multigroup structural equation modeling with mean structures. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 64, 516-537. doi:10.1111/j.2044-8317.2010.02012.x Article

Gumus, S., & Atalmis, E. H. (2011). Exploring the relationship between purpose of computer usage and reading skills of Turkish students: Evidence from PISA 2006. The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology-TOJET, 10(3), 129-140. Article

Kingston, N. M., & Nash, B. (2011). Formative Assessment: A meta-analysis and a call for research. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 30(4), 28–37. doi:10.1111/j.1745-3992.2011.00220.x

Shaftel, J., & Rutt, B. T. (2011). Characteristics of students who take an alternate assessment based on modified achievement standards (AA-MAS). Journal of Disability Policy Studies,November 7, 2011. doi: 10.1177/1044207311424909 Article


2010

Shaftel, J., & Shaftel, T. L. (2010). Measuring intercultural attitudes of undergraduates who study abroad: Scale development and validity. International Psychology Bulletin, 14(1), 12-15.


2009

Kingston, N. M. (2009). Comparability of computer- and paper-administered multiple-choice tests for K-12 populations: a synthesis. Applied Measurement in Education, 22, 22-37. doi:10.1080/08957340802558326


2008

Cho, H. J, & Palmer, S. B. (2008). Fostering self-determination in infants and toddlers with visual impairment or blindness. Journal of Young Exceptional Children , 11(4), 26-34. doi:10.1177/1096250608320636

Murray, A., & Peyton, V. (2008). Public Montessori elementary schools: A delicate balance. Montessori Life, 20(4), 26-30. Article

Schon, J., Shaftel, J., & Markham, P. (2008). Contemporary issues in the assessment of culturally and linguistically diverse learners. Journal of Applied School Psychology, 24, 163-189. doi:10.1080/15377900802089395 Article


2007

Kingston, N. M. (2007). Future challenges to psychometrics: Validity, validity, validity. In C. R. Rao & S. Sinharay (Ed.), Handbook of statistics, 26 psychometrics , (pp. 1111-1112). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier.

Lowe, P.A., Peyton, V., & Reynolds, C.R. (2007). Test score stability and the relationship of Adult Manifest Anxiety Scale-College Version scores to external variables among college students. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 25, 69-81. doi: 10.1177/0734282906293698. Article

Shaftel, J., & Shaftel, T. L. (2007). Educational assessment and the AACSB. Issues in Accounting Education, 22, 215-232. doi:10.2308/iace.2007.22.2.215


2006

Shaftel, J., Belton-Kocher, E., Glasnapp, D. R. & Poggio, J. P. (2006). The impact of test item characteristics on the performance of English language learners and students with disabilities on large-scale mathematics assessments. Educational Assessment, 11, 105-126. Article


2005

Frey, B. B, Petersen, S. E, Edwards, L. M., Pedrotti, J. T., & Peyton, V. (2005). Item-writing rules: Collective wisdom. Teaching and Teacher Education, 21, 357-364. doi:10.1016/j.tate.2005.01.008 Article

Kingston, N. M., & Ehringhaus, M. (2005). Use of technology and principles of universal design to improve the validity and fairness of licensure tests. In J. L Mounty & D. S. Martin (Eds.), Assessing deaf adults: Critical issues in testing and evaluation, Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.

Shaftel, J., Pass, L., & Schnabel, S. (2005). Math games for adolescents. TEACHING Exceptional Children, 37(3), 25-30.

Shaftel, J., & Shaftel, T. L. (2005). Improving assessment validity for students with disabilities in large-scale assessment programs. Issues in Accounting Education, 20 , 231-246. doi:10.2308/iace.2005.20.3.231

Shaftel, J., Yang, X., Glasnapp, D. & Poggio, J. (2005) Improving assessment validity for students with disabilities in large-scale assessment programs. Educational Assessment, 10, 357-375. doi:10.1207/s15326977ea1004_3 Article

Yang, X., Shaftel, J., Glasnapp, D. & Poggio, J. (2005). Qualitative or quantitative differences? Latent class analysis of mathematical ability for special education students. Journal of Special Education, 38, 194-207. doi:10.1177/00224669050380040101 Article


2001

Kingston, N. M., Kahl, S. R., Sweeney, K. P., & Bay, L. (2001). Setting performance standards using the body of work method. In G. J. Cizek (Ed.), Setting performance standards: Concepts, methods, and perspectives , (pp. 219-248). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.


2000

Plake, B., Impara, J. & Irwin, P. (2000). Consistency of Angoff-based predictions of item performance: evidence of technical quality of results from the Angoff standard setting method. Journal of Educational Measurement, 37, 347-355. doi:10.1111/j.1745-3984.2000.tb01091.x