Note: Faculty are bold; Students are marked with *
Hornsby, T., Leventhal, B. C., Snyder, S., & Huber, H. (2022, August). Words college: School psychology and BCBA graduate students’ training gin collaborative practices. Poster at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA), Minneapolis, MN.
Selznick, B. S., Hathcoat, J., & *Shapovalov, Y. S. (2022, August). We’re on this journey together: Instructor perspectives on teaching and learning across disciplines. [Conference presentation]. Association for the Study of Higher Education, Las Vegas, VA.
*Alahmadi, S. (2022, September). Addressing anchor drift for stable Rasch common-item equating. Invited CARS Talk presented to the Center for Assessment and Research Studies (CARS) at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
*Alahmadi, S., & DeMars, C. (2022, October). What if We Ignore Non-Effortful Responses? The Impact of Rapid-Guessing on Item Parameter Estimates [Poster presentation]. Northeastern Educational Research Association 53rd Annual Meeting, Trumbull, CT.
Baker, G., Curtis, N.A., Good, M.R., Slotnick, R. (2022, October). Assessment as a Profession. Panel at the Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN.
Finney, S.J. and Good, M.R. (2022, October). 35 Years of Assessment Innovation: Reflections and Future Directions. Presentation at the Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN.
Fulcher, K.H. and Good, M.R. (2022, October). Connecting Assessment to Learning Improvement at Scale. Presentation at the Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN.
Good, M.R. (2022, October). Exploring your “Why”: A Case for Infusing More Faculty Development Approaches in Assessment. Presentation at the Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN.
Good, M.R., Anderson, R.D., and Curtis, N.A. (2022, October). Applying Research and Practice in Assessment’s (RPA) New Review Rubric. Presentation at the Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN.
Good, M.R. and Hathcoat, J. (2022, October). Leveling Up Your Assessment Skills. Presentation at the Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN.
*Hunsberger, J., *Shapovalov, Y., *Schaefer, K. & Hathcoat, J.D. (2022, October). The meaning, cost, and value of student learning outcomes: A mixed methods study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Trumbull, CT.
*McFadden, M.E., Finney, S.J. & *Schaefer, K.E. (2022, October). “Will you give good effort during the test?” Simply asking increases examinees’ test-taking motivation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Trumbull, CT.
*Mireles, N., Bao, Y. (2022, October). Multilevel Diagnostic Classification Modeling in Applied Research: An illustration. Paper presented at the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Trumbull, Connecticut.
*Patterson, C.R., Markle, R., Delgado-Riley, R., & Lazowski, R. (2022, October). Beyond the grade: Expanding the predictors and outcomes of education. [Invited Symposium]. Annual Conference of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Trumbull, CT, United States.
*Shapovalov, Y. A., DeMars, C., & Hathcoat, J. D. (2022, October). Evaluating halo effect in performance assessments: A Rasch measurement model simulation study [Paper presentation]. Northeastern Educational Research Association 53rd Annual Meeting, Rocky Hill, CT.
Eubanks, D., Foisy, A., Welsh, J., Good, M.R., Roscoe, D. (2022, November). The Future of Assessment in Accreditation. Moderated panel at the New England Educational Assessment Network (NEean) 2022 Fall Forum, virtual.
Ferguson, W. and Good, M.R. (2022, November). Seeds of Doubt and Hope for Improvement: An Undergraduate’s Glimpse into a Better Future of Higher Education. Presentation at the Virginia Assessment Group, Richmond, VA.
Good, M.R., Anderson, R.D., and Curtis, N.A. (2022, November). Applying Research and Practice in Assessment’s (RPA) New Review Rubric. Presentation at the Virginia Assessment Group, Richmond, VA.
Louie, G., Lechlitner Kirby, M., *Patterson, C.R., & Ramirez, A., (2022, November). Introducing the theory of being for anti-racist dialogues in higher education. [Invited Seminar]. 2022 Virtual Seminar Series from the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education.
*Mireles, N., Good, M.R., Kaye, E., *McFadden, M., and Wilson, N. (2022, November). The Equity Pause: A reflection on integrating an equity-focused curriculum in an assessment training workshop. Presentation at the Virginia Assessment Group, Richmond, VA.
*Mireles, N. E., & Leventhal, B. C. (2022, November). Applying process data to assessment methodology: Using response time thresholds to detect non-solution behavior in general education assessment. Poster presented at the Virginia Assessment Group Annual Conference, Richmond, VA.
*Patterson, C.R. (2022, November). Applying an improvement framework to a university-wide initiative: An intersectional, interdisciplinary case study. [Poster Presentation]. 2022 Meeting of the Virginia Assessment Group, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Finney, S.J., *McFadden, M.E., & *Schaefer, K.E. (2023, March). Priming to increase test-taking effort is moderated by gender: Evidence from a randomized control trial. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Convention of Psychological Science, Brussels, Belgium.
*McFadden, M.E., & Finney, S.J. (2023, March). Double dosing: Does it improve the utility of the question-behavior effect? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Convention of Psychological Science, Brussels, Belgium.
*Schaefer, K.E. & Finney, S.J. (2023, March). Unengaged participants and reverse-scored items: Implications for the factor structure of non-cognitive measures. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Convention of Psychological Science, Brussels, Belgium.
*Alahmadi, S., Jones, A. T., Barry, C. L., & Ibáñez, B. (2023, April). The impact of different drift detection methods on Rasch scale stability. Paper presented at the 2023 National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) annual conference, Chicago, IL.
DeMars, C. E., *Shapovalov, Y. A., & Hathcoat, J. D. (2023, April). Many-Facet Rasch Designs: How Should Raters be Assigned to Examinees? [Paper presentation]. National Council on Measurement in Education annual meeting, Chicago.
Leventhal, B. C. (2023, April). ITEMS: The benefits of two major changes for learners and authors. Demonstration presented at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), Chicago, IL.
Madison, M., & Bao, Y. (2023, April). Introduction of Diagnostic Classification Models. 2023 Annual Meeting of National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.
*Mireles, N., Bao, Y. (2023, April). How Rapid Guessing Affects Diagnostic Classification Models: An Empirical and Simulation Study. 2023 Annual Meeting of National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.
*Patterson, C.R. (2023, April). Observing how college students process culturally responsive and antiracist test items [Poster presentation]. Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, United States.
*Satkus, P., & DeMars, C. (2023, April). The Use of Complex-Structure Items in Multi-stage Testing [Paper presentation]. National Council on Measurement in Education annual meeting, Chicago.
*Schaefer, K.E., Finney, S.J. & *McFadden, M.E., (2023, April). Priming examinees to give good effort: Differential utility across student groups. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.
*Schaefer, K.E. & Leventhal, B. C. (2023, April). Addressing test-taking disengagement across multiple domains simultaneously using an IRTree model. Poster presented at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), Chicago, IL.
*Shapovalov, Y., & Evans, C. (2023, April). Developing criteria for evaluating the quality of state and district assessment literacy initiatives. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), Chicago, Il.
Tang, H., Yan, Y., Bao, Y. (2023, April). Exploring the relationship between college students' value beliefs and achievement goals in using open educational resources. 2023 Annual Meeting of National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.
*Thompson, K. N. & Ferrara, S. (2023, April). An IDM study of mathematics predictors using a representation and manipulation framework [Paper presentation]. National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL, United States.
*Thompson, K. N. & Leventhal, B. C. (2023, April). A novel examination of the validity of none of the above. Poster presented at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), Chicago, IL.
Tang, H., Bao, Y. (2023, April). Examining Self-Regulated Learner Profiles in MOOCs: An Item Response Theory Perspective. 2023 Annual Meeting of National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.
Workshops
Fulcher, K. & *Shapovalov, Y. A. (2022, August). Program-level assessment: Zooming out & zooming in. [Virtual workshop]. Center for Assessment and Research Studies, James Madison University, VA.
Fulcher, K. & *Shapovalov, Y. A. (2022, August). The course file reports, assessment process, and improvement. [Virtual workshop]. Center for Assessment and Research Studies, James Madison University, VA.
Leventhal, B. C. (2022, August 7). An introduction to item response theory. Short course presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM). Washington, D.C.
*Thompson, K. & Leventhal, B. C. (2022, December 3). Best practices: Determining reliability and validity evidence. Workshop presented at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SASCOC), Atlanta, GA.
Fulcher, K.H. & Good, M.R. (December, 2022) Six Steps to Learning Improvement at Scale. 3-hour pre-conference workshop presented at the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges annual meeting: Atlanta, GA.
Leventhal, B. C. (2023, April 12). An introduction to Bayesian statistics. Workshop presented at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), Chicago, IL.
Leventhal, B. C. (2023, May 25). Understanding Bayesian. Workshop presented at the 2023 Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), Washington, D.C.
*Patterson, C.R., & Berry Danso, J.A. (2023, June 21-23). Intermediate Quantitative Methods [Workshop Session]. 2023 meeting of the ACPA Student Affairs Assessment Institute, Chicago, IL, United States.
*Patterson, C.R., & Brown, M.A. (2023, June 21-23). Intermediate Qualitative Methods [Workshop Session]. 2023 meeting of the ACPA Student Affairs Assessment Institute, Chicago, IL, United States.
LaFrance, S., & *Patterson, C.R. (2023, June 21-23). Outcomes and Theoretical Frameworks [Workshop Session]. 2023 meeting of the ACPA Student Affairs Assessment Institute, Chicago, IL, United States.
Invited Keynotes, Webinars, Panels
Finney, S.J. & *Herr, R. (2023, Oct). Program theory and implementation fidelity: Critical components to learning improvement. Presented at the annual meeting of the Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN.
*Schaefer, K., & Finney, S.J. (2023, Oct). A mutually beneficial partnership between a student affairs division and an assessment office: How to create it and sustain it. Presented at the annual meeting of the Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN.
Finney, S.J., Barry, C.L., Bashkov, B., Madison, M.J., Markle, R., Runyon, B. (2022, Oct). Switching jobs in educational measurement: Advice and insights. Invited panel at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Trumbull, CT.
Finney, S.J. & Good, M.R. (2022, Oct). 35 years of assessment innovation: Reflections and future directions. Invited presentation at the annual meeting of the Assessment Institute, Indianapolis
Bao, Y. (Jan, 2023). Advancing Methodologies and Applications of Diagnostic Classification Models. University of South Carolina.
Finney, S.J., *Wilson, S., Stewart, J. & LaFrance, S. (2023, April). Developing competency and confidence in evidence-informed practice via professional development experiences. Presented at the annual meeting of NASPA, Boston, MA.
Pastor, D. A. (2023, June). When civic engagement assessment gets political. Webinar for the Virginia Assessment Group.
Finney, S.J., *Schaefer, K., *Wilson, S. & *Alahmadi, S. (2022, August). Foundations of student affairs outcomes assessment. One-hour workshop presented to new student affairs educators at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
*Schaefer, K., Stewart, J., *Wild, A., *Wilson, S., Finney, S.J., & Newman, M. (2023, April). A structured process of reporting, evaluating, and using assessment results in student affairs: Wins, losses, and realities. Presented at the annual meeting of NASPA, Boston, MA
