Note: Student name are in bold

Conference Presentations

Geraci, C., Ramadan, Z., Mireles, E. N., Mudryk, E., Kibanja, G., Kamanyi, E., & Johnson, R. L. (2023, August 2-5). Graduate students 'get going' with transnational youth research: Models, methods, and measures, oh my! Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA), Washington, D. C.

Nason, K., & DeMars, C. (2023, October 18-20). Context matters: The impact of external events on low-stakes assessment. In D. Pastor (chair), A Novel Examination of Test-Taking Context: Steps to Identify and Address Low Motivation. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the  Education Research Association, Trumbull, CT.

Lambert, L. & Good, M.R. (2023, October 18-20).  Learning improvement in STEM.  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Education Research Association, Trumbull, CT.

Schaefer, K. E., & Finney, S. J (2023, October 18-20). The Influence of Disengagement on the Factor Structure of a Non-Cognitive Measure: Practical Solutions. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Education Research Association, Trumbull, CT.

Wild, A. N. & Kush, J. M. (2023, October 18-20). Real or Fake? Connecting student learning and graduation rates across time. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Education Research Association, Trumbull, CT.

Patterson, C. & Herr, R. (2023, October 18-20). Finding latent profiles of student success skills to predict retention. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Education Research Association, Trumbull, CT.

McFadden, M.E. & Finney, S.J. (2023, October). Multiple priming questions can provide a solution to issues with low examinee response time effort in a testing session. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Education Research Association, Trumbull, CT.

Hunsberger, J. (2023, October). What’s the DIFference: Evaluating the validity claims of a general education program. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Education Research Association, Trumbull, CT.

Herr, R. & Finney, S.J. (2023, October). Program theory and implementation fidelity: Critical components to learning improvement. Presented at the annual meeting of the Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN.

Lambert, L. & Good, M. R. (2023, October). Deployment Strategy for the Readiness for Learning Improvement Tool: A case study approach. Presented at the annual meeting of the Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN.

Schaefer, K. E., & Finney, S. J (2023, October). A Mutually Beneficial Partnership Between a Student Affairs Division & an Assessment Office: How to Create It & Sustain It. Presented at the annual meeting of the Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN.

Hewitt, C. & Leventhal, B. C. (2023, November). Our future is online but what about for assessment? Investigating the relationship between type of device and student engagement/performance. Poster presented at the Virginia Assessment Group Annual Conference, Richmond, VA.

Gouse, H., Munoz-Moreno, J., Marcopulos, B., Wild, A., Chavez, J., Lojek, E., Cysique, L., & the INS NeuroCOVID SIG. (2024, February). Neuropsychology in the era of SARS-CoV-2. Poster presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Conference, New York City, NY.

Finney, S.J., Stewart, J., Wild, A., Herr, R., & LaFrance, S. (2024, March). Enhancing equity in programming and assessment: A rubric to guide your intentional work. Presented at the annual meeting of NASPA, Seattle, WA.

Meikrantz Sharp, M.K, Herr, R. & Finney, S.J. (2024, March). Improving equity and inclusion for international students: Using data to guide belonging interventions and student success programming. Paper presented at the annual meeting of NASPA, Seattle, WA

Mireles, N. E. & Bao, Y. (2024, April). Considerations and recommendations for rapid guessing with examinee motivation  filtering in DCMs. Paper presented at the National Council of Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA

Alahmadi, S. & Buckendahl, C. W. (2024, April). Priors and evidence: Introducing Bayesian reasoning to standard setting. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), Philadelphia, PA.

Nason, K., & DeMars, C. E. (2024, April). Another look at Yen’s Q3: Is .2 an appropriate cut-off? Poster presented at National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) in Philadelphia, PA.

Wild, A. N. & Kush, J. M. (2024, April). Student learning and graduation: Investigating grade inflation. [Research-In-Progress Roundtable Presentation]. American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Hunsberger, J. & Leventhal, B.C. (2024, April). Evaluating the efficacy of the IRTree model for Disengagement. [Research-In-Progress Roundtable Presentation].  American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Leventhal, B. C. & Finney, S. J. (2023, August 2-5). An approach to incorporate EDI into the curricula for a Master’s and PhD program. Presentation at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA), Washington, D. C.

Finney, S.J. (2023, October). Assessment in higher education: Historical expectations and activity in divisions of student affairs. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Trumbull, CT.

Foisy, J.A., Kinzie, J., Good. M.R. (2024, January). New normal assessment: roles, practices, and values. Panel at the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, Washington, D.C.

Good, M.R. (2023, November). Let us be free! Constraints of accreditation on assessment and imaginings for the future. Roundtable at the Virginia Assessment Group, Richmond, VA.

Leventhal, B. C., Finney, S., Kaye, E., & Wilson, N. (2024, April). A needs assessment to guide professional development in justice-oriented assessment. Demonstration presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), Philadelphia, PA.

Liu, J., Bao, Y., & DiStefano, C. (2024). Collapsing Sparse responses: Examination of Confirmatory Factor Analysis Models Using Likert- Scale Data. Paper presented at the annual conference of American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Workshops

Leventhal, B. C. (2023, August 2). Introduction to Bayesian analysis. A continuing education workshop presented at the 2023 annual convention of the American Psychological Association (APA), Washington, D.C.

Leventhal, B. C. (2023, October 18). An introduction to key components of Bayesian inference. Workshop presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT. 

Fulcher, K.H., Finney, S.J. & Hathcoat, J. (2023, October). Leveling up your assessment skills. Presented at the annual meeting of the Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN.

Fulcher, K. H. & Alahmadi, S. (2023, October). Assessment 101. Presented at the annual meeting of the Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN.

Leventhal, B. C. & McFadden, M. (2023, December 3). Reliability and Validity Evidence for Assessment. Workshop presented at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SASCOC), Orlando, FL.

Fulcher, K.H., Schaefer, K.E., & Nason, K., (2023, December 2) Six steps to learning improvement at scale. Workshop presented at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SASCOC), Orlando, FL.