Home » Research » Presentations Presentations 2007 Buckendahl, C. W. (2007, April). Psychometrics in the Courtroom: A Matter of Life and Death? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL. [PDF] Chang, S., Plake, B. S., & Lien, S. (April, 2007). Response time patterns (RTP) of different ability examinees at different pretest location. American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. Davis, S. L., & Buckendahl, C. W. (2007, April). Evaluating NCLB's Peer Review Process: A Comparison of State Compliance Decisions, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago. [PDF] Ferdous, A. A., & Plake, B. S. (April, 2007). Non-parametric IRT-based approach for validating cutscores. American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. Ferdous, A., & Plake, B. (2007, April). Interjudge Inconsistency Index for Body of Work, Yes/No, and Bookmark Standard Setting Procedures. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL. [PDF] Geisinger, K. (2007, April). Investigating Students With Disabilities on the SAT. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. [PDF] Irwin, P., Buckendahl, C. W., & Poggio, A. (2007, April). Examinee-Centered Standard Setting: An Alternative Approach. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL. [PDF] Plake, B. S, (February, 2007). Effects of pretest items in a CAT: Issues of fairness. Association of Test Publishers, Palm Springs, CA. Plake, B. S. (April, 2007). Should the AERA, APA, NCME Standards for educational and psychological testing be ISO certified? National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL. Plake, B. S. (2007, April). Standard Setters: Stand Up and Take a Stand! Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL. [PDF] Rodeck, E. M., Chin, T., Davis, S. L., Plake, B. S. (2007, April). Examining panelist evaluations and cut scores in a standard setting study: Bilingual study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education. [PDF] 2006 Badgett, B., & Buckendahl, C. (October, 2006). Establishing annual measurable achievement objectives for limited English proficiency students: Five options. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association. Sun Valley, ID. [PDF] Buckendahl, C., Rodeck, E., & Blackhurst, A. (July, 2006). Adaptation within a language: Considerations for standard setting. Paper presented at the International Test Commission conference. Brussels, Belgium. [PDF] Chang, S., Ferdous, A. A., & Plake, B. S. (April, 2006). Testing fairness and test taking strategies on correct and incorrect response times on pretest and operational items on CAT. American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. Davis, S. L., & Buckendahl, C. W. (2006, October). Evaluating the No Child Left Behind peer review process with the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association, Sun Valley, ID. [PDF] Davis, S. L., Buckendahl, C. B., & Plake, B. S. (2006, July). When adaptation is not an option: An application of bilingual standard setting. Paper presented at the International Test Commission conference, Brussels, Belgium. [PDF] Davis, S. L., Impara, J. C., Launey-Rodolf, R., & Dahlem, K. (2006, April). Alternatively Certified Teachers in Oklahoma: An Analysis from Multiple Perspectives. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA. [PDF] Ferdous, A. A., Plake, B. S., & Nering, M. (April, 2006). Factors that influence judges' decisions in a standard setting study. National Council on Measurement in Education, San Francisco, CA. Gatti, G. & Buckendahl, C. (April, 2006). On correctly classifying examinees. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Francisco, CA. [PDF] Norman, R. L. (2006). Item sufficiency in educational assessments when multiple cut-points are used. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education San Francisco, California; April, 2006. [PDF] Rodeck, E., Davis, S. L., Plake, B. S. (2006, July). Cultural generalization of non-cognitive concepts: Implications for measurement. Paper presented at the International Test Commission conference, Brussels, Belgium. [PDF] Romhild, A. (October, 2006). Assessing the Dimensionality of the Stanford English Language Proficiency Test: Factorial Structure and Invariance Across Two Different Groups of Immigrant Students in the U.S.A. Paper presented at the Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association, Sun Valley, ID. [PDF] 2005 Buckendahl, C. (April, 2005). Whose rules? The relationship between the "rules" and "laws" of testing. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education. Montreal, QB. Buckendahl, C. (October, 2005). Conducting occupational analyses for licensure testing. Invited presentations to the Public Advocacy Committee and Steering Committee of the North East Regional Board of Dental Examiners, Inc. Washington, DC. Buckendahl, C. (October, 2005). Challenges to instructionally supportive accountability tests. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association. Jackson Hole, WY. [PDF] Chang, S., Ferdous, A. A., & Plake, B. S. (April, 2005). Response Times for Correct and Incorrect Item Responses on Computerized Adaptive Tests as a Function of Examinee Characteristics. American Educational Research Association, Montreal, CA. Davis, S. L., Eckhout, T. J., & Breithaupt, D. (2005, June). Computer adaptive testing in state assessments. Session presented at the Annual meeting of the Council of Chief State School Officers, San Antonio, TX. [PDF] Davis, S. L. (2005, April). Goal Orientation Across the College Career: A Longitudinal Investigation. Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal. Eckhout, T., Davis, S., Mickelson, K., & Goodburn, A. (2005, April). A method for providing assessment training to in-service and pre-service teachers. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Southwestern Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. [PDF] Eckhout, T. A., Plake, B. S., & Smith, D. (April, 2005). An alignment methodology for aligning extended standards to core content standards. American Educational Research Association, Montreal, CA. Ferdous, A. A. & Plake, B. S. (April, 2005). Fairness Issue of Including Pretest Items on an Operational CAT Test. American Educational Research Association, Montreal, CA. Ferdous, A. A. & Plake, B. S. (April, 2005). The utility of a three-stage item selection strategy for reducing the number of items rated in an Angoff standard setting study. National Council on Measurement in Education, Montreal, CA. Plake, B. S. & Ferdous, A. A, (April, 2005). A new standard setting approach with item mapping strategies. American Educational Research Association, Montreal, CA. Plake, B., Impara, J., Buckendahl, C., & Ferdous, A. (April, 2005). Setting multiple performance standards using the yes/no method: An alternative item mapping procedure. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education. Montreal, QB. [PDF] 2004 Buckendahl, C. (July, 2004). NCLB: Psychometric perspectives. Invited presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. Honolulu, HI. [PDF] Buckendahl, C. & Heusman, D. (June, 2004). Sufficiency: Another dimension of alignment. Paper presented at the annual Large Scale Assessment Conference. Boston, MA. [PDF] Buckendahl, C., Huynh, H., Siskind, T., & Saunders, J. (June, 2004). Vertically moderated standards for South Carolina's PACT science assessments. Paper presented at the annual Large Scale Assessment Conference. Boston, MA. [PDF] Buckendahl, C., Huynh, H., Siskind, T., & Saunders, J. (April, 2004). From content standards through technical advisory committee to the State Board of Education: A case study of South Carolina's 2003 PACT science assessments. Paper presented as part of an invited symposium at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education. San Diego, CA. Buckendahl, C. (February, 2004). Accreditation: Accountability and continuous quality improvement. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Association of Test Publishers. Indian Wells, CA. Buckendahl, C. (October, 2004). Alignment: A rater's perspective. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association. Custer, SD. Buckendahl C. & Spies, R. (October, 2004). Developing test evaluation skills: A workshop designed to build assessment literacy. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association. Custer, SD. Buckendahl, C. (January, 2004). Evaluating the quality of measurement systems. Invited presentation at the annual meeting of the Southern Conference of Deans and Dental Examiners. Biloxi, MS. Ferdous, A. A., & Plake, B. S. (April, 2004). Panelists' perceptions during an Angoff standard setting workshop. National Council on Measurement in Education, San Diego, CA. Heusman, D. & Buckendahl, C. (June, 2004). Policy implications of requiring sufficiency in local assessment systems. Paper presented at the annual Large Scale Assessment Conference. Boston, MA. Plake, B. S. (March, 2004). Standards based assessment. Invited keynote address at the National Tainan Teachers College 2004 International Conference on NTNTC EMC: Technology based testing and standards-based assessment, Tainan, Taiwan. Plake, B. S. (March, 2004). Standard setting with high-stakes assessments. Invited keynote address at the National Tainan Teachers College 2004 International Conference on NTNTC EMC: Technology based testing and standards-based assessment, Tainan, Taiwan Plake, B. S. (April, 2004). Standard setting with innovative assessment designs. National Council on Measurement in Education, San Diego, CA. Plake, B. S. (June, 2004). Setting standards across grades 3 through 8: it is more than choosing the right method. Large-scale Assessment Conference, CCSSO, Boston, MA. Plake, B. S. (June, 2004). Comparability of a computerized delivery and paper-and pencil administration of Virginia's SOL High School Examinations: Discussant Comments. Large-scale Assessment Conference, CCSSO, Boston, MA. Plake, B., Buckendahl, C., & Impara, J. (June, 2004). A classroom-based system for science assessment. Paper presented at the annual Large Scale Assessment Conference. Boston, MA. Plake, B., Buckendahl, C., & Impara, J. (May, 2004). Classroom-based assessment system for science: A model. Paper presented to the National Research Council. Washington, DC. 2003 Buckendahl, C. (May, 2003). Measurement in evidence-based decision making. Invited presentation at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education. Halifax, NS. Buckendahl, C., Yang, Y., & Ferdous, A. (April, 2003). An alternative strategy for estimating decision consistency reliability. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Chicago, IL. [PDF] Buckendahl, C., Adams, B., & Goodwin, C. (February, 2003). Experiences with the Buros Accreditation Process. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Association of Test Publishers. Amelia Island, FL. Buckendahl, C. (October, 2003). Standards based assessment: Where are we going? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association. Jackson Hole, WY. [PDF] Ferdous, A. A., & Plake, B. S. (April, 2003). The use of subsets of test questions in an Angoff standard setting method. National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL. Plake, B. S. (February, 2003). Setting cutscores using item-level MPLs. Assocation of Test Publishers, Amelia Island, FL. 2002 Boss, T., Endorf, D., & Buckendahl, C. (April, 2002). Informing state assessment from the local level: A district's reflections. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. New Orleans, LA. Buckendahl, C. W., Roschewski, P., Christensen, D. (June, 2002). Nebraska focuses on results. Presentation presented at the Large Scale Assessment Conference, Palm Desert, CA. Buckendahl, C., Yang, Y., Juszkiewicz, P., & Bhola, D. (June, 2002). An empirical comparison of computer automated scoring models. Paper presented at the International Conference on Computer-Based Testing and the Internet. Winchester, England. Buckendahl, C., Christensen, D., & Roschewski, P. (June, 2002). Nebraska's state assessment model: Findings from the first year. Paper presented as part of a symposium at the Large Scale Assessment Conference. Palm Desert, CA. Buckendahl, C., Impara, J., & Plake, B. (April, 2002). A strategy for evaluating district developed assessments for state accountability. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. New Orleans, LA. Buckendahl, C. & Yang, Y. (October, 2002). An alternative strategy for estimating reliability. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association. Estes Park, CO. Impara, J. C., & Plake, B. S. (June, 2002). Alignment Studies with Computerized-Adaptive Tests. Presented at the International Testing Committee's conference, Winchester, England. Plake, B. S. (February, 2002). Who's representing the examinee? Invited presentation at the Association of Test Publisher's conference, Carlsbad, CA. Plake, B. S. (April, 2002). Issues in standard setting for large-scale assessment programs. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, New Orleans, LA. Plake, B. S. (April, 2002). Borderline groups survey method for setting performance standards: Discussant comments. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, New Orleans, LA. Plake, B. S. (June, 2002). Standards for Test Quality: Applications to Computer-based Tests. Presented at the International Testing Committee's conference, Winchester, England. Plake, B. S. (September, 2002). Assessment and NCATE. Invited Presentation to the NCATE General Assembly, Washington, DC Yang, Y., Buckendahl, C., Juszkiewicz, P., & Bhola, D. (April, 2002). An empirical review of strategies for validating computer automated scoring. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. New Orleans, LA. 2001 Buckendahl, C., Christensen, D., & Roschewski, P., (June, 2001). Standards, assessment, and accountability--A balanced approach. Paper presented as part of a symposium at the Large Scale Assessment Conference. Houston, TX. Buckendahl, C., Impara, J., & Plake, B. (April, 2001). Computing composite scores for accountability: A validation of Nebraska's district evaluation model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Seattle, WA. Buckendahl, C., Smith, R., Impara, J., & Plake, B. (April, 2001). A comparison of Angoff and Bookmark standard setting method. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education. Seattle, WA. Buckendahl, C., Impara, J., & Plake, B. (October, 2001). A strategy for evaluating district developed assessments for state accountability. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association. Chicago, IL. Endorf, D., Boss, T., & Buckendahl, C. (October, 2001). Informing state assessment from the local level: A district's reflections. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association. Chicago, IL. Hambleton, R. K., Plake, B. S., & Englehard, G. (April, 2001). Contributions to the setting of educational standards. Paper presented in Session #39.25, Memorial for Richard M. Jaeger at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle. Impara, J. C., (April, 2001). Richard M. Jaeger: The Early Years in Education 1967--1976. Presented to the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA. Impara, J. C. (April, 2001). Alignment: One Elemement of an Assessment's Instructional Utility. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Seattle, WA. Plake, B. S. (April, 2001). Chair Session # 25.65: Creating Classroom and Large Scale Assessments that Enhance Instructional Decision Making. Session presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle. Plake, B. S. (August, 2001). Evaluating the technical quality of high stakes tests used in education. American Psychological Association Invited Address, San Francisco, CA. Spies, R., Plake, B., Buckendahl, C., & Impara, J. (October, 2001). An examination of enhanced teacher feedback in standard setting: Two case studies from the middle school curriculum. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association. Chicago, IL. Yang, Y., Buckendahl, C., & Juszkiewicz, P. (October, 2001). A review of strategies for validating computer automated scoring. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association. Chicago, IL. 2000 Buckendahl, C., Impara, J., & Plake, B. (June, 2000). An alternative strategy for evaluating school district performance for state accountability. Paper presented at the Large Scale Assessment Conference. Snowbird, UT. Buckendahl, C., Plake, B., Impara, J., & Irwin, P. (April, 2000). Alignment of standardized achievement tests to state content standards: A comparison of publishers' and teachers' perspectives. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education. New Orleans, LA. Buckendahl, C., Impara, J., Giraud, G., & Irwin, P. (April, 2000). The consequences of judges making advance estimates of impact. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. New Orleans, LA. Buckendahl, C. W., Impara, J. C., Plake, B. S. (June, 2000). Evaluating district performance without a common assessment: Nebraska's accountability model. Paper presented at the Large Scale Assessment Conference, Snowbird, UT. Buckendahl, C., Plake, B., & Impara, J. (October, 2000). Computing composite scale scores for accountability: A validation study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association. Chicago, IL. Buckendahl, C., Smith, R., Impara, J., & Plake, B. (October, 2000). A comparison of the Angoff and Bookmark standard setting methods. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association. Chicago, IL. De Ayala, R. J., Plake, B. S., Impara, J. C., & Kozmicky, M. (April, 2000). The effect of omitted responses on ability estimation in IRT. American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. Giraud, G., Impara, J. C., Plake, B. S. (April, 2000). A qualitative examination of teachers' conception of the just competent examinee in Angoff (1971) workshops. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. Impara, J. C., Giraud, G., Plake, B. S. (April, 2000). The Influence of Providing Target Group Descriptors when Setting a Passing Score. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. Impara, J., Plake, B., & Buckendahl, C. (June, 2000). The comparability of nationally norm-referenced tests relative to Nebraska's academic content standards. Paper presented at the Large Scale Assessment Conference. Snowbird, UT. Impara, J. C., Plake, B. S. (June, 2000). A Comparison of Cut Scores using Multiple Standard Setting Methods. Paper presented at the Large Scale Assessment Conference, Snowbird, UT. Impara, J. C., Plake, B. S. (April, 2000). A Comparison of Cut Scores using Multiple Standard Setting Methods. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. Irwin, P. M., Plake, B. S., Impara, J. C. (April, 2000). Validity of Item Performance Estimates from an Angoff Standard Setting Study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. Plake, B., Buckendahl, C., & Impara, J. (June, 2000). Alignment of standardized achievement tests to state content standards in reading: A comparison of publishers' and teachers' perspectives. Paper presented at the Large Scale Assessment Conference. Snowbird, UT. Plake, B. S., Buckendahl, C. W., & Impara, J. C. (June, 2000). A comparison of publishers' and teachers' perspectives on the alignment of norm-referenced tests to Nebraska's language arts content standards. Large Scale Assessment Conference, Snowbird, UT. Smith, R. W. (April, 2000). An exploratory analysis of item parameters and characteristics that influence item respones time. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, New Orleans, LA. 1999 Buckendahl, C., Plake, B., & Impara, J. (April, 1999). Setting minimum passing scores on high-stakes assessments that combine selected and constructed response formats. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Montreal, QB. Buckendahl, C., Plake, B., Impara, J., Spies, R., Giraud, G., & Irwin, P. (October, 1999). The feasibility of using multiple assessments to measure student performance on state content standards. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association. Chicago, IL.