CRESST researchers present at this year’s AERA and NCME meetings on a variety of topics, ranging from developing career readiness indicators and predicting gameplay data to formative assessment in math and improving social-emotional skills. Check out the presentations below.

Li Cai
Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics
Authors: Li Cai, Daniel McCaffrey
Sat, April 14th 10:35am to 12:05pm
Room: New York Hilton Midtown, Third Floor, Rendezvous Trianon
AERA

Developing Career-Readiness Indices Through Quantitative Psychometric Modeling
Authors: Li Cai
Mon, April 16th, 10:35am to 12:05pm
Room: Westin New York at Times Square, Ninth Floor, Palace Room
AERA

Application of Multidimensional IRT to a Test of K-12 English Language Proficiency
Authors: Li Cai, Mark Hansen
Sat, April 14th, 4:05 to 6:05pm
Measurement Problems 3 Invited Speaker Session
Mon, April 16th, 12:24 to 1:55pm
NCME

Measurement Problems 3 Invited Speaker Session
Mon, April 16th, 12:24 to 1:55pm
AERA

Eva Baker
Games and Simulations: Learning Analytics and Metrics
Symposium Chair: Eva Baker, Richard Meyer (as discussant), Ray Perez (as discussant)
Fri, April 13th, 12:00 to 1:30pm
Room: Millennium Broadway New York Times Square, Seventh Floor, Room 7.01
AERA

National Academy of Education Report on Methods and Policy Uses of International Large- Scale Assessments
Session Chair: Eva Baker
Sun, April 15th, 10:35am to 12:05pm
Room: New York Hilton Midtown, Second Floor, Nassau Suite B
AERA

Greg Chung 
Common Learning Analytics for Learning Games
Authors: Greg Chung, Jeremy Roberts
Fri, April 13, 12:00 to 1:30pm
Room: Millennium Broadway New York Times Square, Seventh Floor, Room 7.01
AERA

Predicting Test Scores from Gameplay Data: A Comparison of Neural Network and Regression Procedures
Authors: Greg Chung, Charlie Parks, Katerina Schenke, Jeremy Roberts
Sat, April 14, 8:15 to 9:45am
Room: New York Hilton Midtown, Third Floor, Americas Hall 1-2 – Exhibit Hall
AERA

Career Readiness Features: Identifying, Defining, and Implementing
Author: Greg Chung
Mon, April 16, 10:35am to 12:05pm
AERA

Scott Epstein
Literacy Design Collaborative: A Promising Approach for Building Teacher Capacity to Implement College- and Career-Ready Standards
Authors: Scott Epstein, Jia Wang, Joan Herman, Julie Haubner, Seth Leon
Tues, April 17th, 10:35am to 12:05pm
Room: New York Marriott Marquis, Fifth Floor, Westside Ballroom Salon 2
AERA

Mark Hansen
Diagnostic Classification Models: Challenges and Opportunities
Author: Mark Hansen
Sat, April 14th, 10:35am to 12:05pm
NCME

Characterizing Classification Accuracy Using Posterior Densities from Multidimensional IRT scoring
Authors: Mark Hansen, Li Cai
Sun, April 15th,  2:45 to 4:15pm
NCME

Ensuring the comparability of modified tests administered to special populations
Authors: Phoebe Winter, Michelle McCoy, Mark Hansen
Mon, April 16th, 4:05 to 6:05pm
NCME

Joan Herman
Examining Dreams and Considering Possibilities: Reflections on a Formative Assessment Intervention Study
Authors: Joan Herman, Christine Ong
Tues, April 17th, 8:15 to 9:45am
Room: New York Marriott Marquis, Seventh Floor, Astor Ballroom
AERA

PDC20: Improving the Quality of Research Measures: Lessons from the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing Workshop
Instructors: Joan Herman, Linda L. Cook, Frank Worrell
Date: Saturday, April 14, 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Fee: $65.00
Location: TBD

Markus Iseli
AGILE Methodology for Developing a Game-Based Assessment of Teamwork Skills
Authors: John Lee, Alan Koenig, Markus Iseli, Randolph Steadman
Sat, April 14th, 8:15 to 9:45am 
Room: New York Hilton Midtown, Third Floor, Americas Hall 1-2 – Exhibit Hall
AERA

EunHee Keum
Alternative Multistage Adaptive Testing Designs for Items Requiring Item-level Accommodation
Authors: EunHee Keum, Mark Hansen
Sat, April 17th, 12:25 to 1:55pm
NCME

Deborah La Torre
Using the Instructional Quality Assessment to Assess Practice Among Preservice and First-Year Resident Teachers
Author: Deborah La Torre
Sat, April 14th, 8:15 to 9:45am
Room: New York Hilton Midtown, Third Floor, Americas Hall 1-2 – Exhibit Hall
AERA

Exploring the Rating of Cognitive Complexity in Mathematics Assessment Items
Author: Deborah LaTorre
Mon, April 16, 10:35-12:05pm
Westin New York at Times Square, Fourth Floor, Gershwin 1
NCME

Julia Phelan
The Dangerous Inaccuracy of “Correct” Predictions: Pitfalls of Predictive Tests in Undergraduate Nursing Education
Author: Julia Phelan
Fri, April 13th 12:00 to 1:30pm
Room: New York Marriott Marquis, Fifth Floor, Westside Ballroom Salon 1
AERA

Katerina Schenke
The Effect of School Climate on Students’ Social-Emotional Competencies
Authors: Matthew Kraft, Erik Ruzek, Katerina Schenke, Katie Buckley, Chris Hulleman
Fri, April 13th, 12:00 to 1:30pm
Room: Crown Plaza Times Square, Room 509/510
AERA

From Structure to Process: Do Students’ Own Constructions of Their Classroom Drive Their Learning?
Author: Katerina Schenke
Mon, April 16th, 2:15 to 3:45pm
Room: Millennium Broadway New York Times Square, Fourth Floor, Room 4.04-4.05
AERA

Nami Shin
Fairness in Testing ELs and ELs with Disabilities: Research, Implementation, and Policy
Authors: Edynn Sato, Michelle McCoy, Nami Shin, Margaret Ho
Sat, April 14th, 4:05 to 6:05pm
Room: Ambassador 2
NCME

Long-term English Learners’ Performance on English Language Proficiency Tests and Content Assessments
Authors: Nami Shin
Mon, April 16th, 2:15 to 3:45pm
Room: Gershwin 1
NCME

Jia Wang
School-Level Implementation Factors Predict Student Academic Outcomes in 24 Federally Funded Magnet Schools
Authors: Jia Wang, Joan Herman, Julie Haubner
Mon, April 16th, 4:05 to 5:35pm
Room: New York Hilton Midtown, Third Floor, Rendezvous Trianon
AERA