Research - Presentations

Presentation titles followed by a symbol are those in which graduate students participated.

Upcoming Conference Presentations

Wise, S. L., & DeMars, C. E. (2008, June). An investigation of rolling person fit in identifying examinees who abandon test effort. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychometric Society, Durham, NH. Download PDF

Presentations - 2008

Barnes, S. K. (2008, February). Creating and using surveys to involve those you serve. Presented at the annual conference of the Virginia Association of Early Childhood Education. Reston, VA.

Barry, C.L., & Finney, S.J. (2008, March). Does it matter how data is collected? A comparison of testing conditions and the implications for validity. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Measurement in Education, New York.

DeMars, C. E. (2008, March). Scoring Multiple Choice Items: A Comparison of IRT and Classical Polytomous and Dichotomous Methods. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, New York. Download PDF

Finney, S. J. & Swerdzewski, P (2008, February). The “What”, “Why” and “How” of Outcomes Assessment in Student Affairs. Invited half-day workshop for the Division of Student Affairs, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA.

France, M., Finney, S., & Swerdzewski, P. (2008, March). University attachment for college sophomores and juniors: a focus on its measurement and correlates. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York. Download PDF Download Handout PDF

Hauser, C., Kingsbury, G. G., & Wise, S. L. (2008, March). Individual validity: adding a missing link.  Paper presented at the 2008 meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York.

Kaliski, P. K., & DeMars, C. E. (2008, March).  Using full information item bifactor analysis to examine the quality of polytomous neuroticism items. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, New York.

Markle, R. E., Seybert, J., and Stein, M. (2008, April). The impact of retesting on various clerical tests. Poster presentation at the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, San Francisco, CA.

Meyer, J. P. (2008, March). A mixture Rasch model with item response time components. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, New York. Download PDF

Meyer, J. P., & Seaman, M. A. (2008, March). A comparison of the exact Kruskal-Wallis distribution to asymptotic approximations for n <= 105. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York. Download PDF

Parshall, C. G., & Harmes, J. C. (2008, March). Stages in designing innovative item types. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Association of Test Publishers, Dallas, TX.

Ragland, S., Schneider, C., Yap, C.C., & Kaliski, P.K. (2008, March). The effect of classroom assessment professional development on English Language Arts and Mathematics student achievement: Year 2 results.In C. Schnieder (Organizer), Professional development programs in formative classroom assessment: Do changes in teacher practice improve student performance?  Invited symposium presented at the meeting of the National Council of Measurement in Education, New York, NY.

Setzer, C., & Wise, S. L. (2008, March). An investigation of examinee test-taking effort on the major field test in business.  Paper presented at the 2008 meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York.

Sundre, D. L. & Thelk, A. D. (2008, March). Advancing assessment of quantitative and scientific reasoning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York. Download PDF

Swerdzewski, P.J. & Lewis, K.L. (2008, March).  Using program-wide competency-based assessment to improve an undergraduate health services preparatory program.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York.

Wendt, A., Harmes, J. C., Wise, S. L., & Jones, A. T. (2008, March). Development and evaluation of a set of innovative test items for a computerized nursing licensure exam. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York.

Wise, S. L., & DeMars, C. E. (2008, March). The impact of examinee non-effort on the validity of assessment test data. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, New York. Download PDF

Presentations - 2007

Baranik, L. E., Meade, A., Lance, C. E., Lau, A., & Michalos, A. (2007, April). Differential item functioning in the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale: Comparing college students in five countries. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Barnes, S. K. & Miller, B. J., (2007, April). Goal-orientation patterns of student teachers.  Poster session presented at the Division K poster session at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Barron, A. E., Hohlfeld, T., Ritzhaupt, A., Kemker, K., & Harmes, J. C.  (2007, April).  System for accountability and rigor survey:  The status quo of technology integration in Florida schools.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Barry, C.L., & Finney, S.J. (2007, October). A psychometric investigation of the College Self-Efficacy Inventory. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, CT. Download PDF

Barry, C. L., Joe, J. N., Kissel, H. L., & Finney, S. J. (2007, April). Do African American and White students conceptualize achievement goals the same: A measurement invariance study. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Dainis, A. M., Swerdzewski, P. J., & Harmes, J. C. (2007, April). The effect of innovative item placement on computer-based test motivation and performance. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.

DeMars, C. E, & Wise, S. L. (2007, April). Can differential rapid-guessing behavior lead to differential item functioning?  In International Perspectives on Test-Taking Behavior. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. Download PDF

Finney, S. J., France, M., & Swerdzewski, P. (2007, October). Are there underlying subpopulations of college attachment? An application of mixture modeling. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, CT. Download PDF

France, M.K., Finney, S.J., & Swerdzewski, P.J. (2007, October). Are university and student attachment distinct constructs:  An examination of factor structure and external validity.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, CT.

France, M. K., Jones, A.T., & Haas, L.M. (2007, October). Assessing the effects of learning communities on academically-related constructs:  Group differences and change over time. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, CT.

Harmes, J. C., Barry, C. L., & Kaliski, P. K. (2007, November). Are they really more memorable? Implications of innovative items for test security. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association, Tampa, FL.

Harmes, J. C. & Miller, B. J. (2007, October).  What do college students think about general education and assessment?  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, CT.

Harmes, J. C. & Parshall, C. G. (2007, February). Development and evaluation of an innovative computer-based assessment.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Test Publishers, Palm Springs, CA.

Hoffman, D., & Harmes, J. C.  (2007, April).  Usability evaluation for computer-based testing software:  Comparing method effects on information acquisition.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council for Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.

Joe, J. N., Harmes, J. C., & Barry, C. L. (2007, April) General education outcomes assessment within the arts and humanities: A qualitative approach to developing objectives. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Jones, A. T., Barry, C.L., Harmes, J. C., & Miller, B. J. (2007, October).  Developing a fine arts general education assessment tool.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, CT.

Kaliski, P. K. & Finney, S. J. (2007, October). An Application of Latent Transition Analysis (LTA) to Psychological Wellbeing. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, CT.

Kaliski, P. K., Finney, S. J., & Enders, C. K. (2007, April) Do the latent profiles of college students' psychological well-being change from freshmen year to sophomore year? An application of latent transition analysis.   Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Lance, C. E., Baranik, L. E., Lau, A. R., Scharlau, E., & Jones, A. (2007, April). Some measurement methods are more than just ways to assign numbers. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Lau, A. R., Finney, S.J. & Meyer, J. P. (2007, April). Measuring diversity orientation: The Miville-Guzman Universality-Diversity Scale. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Lau, A. R. & Pastor, D. A. (2007, October). Factor mixture models: Mixture modeling as a tool for studying measurement invariance. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, CT. Download PDF

Lau, A. R. & Pastor, D. A. (2007, October).  A hierarchical linear model of variability in test motivation across students and within students across tests.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, CT. Download PDF

Meyer, J. P., & Setzer, J. C. (2007). A Comparison of Bridging Methods in the Analysis of NAEP Trends with  the New Race Subgroup Definitions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, CT.

Meyer, J. P., & Setzer, J. C. (2007, April). An explanatory item response model analysis of a diagnostic measure to facilitate classroom instruction. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education in Chicago, IL.

Miller, B. J. (2007, October). Achievement goal orientation toward general education vs. overall coursework. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, CT. Download PDF

Miller, B. J. (2007, October). Confirmatory factor analysis vs. the generalized graded unfolding model for analysing responses to the Academic Motivation Scale. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, CT. Download PDF

Miller, B. J., & Sundre, D. L. (2007, April). College student achievement motivation toward overall vs. general education coursework. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Miller, B. J., Sundre, D. L., Setzer, J. C., & Zeng, X. (2007, April). Content validity: A comparison of two methods. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.

Pastor, D. A., Barron, K. E., Miller, B. J., & Davis, S. L. (2007, October). A latent profile analysis of college students’ achievement goal orientation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, CT.

Pastor, D. A., Lau, A. R., & Setzer, J. C. (2007, August). Capturing unobserved examinee heterogeneity with latent categorical variables. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association.

Schneider, C., Meyer, J. P., Miller, B. J., & Lottridge, S. (2007, April). The effect of a professional development program in classroom assessment on teacher assessment skill. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Schneider, C., Meyer, J. P., Lottridge, S., Miller, B. J., & Kaliski, P. K. (2007, April). The effect of classroom assessment professional development on English language arts and mathematics student achievement. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.

Setzer, J. C. & Allspach, J. R. (2007, October). Studying the effect of rapid guessing on a low-stakes test: An application of the effort-moderated IRT model.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, CT. Download PDF

Swerdzewski, P. J., Finney, S. J., and Harmes, J. C. (2007, October).  Examinee motivation in low-stakes testing: Two approaches to identifying data from low-motivated students in an applied assessment context.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, CT. Download PDF

Swerdzewski, P. J., Finney, S. J. & Harmes, J. C. (2007, October).  Skipping the test: The phenomenon of test avoidant students in a low-stakes assessment environment.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, CT. Download PDF

Swerdzewski, P. J., Miller, B. J., & Mitchell, R. L. (2007, October).  Investigating the validity of the National Survey of Student Engagement.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, CT. Download PDF

Swerdzewski, P. J., & Pastor, D. A. (2007, October).  Students’ nesting within high schools as a predictor of college GPA, worry, and confidence.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, CT. Download PDF

Swerdzewski, P. J., Dainis, A. M., Finney, S. J., & Harmes, J. C. (2007, April). Skipping the test: Using evidence to inform policy related to those students who avoid taking low-stakes assessments in college. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.

Wise, S. L. (2007, October).  Examinee effort and test score validity.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, CT. Download PDF

Wise, S. L., Kong, X. J., & Pastor, D. A. (2007, April). Understanding correlates of rapid-guessing behavior in low-stakes testing: Implications for test development and measurement practice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.

Zeng, X. (2007, April). Generalizability of the correlation of examinee effort on performance in low stakes achievement testing situations. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Presentations - 2006

Ball, T. C., Hazard, G. A., & Wise, S. L. (2006, March). Oral communication: It's not just about speeches anymore. Presentation at the 2006 meeting of the Association of Colleges and Universities Network for Academic Renewal, Phoenix, AZ.

Baranik, L. E., Lance, C., Lau, A. R., & Barron, K. E. (2006, May). Measurement invariance for the 2 x 2 achievement goal framework. Poster accepted for the annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, TX.

Barron, K. E., Baranik, L. E., Finney, S. J. (2006, April). Mastery avoidance at work: Discriminant and construct validity. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco. Download PDF

Finch, H., Barton, K., & Meyer, J. P. (2006, April). Differential item functioning for accommodated versus not accommodated students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Francisco.

Finney, S. J., & DiStefano, C. (2006, April). Non-normal and categorical data in structural equation modeling. Invited training session at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Jones, C. (2006, March). The embedded questions in assessment. Presentation at the Annual Conference of College Student Educators International. Indianapolis, IN.

Kaliski, P. K. & Finney, S. J (2006, May). Uncovering the dimensionality and item-wording effect of the Scales of Psychological Well-Being. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Sciences, New York.

Kaliski, P. K., Finney, S. J., & Horst, S. J. (2006, April). Does socioeconomic status influence achievement goal adoption? An investigation of group differences using structured means modeling. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco. Download PDF

Kemker, K., Barron, A. E., & Harmes, J. C. (2006, July).  Inventory for Teacher Technology Skills: Assessing basic skills.  Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Educational Computing Conference, San Diego, CA

Kissel, H. L. (2006, April). Self-advocacy programs for college students with disabilities: A framework for assessment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco. Download PDF

Kissel, H., & Finney, S. J. (2006, March). Establishing an effective assessment plan: An example for self-advocacy programs. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Washington DC.

Kissel, H., Meyer, J. P., & Liu, X. (2006, April). Successful retention of new and minority teachers: Results from SASS and TFS. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco. Download PDF

Kong, X., Wise, S. L., & Harmes, J. C., & Yang, S. (2006, April). Motivational effects of response time-based feedback: A follow-up study of effort-monitoring CBT. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Francisco. Download PDF

Lau, A. R. & Finney, S. J. (2006, May). Measuring diversity orientation: An examination of the Miville-Guzman Universality-Diversity Scale Short Form. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Sciences, New York.

Lau, A. R. & Kahn, A. S. (2006, March). College women’s experiences of street harassment. Poster presentation at the annual convention of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.

Meyer, J. P., & Seaman, M. A. (2006, April). Expanded tables of the Kruskal-Wallis H statistic. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Meyer, J. P., & Wise, S. L. (2006, April). Including item response time in a distractor analysis via multivariate kernel smoothing. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Francisco. Download PDF

Parshall, C. G., Harmes, J. C., & Wise, S. L. (2006, February). Developing innovative assessments across a continuum: Discrete items, situated tasks, and simulated environments. Presentation given at the annual meeting of the Association of Test Publishers, Orlando, FL.

Pastor, D. A., Kaliski, P. K., & Weiss, B. A. (2006, April). A meta-analytic review of college
students’ gains in general education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Educational Research Association, San Francisco. Download PDF

Rowan, B. E., Lyons, M. D., Willey, A. R., & Rowan, J. D. (March 2006).  Location of violation within structural chunks in human serial-pattern learning.  Presentation at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.

Rowan, J. D., Rowan, B. E., Kundey, S. M. A., & Sen, N. (March, 2006).  The effects of pattern dispersal on acquisition of alternation, runs, and perseveration patterns on a rat and human serial-pattern learning task.  Presentation at the annual meeting of the International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne Beach, FL.

Rowan, J. D., Sen, N., & Rowan, B. E. (March, 2006).  Phrasing cue prediction of pattern violations in human serial-pattern learning.  Presentation at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.

Sundre, D. L. (2006, April). Assessment in higher education—Invited symposium. Organizer and moderator of Invited Session for the National Council on Measurement in Education. San Francisco, CA.

Swerdzewski, P. & Finney, S. J. (2006, May). A factor analytic study of the Scale of Perceived Social Self-Efficacy. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Sciences, New York.

Thelk, A. D. (2006, February). Detecting items that function differently for two- vs. four-year college students. Poster presented at New Directions in Measurement conference, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.

Weiss, B. A., & Wise, S. L. (2006, April). An investigation of new computations of response time effort. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Francisco.

Wise, S. L., Bhola, D. S., & Yang, S. (2006, April).Taking the time to improve the validity of low-stakes tests: The Effort-Monitoring CBT. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Francisco. Download PDF

Wise, S. L., & Kingsbury, G. G. (2006, April). An investigation of item response time distributions as indicators of compromised NCLEX item pools. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Educational Research Association, San Francisco. Download PDF

Presentations - 2005

Baranik, L. E., Barron, K. E., Finney, S. J., & Sundre, D. A. (2005, April). A comparison of general vs. specific measures of achievement goal orientation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

Cameron, L., & Wise, S. L. (2005, May). Information literacy assessment at James Madison University. Presentation at the 2005 Pennsylvania Library Association Workshop on Information Literacy.

DeMars, C. E. (2005, April). "Guessing" parameter estimates for multidimensional IRT models. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal. Download PDF

DeMars, C. E. (2005, August). Scoring Subscales using multidimensional item response theory models. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. Download PDF

DeMars, C. E., & Erwin, T. D. (2005, August). Neutral or unsure: Is there a difference? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. Download PDF

Grove, A. B., Evans, S. W., Finney, S. J., & Thompson, J. M. (2005, March). Predicting barriers to children’s mental health care: A path model. Paper presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston.

Harmes, J. C., & Parshall, C. G. (2005, November). Situated tasks and simulated environments: A look into the future for innovative computerized assessment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association, Miami, FL.

Harmes, J. C., Parshall, C. G., & Wise, S. L. (2005, November). Veridicality in computer-based testing: Complexity, interactivity, and fidelity. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association, Miami, FL.

Horst, S. J., Finney, S. J., & Barron, K. E. (2005, April). Validity evidence for a measure of social goal orientation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

Kissel, H.L. (2005, April). A confirmatory factor analysis of the Scales for Diagnosing Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (SCALES). Presentation at the Spring Meeting of Virginia Psychological Association, Williamsburg, VA.

Kong, X., Bhola, D. S., & Wise, S. L. (2005, April). Setting the response time threshold parameter to differentiate solution behavior from rapid-guessing behavior. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Montreal.

Miller, B. J. (2005, April). Examining the avoidance subscales of the Achievement Goal Questionnaire. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montréal, Canada.

Miller, B. K., & Finney, S. J. (2005). Confirmatory factor analyses of the Equity Preference Questionnaire. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.

Owens, K. (2005, April). How can we interact if we can’t see each other: Examining relationships in an asynchronous distance education course. Roundtable discussion at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montréal, Canada.

Owens, K. (2005, April). Performing at a distance: How are students motivated when no one is watching? Roundtable discussion at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montréal, Canada.

Pastor, D. A. (2005, June). Assessment of health and wellness in general education. Paper presented at the Pacific Planning, Assessment and Institutional Research Conference, Honolulu. Download PDF

Sproles, K., Hazard, G., Murphy, C., Amato, H., Wise, S., Sundre, D., & Pastor, D. (2005, October). Pedagogy and assessment: General Education assessment at James Madison University. A panel discussion presented to the 2005 Association for General and Liberal Studies and the Association for Integrative Studies Joint National Conference. Alexandria, VA.

Sundre, D. L. (2005, October). Assessment: An invitation to engage. Keynote address delivered to the faculty of Moraine Valley Community College as part of their annual College Learning Day. Palos Hills. IL.

Sundre, D. L. (2005, October). Building your assessment village. Workshop for the 2005 Assessment Institute in Indianapolis. Indianapolis, IN.

Sundre, D. L. (2005). A pathway for an institution-wide assessment program: Are we there? Volume IV: What works, what matters, what lasts. Project Kaleidoscope. Retrieved from http://www.pkal.org/documents/InstitutionWideAssessment.cfm on April 18, 2006.

Sundre, D. L., & Miller, B. J. (2005, November). Continued refinement of an assessment instrument: JMU’s Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning Tests. Presented to the 2005 Virginia Assessment Group. Virginia Beach, VA.

Taylor, M. A., & Pastor, D. A. (2005, May). Adjustment to college as a predictor of first-year retention. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Institutional Research, San Diego. Download PDF

Taylor, M. A., & Pastor, D. A. (2005, May). A confirmatory factor analysis of the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Institutional Research, San Diego. Download PDF

Wise, S. L. (2005, February). Using item response time to identify and manage the data from unmotivated examinees. Presentation at the 2005 Association of Test Publishers Conference on Computer-Based Testing, Scottsdale, AZ.

Wise, S. L., & DeMars, C. E. (2005, April). An application of item response time: The effort-moderated IRT model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal.

Wise, S. L., & Kong, X. (2005, April). Response time effort: A new measure of examinee motivation in computer-based tests. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Montreal.

Wise, S. L., Owens, K. M., Yang, S., Weiss, B., Kissel, H. L., Kong, X., & Horst, S. J. (2005, April). An investigation of the effects of self-adapted testing on examinee effort and performance in a low-stakes achievement test. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Montreal.

Presentations - 2004

Anderson, R. A., & Thelk, A. D. (2004, June). The back translation: A best practice in instrument selection. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Higher Education, Denver, CO.

Anderson, R., & Wise, S. L. (2004, April). Computer-based testing: Assessing the core competencies. Presentation at the annual Virginia Community Colleges System’s New Horizon’s conference, Roanoke, VA.

Banta, T. W., Black, K. E., & Morrow, A. K. (2004, November). Does information influence academic decision-making? Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Kansas City, MO.

Baranik, L., Barron, K. E., Finney, S. J., & Sundre, D. A. (2004). Specificity of achievement goal measures: An empirical investigation comparing general vs. specific measures. Paper presented at the meeting of the Virginia Psychological Association, Roanoke, VA.

Barnes, S. (2004). Helping young children handle stress. Workshops presented to Child Care Providers, Virginia Department of Social Services, Abingdon, VA.

Barnes, S. (2004). Nurturing productive partnerships with parents. Workshops presented to Child Care Providers, Virginia Department of Social Services, Abingdon, VA.

Barnes, S. (2004). Technology pals. Workshop presented at Virginia Association for Early Childhood Education Conference, Blacksburg, VA.

Borden, V. M. H., & Morrow, A. K. (2004, May). Diversity indicators: Demonstrating commitment, impact, and progress. Poster session presented at the annual forum of the Association of Institutional Research, Boston, MA.

Callegaro, M., Yang, Y., Bhola, D., & Dillman, D. (August, 2004). Response latency as an indicator of optimizing: A study comparing job applicants and job incumbents’ response time on a web survey. Paper presented at the Six International Conference on Social Science Methodology (organized by the Research Committee on Logic and Methodology (RC33) of the International Sociological Association). Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Davis, S. L., Pastor, D. A., & Barron, K. E. (2004, April). Examining goal orientation similarities and differences among college majors: An HLM analysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego. Download PDF

DeMars, C. E. (2004, April). A comparison of the recovery of parameters using the Nominal Response and Generalized Partial Credit models. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego. Download PDF

DeMars, C. E. (2004, April). Item parameter drift: The impact of the curricular area. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego. Download PDF

Fairchild, A. J., Horst, S. J., Finney, S. J., & Barron, K. E. (2004, April). Evaluating validity evidence for the Academic Motivation Scale: Investigating both new and existing data. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.

Hoole, E. R., Thelk, A. D., Davis, S. L., Kimsey, W. D., Trobaugh, S., & McKinney, B. C. (2004, April). Measurement of the seven-phase model of conflict. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.

Kimsey, W. D., McKinney, B. C., Trobaugh, S. S., Hoole, E. R., Thelk, A. D., & Davis, S. L. (2004, November). Seven-phase model of conflict: Practical applications for conflict mediators and leaders. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Lash, J. M., Morrow, A. K., & Whitney, K. (2004, November). The journey is half the fun: Development of a diversity assessment tool. Pre-conference workshop conducted at the Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN.

Meyer, J. P., McClellan, C. M., & Huynh, H. (2004, April). Background information methods for the analysis of mixed groups with application to multi-racial NAEP data. Paper presented at the 2004 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.

Meyer, J. P., Kim, D. H., & Yap, C. C. (2004, April). Tracking aggregate level attitude change with an item category map. Paper presented at the 2004 annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Diego.

Morrow, A. K., & Davis, S. L. (2004, June). Connecting public audiences to the college experience: A model of general education assessment. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Association for Higher Education, Denver, CO.

Owens, K. M. (2004, April). The relationship between achievement goal orientation and item difficulty selection in a self-adapted test. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Measurement in Education, San Diego, CA.

Pastor, D. A., Barron, K. E., Miller, B. J., & Davis, S. L. (2004, April). College students’ achievement goal orientation profiles. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego. Download PDF

Thelk, A. D., Hoole, E. R., & Lottridge, S. M. (2004, November). What are you thinking? Postsecondary student think-alouds of scientific and quantitative reasoning items. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Atlanta, GA.

Wise, S. L., & Anderson, R. L. (2004, June). Computer-based assessment using the Adaptex Assessment System. Presentation at the annual Assessment Conference of the American Association of Higher Education, Denver, CO.

Wise, S. L., & Cameron, L. (2004, January). The Information Literacy Test (ILT). Presentation at the National Forum on Information Literacy, Washington, DC.

Wise, S. L., & Morrow, K. (2004, June). Assessing collegiate student information literacy skills with the Information Literacy Test. Presentation at the annual Assessment Conference of the American Association of Higher Education, Denver, CO.

Wise, S. L., Kingsbury, G. G., Thomason, J., & Kong, X. (2004, April). An investigation of motivation filtering in a statewide achievement testing program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Diego.

Presentations - 2003

Barnes, S. (2003). Designing learning environments for school age children. Workshops presented to Child Care Providers, Virginia Department of Social Services, Abingdon, VA.

Barron, K. E., Finney, S. J., Davis, S. L., & Owens, K. M. (2003, April). Achievement goal pursuits: Are different goals activated and more beneficial in different types of academic situations? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Davis, S. L., & Finney, S. J. (2003, April). Examining the psychometric properties of the Cross Cultural Adaptability Inventory. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

DeMars, C. (2003, April). Missing data and IRT item parameter estimation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

DeMars, C. (2003, April). Recovery of graded response and partial credit parameters in MULTILOG and PARSCALE. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Enders, C. E., & Finney, S. J. (2003, April). Examining the sensitivity of fit indices to model misspecification and complexity when modeling likert data: An examination of recommended cutoffs. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Finney, S. J., & Davis, S. L. (2003, April). Examining the invariance of the Achievement Goal Questionnaire across gender. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Haley, K. A., DeMars, C. E., & Pieper, S. L. (2003, April). Automated essay scoring: A real-life validation study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Halonen, J., Pastor, D. A., Harris, C., Abrahamson, C., & Huffman, C. (2003, September). Assessing general education outcomes in introductory psychology. Presented at the annual meeting of Taking Off: Best Practices in Teaching Introductory Psychology, Atlanta.

Huynh, H., & Meyer, J. P. (2003, April). Decomposition of Rasch partial credit items and applications. Paper presented at the 2003 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Hoole, E. (2003, April). Using mixed methods in community priority setting. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Hoole, E. (2003, November). Applied assessment: Action research in disguise? Paper presented at the annual Virginia Assessment Group conference, Williamsburg, VA.

Liu, X., & Meyer, J. P. (2003, February). Teachers’ perceptions of their jobs: a multilevel analysis of the Teacher Follow-up Survey 1994-95. Paper presented at the 2003 meeting of the South Carolina Educators for the Practical Use of Research, Columbia, SC.

Meyer, J. P., & Hombo, C. M. (2003, April). The impact of multiracial response data on NAEP scores. Paper presented at the 2003 meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Morrow, A. K. (2003, November). Information literacy test: Collegiate assessment of student information literacy skills. Paper presented at the Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN.

Pastor, D. A., & Beretvas, S. N. (2003, April). An illustration of longitudinal Rasch modeling in the context of psychotherapy outcomes assessment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Measurement in Education, Chicago.

Pastor, D. A., & Richarde, R. G. (2003, April). Investigation of differential item functioning for African-American and Anglo-American college students in the modified Achievement Goal Questionnaire. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Measurement in Education, Chicago. Download PDF

Sundre, D. L., & Wise (2003, April). Motivation filtering: An exploration of the impact of low examinee motivation on the psychometric quality of tests. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago.

Thelk, A. D., & Hoole, E. (2003, November). Improving the properties of an instrument of scientific and quantitative reasoning: Combining an established test and an experimental test. Paper presented at the bi-annual meeting of the Virginia Assessment Group, Williamsburg, VA.

Wise, S. L. (2003, February). K-12 large scale assessment online. Paper presented at the 2003 Association of Test Publishers Conference on Computer-Based Testing, Amelia Island, FL.

Wise, S. L., & DeMars, C.E. (2003, June). Examinee motivation in low-stakes assessment: Problems and potential solutions. Paper presented at the annual Assessment Conference of the American Association of Higher Education, Seattle.

Wise, S. L., & Yang, D. (2003, December). The Adaptex Assessment System. Presentation at the annual project director’s meeting of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), Denver.

Presentations - 2002

Davis, S., Rogers, S., Andre, J., Griffin, J., Harper, R., & Richardson, J. (2002, April). Using distinctiveness to explain gender bias in eyewitness memory as measured by change blindness. Poster presented at the meeting of the Virginia Psychological Association, Virginia Beach, VA.

Davis, S., Rogers, S., Andre, J., Griffin, J., Harper, R., & Richardson, J. (2002, March). Noticing changes and remembering faces: Using change blindness to detect gender bias in eyewitness memory. Poster presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

DeMars, C. (2002, June). Equating multiple forms of a competency test: An Item Response Theory approach. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Institutional Research, Toronto.

DeMars, C. (2002, June). Modeling student outcomes in a general education course with hierarchical linear models (HLM). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Institutional Research, Toronto.

Fulcher, K. H., Haley, K. A., & Wise, S. L. (2002, April). Creating new opportunities for computer adaptive testing in higher education: The stratum CAT. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

Hoole, E. R., & Thelk, A. D. (2002). Social work comprehensive exam project. Paper presented at the Virginia Assessment Group virtual conference. Retrieved January 15, 2003, from http://www.brcc.edu/research/vagvamap2002.html

Horn, C. A., Carlson, D. J., & Finney, S. J. (2002, April). Fostering achievement in introductory college biology: The impact of problem solving tasks. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

Moore, D., & Williams, K. (2002, February). Selecting student development assessment tools: Service learning, moral development, and leadership. Presented at the meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Dallas, TX.

Morrow, A. K. (2002). Building bridges across disciplines: The relationship between cognitive psychology and survey research. Paper presented at the Virginia Assessment Group virtual conference. Retrieved December 18, 2002, from http://www.brcc.edu/research/vagvamap2002.html

Owens, K., Davis, S., Finney, S., & Richarde, R. (2002, April). Graduate study opportunities in assessment and measurement: Meeting the needs of the 21st century. Paper presented at the Virginia Psychological Association, Virginia Beach.

Pieper, S. L. (2002, April). Using NCATE for faculty development: A campus success story. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Sundre, D. L., & Finney, S. J. (2002, April). Enhancing the validity and value of learning
assessment: Furthering the development of a motivation scale. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

Presentations - 2001

Anderson, R. D. (2001, April). Stereotype threat: Effect of gender identification on test performance. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education.

Anderson, R. D. (2001, November). Assessing critical thinking in the classroom. Paper presented at the bi-annual conference of the Virginia Assessment Group.

Davis, S., Rogers, S., Andre, J., & Varakin, A. (2001, October). Who was I talking to? Remembering details from casual encounters. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Criminal and Police Psychology, Austin, TX.

DeMars, C., & Erwin, T. D. (2001, June). Applications of Item Response Theory in higher education. Paper presented at the Assessment Conference of the American Association for Higher Education, Denver.

Ferrara, S., Wise, S., Weissman, A., Moore, D., & Taylor, C. (2001, April). Asking questions and finding answers in educational research. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.

Finney, S. J., & Schraw, G. J. (2001, April). Measuring statistics self-efficacy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle.

Fordham, M., & Morrow, A. K. (2001, May). Volunteerism in women’s fraternities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Forum on Volunteerism, College Park, Maryland.

Fulcher, K., Moore, D. L., & Williams, K. (2001, June). Performance assessment reliability and the assessment of individual differences. Paper presented at the Assessment Conference of the American Association for Higher Education, Denver.

Haley, K. A., & Willse, J. T. (2001, April). Rater effects in writing assessment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle.

Haley, K. A., Moore, D. L., & Anderson, R. D. (2001, April). Differential impact of delivery mode on multimedia-based test items. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle.

Moore, D. (2001, December). SSLI: A service learning assessment tool. Presented at the Service Learning Initiatives Advisory Group, Lexington, KY.

Moore, D., & Haley, K. (2001, June). Multimedia items in computer based testing. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Higher Education, Denver, CO.

Moore, D. L., Haley, K. A., Charbonneau, J. C., Anderson, R. D., & Pieper, S. L. (2000, November). Assessing general education arts and humanities: Collaborating to enhance a local faculty-developed test. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Assessment Group, Charlottesville, VA.

Moore, D. & Weissman, A. (2001, April). Putting your talents to work: Launching your career. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.

Pieper, S. L. (2001, June). Assessment of students: Who cares? Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Higher Education, Denver, CO.

Pieper, S. L. (2001, November). Student motivation and large-scale assessment: Should we be concerned? Presented at the meeting of the Virginia Assessment Group Conference, Virginia Beach, VA.

Pieper, S. L. & Morrow, A. K. (2001, November). Student motivation and large-scale assessment. Paper presented at the bi-annual meeting of the Virginia Assessment Group, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Sundre, D., Moore, D., & Pieper, S. (2001, June). Methods to enhance student motivation and determine whether students provide motivated effort on assessment tasks. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Higher Education, Denver, CO.

Williams, K., & Fulcher, K. (2001, October). The assessment of critical thinking. Presented at the Virginia Assessment Group.

Williams, K., & Sivo, S. (2001, April). Power analysis in SEM: A comparison of methods. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle.

Williams, K., Wise, S. L., & West, R. (2001, April). Multifaceted measurement of critical thinking skills in college students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Seattle.

Willse, J. T., & Sivo, S.A. (2001). Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in structural equation modeling: The need for cross-fitting structural models when performing Monte Carlo studies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.

Wise, S. L. (2001, February). Psychological issues in computer-based testing. Paper presented at the 2001 Association of Test Publishers Conference on Computer-Based Testing, Tucson, AZ.

Wise, S. L., & DeMars, C. (2001, June). Feedback from the front: Establishing computer-based tests at James Madison University. Paper presented at the annual Assessment Conference of the American Association for Higher Education, Denver.

Presentations - 2000

Anderson, R. D. (2000, June). Using generalizability theory in an assessment practice. Paper presented at the Assessment Conference of the American Association of Higher Education.

Anderson, R., Charbonneau, J., Haley, K., Moore, D., & Pieper, S. (2000, November). Assessing general education arts and humanities: Collaborating to enhance a locally, faculty-developed test. Panel discussion presented at the Virginia Assessment Group Conference, Charlottesville, VA.

Anderson, R., & Williams, K. (2000, June). Constructing local instruments: A workshop. Presented at the Assessment Conference of the American Association for Higher Education, Charlotte, NC.

Moore, D., & Anderson, R. (2000, June). Assessing the reliability of assessment tools. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Higher Education, Charlotte, NC.

Willse, J. T., & Haley, K. A. (2000, November). Effective portfolio assessment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Assessment Group, Charlottesville, VA.

Wise, S. L., & Erwin, T. D. (2000, April). Developing professionals in applied assessment and measurement: The James Madison University model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, New Orleans.

Presentations - 1999

Anderson, R. D. (1999). Developing assessable objectives for mental health programs. Presented at the Pegasus Program, Central Valley Community Services, Lynchburg, VA.

Anderson, R. D. (1999, November). Advantages and challenges of using “mixed methodologies” to assess student learning: Can technology help? Paper presented at the bi-annual conference of the Virginia Assessment Group.

Anderson, R. D. (1999, November). Assessment of oral communication for general education at James Madison University. Paper presented at the bi-annual conference of the Virginia Assessment Group.

Anderson, R. D. (1999, November). Using mixed methodologies and a faculty institute to improve assessment in the natural world, a general education cluster at JMU. Paper presented at the bi-annual conference of the Virginia Assessment Group.

Anderson, R. D. (1999, October). Responding to accountability in postsecondary education: The need for coordination. Paper presented at the annual meeting of FIPSE, Washington, D.C.

DeMars, C. (1999, April). Group differences based on IRT scores: Does the model matter? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal.

DeMars, C. (1999, April). Does the relationship between motivation and performance differ with ability? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council for Measurement in Education, Montreal.

Erwin, T. D., DeMars, C., & Anderson, R. (1999, June). Assessment of critical thinking: Empirical studies about ETS's Tasks in Critical Thinking and the California Critical Thinking Skills Test. Paper presented at the Assessment Conference of the American Association for Higher Education, Denver.

Sundre, D. L., & Wise, S. L. (1999, April). Consulting and teaching in an assessment context. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal.

Wise, S. L. (1999, April). Comparison of stratum scored and maximum likelihood-scored CATs. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Montreal.

Wise, S. L. (1999, April). The rationale and principles of stratum scoring. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Montreal.

Presentations - 1998 and prior

DeMars, C. (1998, April). Item estimates under low-stakes conditions: How should omits be treated? Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.

Spurr, C. W., Kiphart, M. J., & Miller, B. J. (1997, June). Portfolio sorting: A description and case study. Poster session presented at the assessment conference of the American Association for Higher Education, Washington, DC.

Wise, S. L. (1998, October). An introduction to computer-based assessment. Presentation at the Eastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology, Harrisonburg, VA.