Note: Student name are in bold
Conference Presentations
Pastor, D.A. & Finney, S.J. (2024, July). Perceived normativity of giving effort on low-stakes tests: Measures and relations with examinee effort and test performance. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Test Commission, Granada, Spain.
Finney, S.J. & Pastor, D.A. (2024, July). The question-behavior effect in low-stakes testing contexts: How many questions are needed to prompt good test-taking effort? Paper presented at the meeting of the International Test Commission, Granada, Spain.
Miller, S. & Finney, S.J. (2024, June). Enhancing student effort for improved institutional accountability data: The impact of motivation priming interventions. Poster presented at the meeting of the International Conference on Assessing Quality in Higher Education, Berlin, Germany.
Kaye, E., Wilson, N. , Chenevey, L., Leventhal, B., Meixner, C., McCleary, K., Robinson, C. & Sullivan, P. (2024, October). Sharing experiences from an Open Pedagogy Faculty Fellowship. Presentation at the 2024 Open Education Conference, Virtual.
Good, M.R., Smith, R., Nguyen, L. (November, 2024). Identities re-visited: Panel of presidents. Panel presentation at the annual meeting of the Virginia Assessment Group, Staunton, VA.
Kush, J. M. (2025, April). Addressing intersectional DIF through moderated nonlinear factor analysis. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Denver, CO.
Leventhal, B. C. (2025, April 25). Addressing recruitment issues in educational measurement through an innovative internship program. Demonstration presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), Denver, CO.
Henriques, J., Leventhal, B.C., Gilmore, J., & Bao, Y. (2024, October). Time of day’s influence on engagement and performance for a university low-stakes assessment. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT.
Mehou, J.M., Leventhal, B.C., Hunsberger, J., & Bao, Y. (2024, October). An IRTree approach to investigating examinee level predictors of disengagement on the PISA. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Trumbull, CT.
Nason, K., & DeMars, C. E. (2024, October). Comparing Disengagement Indices: Self-Report or Time-on-Task. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT.
Herr, R. K. (2024, October). Employing Latent Profile Analysis on ISSAQ-SS Subscales to Predict Retention. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT.
Herr, R. K. (2024, October). Examining the Psychometric Properties of ISSAQ-SS Subscales and Testing Measurement Invariance across First-Generation Status. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT.
Lambert, L. (2024, October). Measurement invariance in the sense of belonging ISSAQ sub-scale. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT.
Wild, A. N., & Kush, J. M. (2024, October). Beyond the multiple group model: Utilizing moderated nonlinear factor analysis to explore measurement invariance. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT.
Gilmore, J., Bao, Y., Henriques, J., Leventhal, B. C.(2024, October). Identifying patterns of disengagement in a low-stakes assessment. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT.
Schaefer, K. E., & Finney, S. J. (2024, October). Who is testing at 3am? Profiles of college students who take low-stakes tests at different times of day. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT.
Hunsberger, J., & Leventhal, B.C. (2024, October). Evaluating the efficacy of the IRTree model for Disengagement. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT.
Jones, M. (2024, October). Measuring alumni career outcomes: Examining the factor structure of the NACM and testing measurement invariance across first-generation status. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), Trumbull, CT.
Lambert, L. (2024). Flexible R code for assessment practitioners [Conference Session]. Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN. https://go.iu.edu/assessmentinstitute
Lambert, L. (2024). Data visualization in R [Conference Session]. Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN. https://go.iu.edu/assessmentinstitute
Palmer, N., & Wild, A. N. (2024, November). To watch or not to watch: An investigation into response time effort. Poster presented at the Virginia Assessment Group, Staunton, VA.
Herr, R. (2024, November). Separate and together: Identity discussion. Interactive discussion session presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Assessment Group, Staunton, VA.
Gilmore, J., & McFadden, M. E. (2024, November). Building bridges: Developing an online arts entrepreneurship certificate through cross-campus collaboration. Poster presented at the Virginia Assessment Group, Staunton, VA.
Mireles, N. E., Burgess, J., & Brown, K., (2024, December). Using data to bridge the gap: Program review and external accreditation. Paper presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SASCOC), Austin, TX.
Stockwell, S. & Lambert, L. (2025, February). When is the last time you celebrated a small win? (and what can happen when you don't). Presentation at LEADing Change 2025, Harrisonburg, VA, United States.
Stebbins, L., Herr, R., Frizzell, E., & McFadden, M. (2025, February). Developing and piloting an assessment framework for restorative practices programs. Presented at the Annual Meeting of ACPA, Long Beach, CA.
Wild, A. N., Stewart, J., & LaFrance, S. (2025, March). Assess and progress: A strategy for building time and space for assessment, evaluation, and research in student affairs. [Educational Session]. National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, New Orleans, LA.
Wild, A., & Leventhal, B. (2025, March). Identifying bias in teaching materials for an inferential statistics course: Triumphs and tribulations. Presentation at A Meeting of Methodologies, Virtual.
Nason, K., Barry, C., Prendergast, C., Jones, A. (2025, April). Chatbot Performance as a Second-Attempt Examinee on a Medical Board Exam. In T. Zhang (chair), Comparing Approaches to Reduce Vulnerabilities and Improve Performance of Large Language Models in Assessment. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), Denver, CO.
Finney, S. J., Pastor, D. A., & Herr, R. (2025, April). The utility of perceived normative behavior to understand examinee effort on low-stakes assessments. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), Denver, CO.
Alahmadi, S., & DeMars, C. (2025, April). How rapid guessing biases parameter estimates and compromises common assessment practices. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Denver, CO.
Gilmore, J. (2025, April). Exploring machine learning for measuring aberrant responding in a low-stakes assessment. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Denver, CO.
LeRoy, S. L. & DeMars, C. E. (2025, April). Impact of linking methods on vertical scaled assessments. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Denver, CO.
McFadden, M.E. (2025, April). Investigating the impact of K-12 enrollment trends on interpretations of longitudinal achievement. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Denver, CO.
McFadden, M.E. & Kush, J.M. (2025, April). Exploring the causal effect of test-optional policies on enrollment rates for underrepresented minority students. Roundtable Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.
Wild, A., Kush, J., & Leventhal, B. C. (2025, April). What’s out there? A review of internship calls and provider insights in educational measurement. In B. C. Leventhal (Chair) Bridging graduate students and practice: internships in educational measurement [Symposium]. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), Denver, CO.
Wild, A. N., & Kush, J. M. (2025, April) Beyond the surface: A comparative study of MNLFA and Traditional DIF Analysis. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education Conference, Denver, Colorado.
Mehou, J. & Leventhal, B. C. (2025, April) An IRTree approach to investigating item-level predictors of disengagement on the PISA. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), Denver, CO.
Mireles, N. E. & Bao, Y., (2025, April). How does rapid guessing distort estimates in longitudinal diagnostic models? Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education Conference, Denver, Colorado.
Baron, Z., Mireles, N. E. & Bao, Y. (2025, April) Addressing class imbalances to optimize rapid guessing classifications through supervised machine learning? Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education Conference, Denver, Colorado.
Herr, R., & Mabrey, P. (2025, May). Evaluating the effectiveness of suspension warnings and academic probation for first-year college students: A regression discontinuity approach. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Conference on Psychology, Athens, Greece.
McFadden, M.E & Finney, S.J. (2025, May). The generalizability of the question-behavior effect on test-taking behavior. Presented at the 19th Annual International Conference on Psychology, Athens, Greece.
Finney, S.J., Herr, R.K. & McFadden, M.E. (2025, May). Effectiveness of an intervention to train faculty and staff on equitable programming and assessment. Presented at the 19th Annual International Conference on Psychology, Athens, Greece.
Workshops
Finney, S.J., Herr, R.K., McFadden, M.E., & Willse, J. (2025, Jan). Best practice in student affairs assessment: Resources to support program theory, implementation fidelity, and equity. Five-day workshop offered virtually.
Hathcoat, J.D., Nason, K., Snyder, J., Bangaly, D. (2024, June) Assessment 101. Five-day workshop introducing the Assessment Cycle to attendees, Virtual facilitation from James Madison University.
Fulcher, K. and Lambert, L. (2024 October). Assessment 101. Workshop conducted at Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN.
Good, M, R., Hunsberger, J., & LeRoy, S. (2024). Life after meta-assessment: James Madison University’s assessment evolution. Workshop conducted at Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN.
Fulcher, K. & Jones, M. (2024, November). Assessment 101. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Assessment Group, Staunton, VA.
Leventhal, B. C. & Henriques, J. (2024, December). Reliability and validity: Necessities for successful assessment. Workshop presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SASCOC), Austin, TX.
Fulcher, K.H., Nason, K., & Jones, M.R., (2024, December) Improving learning with your QEP: Six essential steps. Workshop presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SASCOC), Austin, TX.
Henning, G., Finney, S. J., Lundquist, A., Stewart, J., & Herr, R. (2025, February). Integrating and evaluating equity-centered assessment. Pre-conference workshop presented at the Annual Meeting of ACPA, Long Beach, CA.
Francis, P. & McFadden, M.E. (2025, February). Sipping solutions: Developing an effective alcohol intervention through equity-centered assessment. Workshop presented at the Annual Meeting of ACPA, Long Beach, CA.
Lambert, L. & Hunsberger, J. (2025, February). Report generation with Quarto. Workshop at the Continuous Improvement Summit, Virtual.
Villafuerte, C., Mireles, N. E., Wild, A., Burt, K., Ventura, C., Mosely, B., & Hammami, S. (2025, April). Positionality in action: Developing tools to recognize bias across settings. Workshop presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Measurement in Education Conference, Denver, Colorado.
