Presentations

2019

Baker, D. J. (2019). “Name and shame”: An effective strategy for college tuition accountability? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education. Portland, OR.

Baker, D. J. (2019). “Name and shame”: An effective strategy for college tuition accountability? Paper presented at the annual international meeting of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. Barcelona, Spain.

Baker, D. J. (2019). Student and administrative responses to student collective action on campus. Symposium held at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Toronto, Canada.

Blissett, R. S. L., Baker, D. J., & Fields, B. C. (2019). Making a campus a home: Student perspectives on campus social movement mobilization. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Toronto, Canada.

Redding, C. H., & Baker, D. J. (2019). Understanding the teacher diversity gap among early career teachers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Toronto, Canada.

Baker, D. J. (2019). “Name and shame”: An effective strategy for college tuition accountability? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy. Kansas City, MO.

Leahey, E. & Barringer, S. N. “Universities’ commitment to interdisciplinary research: To what end?” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. New York, NY. August 12, 2019.

Kamata, A., Gallegos, E., Patarapichayatham, C., & Kara, Y. (2019). Evaluation of Covariate Balance as a Quality Indicator for Propensity Score Matching Analysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Canada, April 2019. [National]

Rahim, H., Luna, H., & Kamata, A. (2019). Evaluation of the Education for Sustainability in Galapagos Program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Canada, April 2019. [National]

Liang, X., Kamata, A., Sirganci, G., & Li, J. (2019). Hierarchical Bayesian Approach to Estimate Interventional Effect in Randomized Control Trials. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Canada, April 2019. [National]

Ma, H., Kamata, A., & Kara, Y. (2019). Evaluation of the Utility of Informative Priors in SEM with Small Samples. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Canada, April 2019. [National]

Kamata, A., Kara, Y., Liang, X., & Le, N. (2019). Power Analysis for Moderated Mediation Models with Continuous Moderator Variable. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Canada, April 2019. [National]

Miyazaki, Y., Kamata, A., & Uekawa, K. (2019). Impacts of Measurement Error in Pretest on Treatment Effect Estimate in Pretest-and-Post Design Analysis. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Canada, April 2019. [National]

Potgieter, C., & Kamata, A. (2019). Quantifying Reliability for Oral Reading Fluency Assessment using the Grubbs Model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Toronto, Canada, April 2019. [National]

Kamata, A., Kara, Y., Patarapichayatham, C., Le, N. (2019). Classification Predictors for Reading Fluency in Oral Reading Fluency Assessment. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Toronto, Canada, April 2019. [National]

Usta, G., & Kamata, A. (2019). DIF Analysis for Immigrant Status for the 2015 PISA Science Items. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Toronto, Canada, April 2019. [National]

Baker, D. L., Sano, M., Le, N., Collazo, M., & Kamata, A. (2019). The Use of Automated Scoring to Evaluate the In-Depth Vocabulary Knowledge of English Learners. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Canada, April 2019. [National]

Haider, Q. M., Perry, L., Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., & Kuehnert, A. E. (2019). Equality on a Scale vs Equal Sign in a Mathematical Equation. Proceedings of the forty-first annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 220-221). St Louis, MO: University of Missouri.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (November, 2019). Learning progressions-based classroom assessments: Sources of Evidence. Paper presented at the 19th annual meeting of the Maryland Assessment research Center (MARC) Conference, Enhancing Effective Instruction and Learning Using Assessment Data, University of Maryland, College Park.

Kuehnert, E. A., Perry, L., & Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (November, 2019). Making reasoning visible: Cognitive interview evidence for numeric relational reasoning learning progressions for grade K-2. Presented at the 2019 biennial meeting of Erikson Institute’s Promising Math conference, Chicago, IL.

Basaraba, D., Ketterlin Geller, L. R., & Sparks, A. (October, 2019). Comparing the diagnostic efficiency of Spanish screeners for identifying risk. Poster presented at the Council for Learning Disabilities Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Thomas, E. R., Mason, E. N., Bos, S. E., Hopkins, S., Lembke, E. S., Ketterlin-Geller, L. & Powell, S. R. (October, 2019). Project STAIR: Preliminary Findings. Poster presented at the 39th International Conference on Learning Disabilities. San Antonio, TX.

Adams, E. L. & Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (April, 2019). Evidence of Validity for a Middle Grades Mathematics Universal Screener Based on Relationships to State Test Scores. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), Toronto, ONT.

Adams, E. L. & Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (April, 2019). The Predictive Relationship Between an Algebraic Readiness Universal Screener and Algebra I Outcomes. Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2019 Research Conference, San Diego, CA.

Basaraba, D. L., Walkington, C., Luft Baker, D., Ketterlin-Geller, L., & Yovanoff, P. (April, 2019). Teacher perceptions of factors that make word problems more difficult for English learners. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association: Toronto, CA.

Perry, L., Kuehnert, E. A., & Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (April, 2019). Spatial Reasoning: Activities and Questioning Strategies to Elicit Complex Reasoning in K-2. Presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics, San Diego, CA.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Zannou, Y., Perry, L., & Adams, E. L. (April, 2019). Empirical Recovery of Learning Progressions through the Lens of Educators. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association: Toronto, CA.

Kuehnert, E. A., Perry, L., & Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (February, 2019). Numeric relational reasoning learning progressions: K-2 protocols. Presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Research Council on Mathematics Learning, Charlotte, NC.

Hirt, S. M., Powell, S. R., Lembke, E. S., Mason, E. N., & Ketterlin-Geller, L. (January, 2019). Improving algebra readiness for middle school students: A systematic literature review. Presented at the Council for Exceptional Children 2019 Convention and Expo, Indianapolis, IN.

2018

Baker, D. J., Skinner, B. T., & Redding, C. H. (2018). Affirmative intervention to reduce stereotype threat bias: Experimental evidence from a community college. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education. Tampa, FL.

Blissett, R. S. L., Baker, D. J., & Fields, B. C. (2018). When students speak out: Understanding the motivations for I, Too, Am mobilization. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education. Tampa, FL.

Baker, D. J. (2018). When average is not enough: Examining the variation in the influences on undergraduate debt. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Student Financial Aid Research Network. Austin, TX.

Baker, D. J., Lindsay, C., & Lockard, D. (2018). Teacher diversity and undergraduate debt. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy. Portland, OR.

Barringer, S. N., Taylor, B. J., Riffe, K. & Slaughter, S. “What are Trustees Doing?: A Comparative Case Study of Trustee Involvement at Research Universities” Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference. Tampa, FL. November 15, 2018.

Leahey, E., Barringer, S. N., & Ring-Ramirez, M.* “Universities’ Structural Commitment to Interdisciplinary Research.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. August 12, 2018.

Kamata, A. & Liang, X. (2018). A Cautionary Note on Incremental Fit Indices for Structural Equation Models. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY, April 2018. [National]

Kara, Y. & Kamata, A. (2018). Modeling Mediators of Within-Subject Change by Linear Growth Modeling Framework. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, New York, NY, April 2018. [National]

Perry, L., Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., & Geller, J. (November, 2018). Assessment of K-2 relational reasoning skills: Strengths and limitations of item types and formats. Poster presented at the 40th Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA), Greenville, SC.

Clark, A., Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., & Duke, D. (October, 2018). Supporting teacher use of score reports. Panel presentation at the 2nd National Council for Measurement in Education Conference on Classroom Assessment and Large-Scale Psychometrics, Lawrence, KS.

Confrey, J., Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Carney, M., Graf, E. A., & Christensen, J. (October, 2018). Why purpose and grain-size matters in the design of learning trajectories/progressions-based classroom assessment. Panel presentation at the 2nd National Council for Measurement in Education Conference on Classroom Assessment and Large-Scale Psychometrics, Lawrence, KS.

Hirt, S. M., Gonzalez, J. M., Powell, S. R., Lembke, E. S., Ketterlin-Geller, L., & Mason, E. N. (October, 2018). Improving algebra readiness for middle school students: A literature review. Poster presented at the 40th International Conference on Learning Disabilities, Portland, OR.

Ketterlin-Geller, L., Crawford, L., & Powell, S. (October, 2018). Problems of practice in mathematics: Instruction and assessment. Panel presentation at the 40th International Conference on Learning Disabilities, Portland, OR.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Lembke, E., Hirt, S., Mason, E., & Elliott, S. (October, 2018). Classroom assessments to support individualized intervention design: Instantiated examples of data-based individualization. Panel presentation at the 2nd National Council for Measurement in Education Conference on Classroom Assessment and Large-Scale Psychometrics, Lawrence, KS.

Kingston, N., Confrey, J., Wilson, M., Barton, K., & Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (October, 2018). Learning progressions: Progress on progressions. Invited panel presentation at the 2nd National Council for Measurement in Education Conference on Classroom Assessment and Large-Scale Psychometrics, Lawrence, KS.

Shepard, L., Karvonen, M., Wright, L., & Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (October, 2018). Promoting equity in classroom assessments. Panel presentation at the 2nd National Council for Measurement in Education Conference on Classroom Assessment and Large-Scale Psychometrics, Lawrence, KS.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (September, 2018). The role of big data in collecting and evaluating validity evidence for response processing. Paper presented at the 44th Conference of the International Assessment in Education Association, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

Perry, L., Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., & Hatfield, C. (July, 2018). Impact of shifting expressions within equations and inequalities on item difficulty of middle-school mathematics items. Presented at the 11th Conference of the International Test Commission, Montreal, Canada.

Perry, L., Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., & Hatfield, C. (July, 2018). Developing parallel tests: Using item templates and constraints to construct comparable progress monitoring forms. Poster presented at the 11th Conference of the International Test Commission, Montreal, Canada.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., & Perry, L. (June, 2018). Measuring early mathematical reasoning skills: Developing tests of numeric relational reasoning and spatial reasoning. Presented at the Discovery Research K-12 PI Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., & Zumbo, B. (April, 2018). Test Validity. Invited panel presentation at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Perry, L., & Adams, B. (April, 2018). Instantiating the Validity Argument Framework: Evaluating the Validity of the Uses of Universal Screeners. Symposium presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Perry, L., Adams, B., Sparks, A., & Hogan, K. (April, 2018). Investigating Score Reports for Universal Screeners: Do they Facilitate the Intended Uses. Paper presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, New York, NY.

Geller, J., Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Shivraj, P., & Naslund-Hadley, E. (March, 2018). Parents’ Usage of Mathematics Activities with their Children at Home: Results from a Descriptive Study. Poster presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference, Mexico City, Mexico.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Geller, J., Shivraj, P., & Naslund-Hadley, E. (March, 2018). Supporting Parents’ Mathematics Knowledge to Increase Parent-Child Engagement. Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference, Mexico City, Mexico.

Perry, L., & Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (March, 2018). Parents’ Understanding of Early Mathematics: Investigating Misconceptions. Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference, Mexico City, Mexico.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Perry, L., & Hogan, K. (February, 2018). Investigating score reports for universal screeners: Do they facilitate the intended uses? Poster presented at the 27th Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, San Diego, CA.

2017

Baker, D. J. (2017). A case study of undergraduate debt, repayment plans, and postbaccalaureate decision-making among Black students at HBCUs. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education. Houston, TX.

Baker, D. J. (2017). When average is not enough: Examining the variation in the influences on undergraduate debt. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education. Houston, TX.

Blissett, R. S. L., & Baker, D. J. (2017). Beyond the incident: Institutional predictors of student collective action. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, IL.

Baker, D. J., & Blissett, R. S. L. (2017). Beyond the incident: Institutional predictors of student collective action. Roundtable presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Antonio, TX.

Lucas, T., Linsenmeyer, W., Baker, D., J., & Blissett, R. S. L. (2017). Leading through crisis: Assessing higher education executive communications and management styles after the Darren Wilson grand jury decision. Roundtable presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Antonio, TX.

Baker, D. J. (2017). When average is not enough: Examining the variation in the influences on undergraduate debt. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy. Washington, DC.

Taylor, B. J., Barringer, S. N. and Slaughter, S. “When do Trustees Matter?.” Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference. Houston, TX. November 10, 2017.

Slaughter, S., Barringer, S. N. and Taylor, B. J. “Elite Private University Trustees as Institutional Advocates: Collaborative Partnerships at MIT.” Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference. Houston, TX. November 10, 2017.

Barringer, S. N. and Leahey, E. “Why are Some Universities More Committed to Interdisciplinary Research than Others?” Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference. Houston, TX. November 11, 2017.

Leahey, E. and Barringer, S. N. “University Commitment to Interdisciplinary Research.” Society for the Social Study of Science (4S) Annual Conference. Boston, MA. September 2, 2017.

Black, W. L. “Cyber-Speech, Public Schools, and the First Amendment: A Status Update,” Education Law Association Annual Conference, San Diego, California. (November, 2017).

Black, W. L. “When Teachers Go Viral: A Framework for Evaluating Controversial Employee Speech,” American Association of School Personnel Administrators Conference, Phoenix, Arizona. (October 2017).

Black, W. L. "When Teachers Go Viral." Education Law Association Regional Seminar, (2017). ELA, Bracket & Ellis, P.C. Texas Wesleyan University, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX. (April, 2017).

Kamata, A., Miyazaki, Y., Uekawa, K. (2017). Effect of Measurement Reliability on PretestPosttest Design Analysis. Poster presented at eh annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Washington D.C., November 2017. [National]

Kamata, A., Lan, P., & Gallegos, E. (2017). Evaluation of covariate selection strategies in propensity score analysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX, April 2017. [National]

Kamata, A., Kara, Y., & Potgieter, C. (2017). A Binomial-lognormal Latent Model to Measure Reading Speed. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Antonio, TX, April 2017. [National]

Patarapichayatham, C., & Kamata, A. (2017). Evaluation of Ability Estimates under 2PL Bifactor Testlet Model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Antonio, TX, April 2017. [National]

Kara, Y., & Kamata, A. (2017). Bayesian Modeling of Multilevel Item Response Model with Heterogeneous Within-Group Variance. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Antonio, TX, April 2017. [National]

Nese, J. F. T., Kamata, A., Kahn, J. (2017). Predictors of Low Agreement Between Automated Speech Recognition and Human Scores. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Antonio, TX, April 2017. [National]

Kamata, A., Lan, P., & Gallegos, E. (2017). Evaluation of covariate selection strategies in propensity score analysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Texas University Educational Statistics and Psychometrics, Austin, TX, March 2017. [State]

Barton, K., Davidson, A., Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Magee, M., & Zachary, S. (September, 2017). Accessibility of Classroom Assessment. Panel presentation at the National Council for Measurement in Education Conference on Classroom Assessment and Large-Scale Psychometrics, Lawrence, KS.

Brookhart, S., Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Perry, D., Shivraj, P., & Wilson, M. (September, 2017). The Complexity of Complexity: Disentangling Cognitive Complexity from Item Difficulty. Panel presentation at the National Council for Measurement in Education Conference on Classroom Assessment and Large-Scale Psychometrics, Lawrence, KS.

Carney, M., Confrey, J., Gianopulos, G., & Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (September, 2017). The Role of Learning Theory in the Design and Utility of Classroom Assessment. Panel presentation at the National Council for Measurement in Education Conference on Classroom Assessment and Large-Scale Psychometrics, Lawrence, KS.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., (March, 2017). Validity Evidence for Internal Structure: Appropriateness of the Test Scoring Procedures. Panel presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Shivraj, P., Hatfield, C., Geller, J., & Simon, E. (March, 2017). Encouraging Parent-Child Interactions in Mathematics at Home: Research on Materials Development. Poster presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.

2016

Baker, D. J., & Doyle, W. R. (2016). Impact of community college student debt levels on educational attainment. Paper presented at the Understanding Student Debt conference sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania’s Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy and the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Philadelphia, PA.

Baker, D. J. (2016). An examination of the effects of undergraduate debt on postbaccalaureate decision-making. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Institutional Research. New Orleans, LA.

Baker, D. J. (2016). Undergraduate debt’s effect on postbaccalaureate education decisions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Washington, DC.

Baker, D. J. (2016). Undergraduate debt’s effect on postbaccalaureate decision-making. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy. Denver, CO.

Baker, D. J., & Blissett, R. S. L. (2016). Beyond the incident: Institutional predictors of student collective action. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American College Personnel Association. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Barringer, S. N., Taylor, B. J., and Slaughter, S. “Trustees as Boundary Spanners: Implications for University Connectivity and the Field of Higher Education.” Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference. Columbus, OH. November 11, 2016.

Riffe, K. A. and Barringer, S. N. “University Identity: The Direct and Indirect Roles of Trustees.” American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C. April 8, 2016

Black, W. L. "When Teachers Go Viral: Balancing Institutional Efficacy Against the First Amendment Rights of Public School Teachers in the age of Facebook." Education Law Association: Equality and Freedom in Education. Orlando, Florida. (November, 2016).

Kamata, A., Kara, Y., Patarapichayatham, C., & Lan, P. (2016). Evaluation of analysis approaches for two-part mixture models. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC, April 2016. [National]

Nese, J. F. T., Alonzo, J., & Kamata, A. (2016). Comparing passage length and human vs. speech recognition scoring of oral reading fluency. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC, April 2016. [National]

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., & Shivraj, P. (July, 2016). Interpreting Reports from Formative Assessments: Roadblocks, Solutions, and Implications for Test Design. Poster presented at the 10th Conference of the International Test Commission, Vancouver, Canada.

Basaraba, D., Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Woods, D., & Simon, E. (April, 2016). Exploring Kindergarten Mathematics Instruction: A Survey of Teachers’ Instructional Practices and Resources. Paper presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D.C.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Shivraj, P., & Basaraba, D. (April, 2016). Evaluating the Technical Rigor of Algebra-Readiness Screeners. Paper presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D.C.

Perry, L., & Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (2016, April). Teachers’ use of formative assessment data: Challenges and opportunities. Paper session presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D.C.

Basaraba, D., Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Woods, D., & Simon, E. (March, 2016). Exploring Evidence-based Methods to Support English Learners’ Mathematical Understanding. Paper to be presented at the 45th Annual Conference for the National Association for Bilingual Education, Chicago, IL.

2015

Smrekar, C., Honey, N., & Baker, D.J. (2015). Learning and leadership outcomes of the Peabody College EdD: Case study informing leadership preparation programs. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the University Council for Educational Administration. San Diego, CA.

Flores, S.M., Park, T., & Baker, D. J. (2015). Inequality of educational opportunity and outcomes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. Miami, FL.

Baker, D. J. (2015). Undergraduate debt’s effect on postbaccalaureate education decisions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education. Denver, CO.

Baker, D.J. (2015). Winding pathways to racial equity in higher education: Modeling the antecedents of state affirmative action bans. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association. Chicago, IL.

Baker, D. J. (2015). Adoption of state affirmative action bans: An event history analysis. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy. Washington, DC.

Barringer, S. N. “The Changing Black Box: Examining Variation in Patterns of CrossSubsidization in Colleges and Universities from 1986-2010.” Association for Research on Nonprofit and Voluntary Associations Conference. Chicago, IL. November 21, 2015.

Barringer, S. N. and Taylor, B. J. “Do Foundations Matter?: The Role of Affiliated Nonprofit Organizations in University Outputs.” Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference. Denver, CO. November 6, 2015.

Riffe, K. A. and Barringer, S. N. “Understanding Within Institution Inequality: Explaining Inequality in Non-Instructional Staff Positions across Colleges and Universities.” Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference. Denver, CO. November 7, 2015.

Kamata, A. (2015). Developing the next generation of oral reading fluency assessment. Invited presentation at the annual meeting of Florida Educational Research Association, Orland, FL, November, 2015. [State]

Nese, J. F. T., Kamata, A., Alonzo, J. (2015). Exploring the evidence of speech recognition and shorter passage length in computerized oral reading fluency. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Kona, HI, July 2015. [National]

Nese, J. F. T., Kamata, A. (2015). A two-step growth mixture modeling with distributional change over time. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL, April 2015. [National]

Basaraba, D., Yovanoff, P., Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., & Shivraj, P. (April, 2015). Examining the Role of Cognitive Engagement in Students’ Mathematical Understanding. Paper presented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.

Jungjohann, K., Ketterlin-Geller, L.R., & Crosby, C. (April, 2015). On PAR for Success: Promoting Algebra Readiness through High Quality Fraction Instruction. Presented at the 2015 Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, San Diego, CA.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Shivraj, P., & Basaraba, D. (April, 2015). Designing Instruction Based on Learning Progressions: Teachers' Use of Diagnostic Assessments to Support Struggling Students. Invited Research Panel presented with Alonzo, A., Alzen, J., Briggs, D., Furtak, E., Heritage, M., Kobrin, J., McClarty, K., Mosher, F., &Peck, F. at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Nelson, N., & Ketterlin-Geller, L.R. (April, 2015). PrePARing to Pilot: Studying the Feasibility of a Middle School Algebra Readiness Intervention. Presented at the 2015 Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, San Diego, CA.

Woods, D., Basaraba, D., Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., & Simon, E. (April, 2015). Teaching Number Sense Concepts with Number Line Routines. Presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting & Exposition of National Council for Teachers of Mathematics: Boston, MA.

Basaraba, D., Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Shivraj, P., & Yovanoff, P. (February, 2015). Item difficulty: What factors influence the difficulty of mathematics items. Poster presented at the 22th Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, San Diego, CA.

2014

Baker, D.J. (2014). The effect of undergraduate student loan debt on postbaccalaureate aspirations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the University Council for Educational Administration. Washington, DC.

Baker, D.J. (2014). Adoption of state affirmative action bans: An event history analysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education. Washington, DC.

Flores, S. M., Park, T., & Baker, D. J. (2014). The racial college completion gap in Texas: Who is responsible? Paper presented at the higher education research and policy briefing hosted by the UCLA Civil Rights Project, titled Do Higher Ed Accountability Proposals Narrow Opportunity for Minority Students and Minority-Serving Institutions. Washington, D.C.

Baker, D. J. (2014). The influence of undergraduate student loan debt on postbaccalaureate aspirations. Roundtable presentation at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association. Philadelphia, PA.

Flores, S.M., Park, T., & Baker, D. J. (2014). The Hispanic-White college completion gap: Examining the contributing factors. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association. Philadelphia, PA.

Baker, D. J. (2014). The effect of undergraduate student loan debt on postbaccalaureate aspirations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy. San Antonio, TX.

Taylor, B. J., Barringer, S. N., and Warshaw, J. B. “Affiliated Nonprofit Organizations (ANPOs) in the Field of US Research Universities.” Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference. Washington, D.C. November 22, 2014.

Barringer, S. N., Slaughter, S., and Taylor, B. J. “University Trustees and the Entrepreneurial University: Inner Circles, Interlocks, and Exchanges.” Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference. Washington, D.C. November 22, 2014.

Barringer, S. N. “Competition, Markets, and Sectors: Understanding the Diverse Effects of Competition on University Finances.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. August 19, 2014.

Black, W. L. "Omnipresent Student Speech and the Schoolhouse Gate: Interpreting Tinker in the Digital Age." Education Law Association 2013 Conference, Denver, Colorado. (November, 2014).

Kamata, A. (2014). Modeling Nonlinear Growth with Three Measurement Occasions. Keynote presentation at the 22nd International Conference of Educational Research, Measurement, & Statistics, Thailand, January 2014. [International]

Jiao, H., Kamata, A., & Xie, C. (2014). A multilevel cross-classified testlet model for complex local item and person clustering in item response data modeling. Invited paper presented at the Advances in Multilevel Modeling for Education Research conference, College Park, MD, November, 2014. [National]

Kamata, A. (2014). The relationship between factor analytic and item response theory. Invited presentation at the Advances in Research Designs Symposium (TARDIS), Denton, TX, November, 2014. [State]

Jiao, H., Kamata, A., Van Wie, A., & Luo, Y. (2014). A multilevel testlet model for multiple hierarchical levels of person clustering effects. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Philadelphia, PA, April 2014. [National]

Crawford, L., Huscroft-D’Angelo, J. N., Higgins, K. N., & Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (October, 2014). Differences in Mathematics Reasoning in Technology or Traditional Environments. Panel presented at the 36th International Council on Learning Disabilities Annual Conference: Philadelphia, PA.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Nelson-Walker, N., Clarke, B., & Jungjohann, K. J. (October, 2014). Preparing Students for Algebra: Intervening with Fractions. Panel presented at the 36th International Council on Learning Disabilities Annual Conference: Philadelphia, PA.

Simon, E., Basaraba, D., Woods, D., & Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (October, 2014). The Number Line in Kindergarten: Explicit Routines for Number Sense. Presented at the 36th International Council on Learning Disabilities Annual Conference: Philadelphia, PA.

Basaraba, D., Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., & Yovanoff, P. (April, 2014). Establishing a stopping rule for an instructional informative diagnostic assessment of algebra readiness. Paper presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Basaraba, D., Shivraj, P., & Yovanoff, P. (April, 2014). Using learning progressions to design diagnostic assessments in mathematics. Paper presented at the 76th Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Philadelphia, PA.

Nelson-Walker, N., Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Woods, D., & Zachary, S. (April, 2014). Promoting algebra readiness: Developing a 6th grade rational number curriculum. Presented at the 2014 Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, Philadelphia, PA.

2013

Baker, D. J. (2013). Higher education faculty in the new South Africa. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society. New Orleans, LA.

Barringer, S. N. “The Financial Profiles of Public Higher Education: Diversity, Change, and Discontinuity.” Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference. St. Louis, MO. November 16, 2013.

Barringer, S. N. and Jaquette, O. “The Moving Missions of Community Colleges: Changes in Degree Completion Profiles from 1987-2011.” Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference. St. Louis, MO. November 14, 2013.

Barringer, S. N. “The Struggles of Higher Education: Organizational Interdependencies and Higher Education Finances.” Association for Institutional Research Annual Forum. Long Beach, CA. May 22, 2013.

Black, W. L. "The Changing Role of the Principal: How High Achieving Districts are Recalibrating School Leadership." University Council for Educational Administration Conference, Washington, DC. (November, 2013).

Kamata, A., & Patarapichayatham, C. (2013). Effect sizes for testlet effect. Poster presented at the annual convention of American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI, August, 2013. [National]

Patarapichayatham, C., Anderson, D., & Kamata, A. (2013). Monitoring mathematics achievement during the middle school transition: An application of latent transition analysis (LTA). Paper presented at the International Conference on Educational Reform, Siem Reap, Cambodia, March 2013. [International]

Jiao, H., Kamata, A., Van Wie, A., & Luo, Y. (2013). A multilevel testlet model for multiple hierarchical levels of person clustering effects. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Council on Measurement in Education, San Francisco, CA, April, 2013. [National]

Basaraba, D., Woods, D., & Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (October, 2013). Insights into the mathematical thinking of students in grades 2-4. Poster presented at the 35th International Council on Learning Disabilities Annual Conference: Austin, TX.

Hill, S., Hatfield, C., Basaraba, D., Woods, D., Simon, E., Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (October, 2013). Key words or not: Effective instruction on word problems. Presented at the 35th International Council on Learning Disabilities Annual Conference: Austin, TX.

Basaraba, D., Zannou, Y., Woods, D., Yovanoff, P., & Ketterlin-Geller, L. (September, 2013). Exploring the utility of student think-alouds for providing insights into students' metacognitive and problem-solving processes during assessment development. Paper presented at the Fall 2013 conference of the Society of Research on Educational Effectiveness: Washington, DC.

Basaraba, D., Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Yovanoff, P., Zachary, S., & Hill, S. (April-May, 2013). Documenting validity evidence for the design, development, and evaluation of a diagnostic assessment for algebra readiness. Paper presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (April-May, 2013). Sources of construct irrelevant variance: Rethinking traditional definitions and supports. Paper presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Basaraba, D., Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., & Zachary, S. (April, 2013). Using verbal protocols to develop a diagnostic assessment of algebra readiness. Panel presented at the 2013 Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, San Antonio, TX.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Basaraba, D., Zachary, S., & Hill, S. (April, 2013). Using learning progressions to guide instruction on fractions. Panel presented at the 2013 Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, San Antonio, TX.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Platas, L., & Ralaingita, W. (March, 2013). Development of mathematical skills across countries: Examining findings from the Early Grade Mathematics Assessment in Africa. Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (March, 2013). Increasing access to quality education through accommodations and modifications. Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (February, 2013). Do visual representations increase the accessibility of mathematics test items? Poster presented at the 20th Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, San Diego, CA.

2012

Barringer, S. N. “The Role of Stakeholders: Examining Sector Differences in Higher Education.” Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference. Las Vegas, NV. November 15, 2012.

Barringer, S. N. “Competition and Resource Allocation in U.S. Colleges and Universities.” Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference. Las Vegas, NV. November 16, 2012.

Barringer, S. N. “The Revenue Profiles of Public Universities: Diversity, Change Over Time and the Role of Services.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Denver, CO. August 20, 2012.

Galaskiewicz, J. and Barringer, S. N. “Social Enterprises and Social Categories.” European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium. Helsinki, Finland. July 5, 2012.

Barringer, S. N. “The Privatization of Public Higher Education? Diversity, Change Over Time and The Role of Expenditures.” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. March 25, 2012.

Barringer, S. N. “The Black Box of Organizational Finance: Patterns of CrossSubsidization in Colleges and Universities.” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. March 23, 2012.

Kamata, A. (2012). Monitoring students’ progress. Keynote presentation at the Fifth International Conference on Educational Reform, Thailand, March 2012. [International]

Patarapichayatham, C., & Kamata, A. (2012). Effects of differential item discriminations between individual-level and cluster-level under multilevel item response theory model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Council on Measurement in Education, Vancouver, Canada, April, 2012. [National]

Park, S., & Kamata, A. (2012). Investigating unexpectedly detected directions in differential item functioning analysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Council on Measurement in Education, Vancouver, Canada, April, 2012. [National]

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Wasserman, N., Chard, D. J., Zachary, S. & Hill, S. (October, 2012). Progress with fractions: Using learning progressions to guide instruction. Council for Learning Disability’s 34th Annual International Conference, Austin, TX.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Gifford, D., & Shivraj, P. (July, 2012). Accessibility or comparability: Priorities in mathematics test item design. Paper presented at the 8th Conference of the International Test Commission, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Platas, L., Ralaingita, W., & Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (July, 2012). Assessing early mathematics skills in developing countries: Instrument design, development, and validations. Paper presented at the 8th Conference of the International Test Commission, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Baumer, P., & Lichon, K. (April, 2012). Administrators’ role in supporting collaboration. Research Symposium Panel presented with Dougherty, B., Karp, K., Bryant, D., Chard, D., & Bryant, B. at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2012 Meeting and Exposition, Philadelphia, PA.

2011

Barringer, S. N. “Multifaceted Competition in Private Nonprofit Colleges and Universities.” West Coast Nonprofit Data Conference. Tucson, AZ. April 29, 2011.

Jiao, H., von Davier, M., Kamata, A., & Chen, Y-F. (2011). A multilevel Rasch mixture testlet model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA, April, 2011. [National]

Patarapichayatham, C., Kamata, A., & Jiao, H. (2011). Evaluation of the ability estimates under the bifactor testlet model. Poster presented at the annual meeting of National Council on Educational Measurement, New Orleans, LA, April, 2011. [National]

Yurekli, H., & Kamata, A. (2011). The relationship between parameters from two polytomous item response theory models. Poster presented at the annual meeting of National Council on Educational Measurement, New Orleans, LA, April, 2011. [National]

Nese, J., Park, B., Kamata, A., Alonze, J., & Tindal, G. (2011). The reliability of CBM reading growth estimates for different student groups. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Council on Educational Measurement, New Orleans, LA, April, 2011. [National]

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (October, 2011). Research methodology to support decisions in mathematics. Panel presented with Crawford, L., and Yovanoff, P. at the Council for Learning Disability’s 33rd Annual International Conference, Austin, TX.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Hall, L., & Crawford, L. (October, 2011). Designing research to develop and validate an intervention. Council for Learning Disability’s 33rd Annual International Conference, Austin, TX.

Chard, D. J., & Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (April, 2011). Designing and implementing a statewide system for RTI in mathematics: Lessons learned. Panel presented at the 2011 Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, Washington, DC.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (April, 2011). The role of administrators in supporting collaboration. Panel presented with Bryant, D. P., Bryant, B., Karp, K., Dougherty, B., and Chard, D. at the 2011 Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, Washington, DC.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (April, 2011). Assessment and assessment decision-making for students struggling with mathematics. Panel presented at the 2011 Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, Washington, DC.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Gifford, D., & Oliphint, M. (April, 2011). Using visual representations in mathematics instruction and assessment. Paper presented at the 2011 Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, Washington, DC.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., & Crawford, L. (April, 2011). Using data to support teachers’ accommodation decision making. Paper presented at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Gifford, D., & Oliphint, M. (April, 2011). Improving access to mathematics through multiple representations. Paper presented at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Liu, K., & Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (April, 2011). Using “think aloud” to understand how grade 6 students conceptualize algebra. Poster presented at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Piper, B., & Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (April, 2011). Early grade mathematics assessment reliability and validity: Assessing the assessment. Paper presented at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Oliphint, M., & Gifford, D. B. (February, 2011). Monitoring students’ readiness for algebra: What can measures of numeracy tell us? Poster presented at the 18th Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, San Diego, CA.

2010

Barringer, S. N. “Strategic Adaptation in Times of Government Retrenchment?: The Case of Public Higher Education.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA. August 15, 2010.

Barringer, S. N. “Examining the Extent of Strategic Adaptation in Times of Government Retrenchment: The Case of Public Higher Education.” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Oakland, CA. April 11, 2010.

Barringer, S. N. “Declining Sector Differences in Higher Education?: A Comparison of Financial Strategies of Public and Private Nonprofit Colleges and Universities.” Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Nonprofit Brown Bag Series, Georgia State University. August 17, 2010.

Liu, Q., & Kamata, A. (2010). Item purification in differential item functioning using generalized linear mixed model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Council on Measurement in Education, Denver, CO, May 2010. [National]

Cho, K., Lee, S-J., & Kamata, A. (2010). The effect of testlet variance on Q3 statistics. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Council on Measurement in Education, Denver, CO, May 2010. [National]

Jiao, H., Kamata, A., Wang, S., & Jin, Y. (2010). Simultaneous modeling of item and person dependence using multilevel Rasch measurement model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO. May 2010. [National]

Crawford, L., & Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (April-May, 2010). Investigating teachers’ accommodation practices. Paper presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Jamgochian, E. M., Nelson-Walker, N. J., Copeland, H., Park, B. J., & Jungjohann, K. J. (April-May, 2010). Improving teachers’ content knowledge: Does targeted professional development work? Paper presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Copeland, H., Jamgochian, E. M., Nelson-Walker, N. J., Park, B. J., Jungjohann, K., & Chard, D. (April, 2010). Evidence-based professional development in mathematics: Supporting student learning by supporting educators. Panel presented with Stein, M., Jamgochian, E. M., & Nelson-Walker, N. J. at the 2010 Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, Nashville, TN.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Oliphint, M., & Gifford, D. (April, 2010). RTI in secondary mathematics: Supporting student success through systematic service delivery. Panel presented with Feuerborn, L., Jitendra, A., Nelson-Walker, N. J., & Chard, D. at the 2010 Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, Nashville, TN.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (February, 2010). Diagnostic assessment in mathematics: Evaluating the utility of three approaches. Paper to be presented with Russell, M., Seethaler, P., & Chard, D. at the 18th Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, San Diego, CA.

2009 and Prior

Barringer, S. N. “Evaluating the Impact of Organizational Strategy Configurations on the Faculty of Higher Education.” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. April 10, 2009.

Kenworthy, L., Barringer, S. N., Duerr, D. and Schneider, G. “The Democrats and the White Working Class.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. New York City, NY. August 11, 2007.

Barringer, S. N. and Sanvictores, S. “Learning by Doing: An Internship in Applied Sociology.” Southwestern Sociological Association Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX. April 12-15, 2006.

Kamata, A. (2009). The Global Issues and Trends in Educational Statistics: Merging Psychometric and Statistical Models. Keynote presentation at the Annual Meeting of International Meeting of Educational Research, Thailand, January 2009. [International]

Patarapichayatham, C., Kanjanawasee, S., & C., Kamata, A. (2009). Cross-level Two-way Differential Item Functioning Analysis Model by the Multilevel Rasch Modeling: Investigation of Parameter Estimates. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Florida Educational Research Association, Orlando, FL, November, 2009. [State]

Kamata, A., Kim, R-S., Bilir, M. K., (2009). Investigation of the utility of the Bayesian mixtureitem DIF detection model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Council on Measurement in Education, San Diego, CA, April 2009. [National]

Bilir, M. K., & Kamata, A. (2009). Simultaneous estimation of differential item functioning for manifest groups and latent classes. Poster presented at the annual meeting of National Council on Measurement in Education, San Diego, CA, April 2009. [National]

Hawthorne, H. J., Fukuhara, H., Park, S-W., Kamata, A. (2009). An investigation of differential performance on reading test items for English language learners. Paper presented at the annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April 2009. [National]

Vaughn, B. K., Cheong, Y. F., & Kamata, A. (2008). An investigation on the utility of the 3-level hierarchical generalized linear model for DIF detection. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Council on Measurement in Education, New York, March 2008. [National]

Fukuhara, H., & Kamata, A. (2008). A testlet response theory DIF detection model: A Bayesian approach. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Council on Measurement in Education, New York, March 2008. [National]

Kamata, A., Cheong, Y. F. (2007). Multilevel Rasch models. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL, April 2007. [National]

Vaughn, B. K., Kamata, A. (2007). A Bayesian hierarchical, generalized linear model of random differential item functioning for polytomous items. Paper presented at the annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 2007. [National]

Kamata, A., Bauer, D. J., & Miyazaki, Y. (2007). Multilevel Measurement Modeling. Paper presented at the annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 2007. [National]

Cheong, Y. F., & Kamata, A. (2007). A comparison of three DIF detection procedures using hierarchical generalized linear and nonlinear mixed models. Paper presented at the annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, Chicago, CA, April 2007. [National]

Kamata, A., & Bauer, D. J. (2007). A note on the relationship between factor analytic and item response theory models. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Florida Educational Research Association, Tampa, FL, November, 2007. [State]

Park, S., Shin, I., & Kamata, A. (2007). Growth model for two parallel processes: Examining the relationship between FCAT math and reading developmental scale scores. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Florida Educational Research Association, Tampa, FL, November, 2007. [State]

Bilir, M. K., Kim, R., & Kamata, A. (2007). Utility of Mixture Item Response Theory Models and Multilevel Item Response Theory Models to Capture Heterogeneity of Item Difficulties. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Florida Educational Research Association, Tampa, FL, November, 2007. [State]

Fukuhara, H., bilir, K., Park, S., & Kamata, A. (2007). The effect of content representation for anchor items in IRT equating: A simulation study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Florida Educational Research Association, Tampa, FL, November, 2007. [State]

Chard, D., & Ketterlin-Geller, L.R. (July, 2009). Implementing Response to Intervention in Mathematics. Paper to be presented at the Biennial Conference of the International Association of Special Education, Alicante, Spain.

Ketterlin-Geller, L.R., & Yovanoff, P. (April, 2009). Model comparisons: Fitting cognitive diagnostic models to data. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Diego, CA.

Kettler, R. J., Putnam, J., Thurlow, M. L., Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., & Bechard, S. E. (April, 2009). Considerations for research to design alternate assessments based on modified achievement standards. Paper presented at the 90th Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Jamgochian, E.M., Nelson, N., & Geller, J. (April, 2009). Teachers’ assignment of accommodations: Unmediated changes or insightful practices. Paper presented at the 90th Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (April, 2009). Dividing fractions: A cognitive-based approach to instruction and assessment. Paper to be presented at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2009 Meeting and Exposition, Washington, DC.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Nelson, N., Jamgochian, E.M., & Jungjohann, K. (February, 2009). Evaluating a mathematics professional development model: A tiered approach to increase algebra readiness. Poster presented at the 17th Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, San Diego, CA.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (June, 2008). Formative assessment to guide instruction within a technology-based universally designed framework. Presented with Hall, T., Russell, M., & Dolan, R. at the 38th National Conference on Student Assessment, Orlando, FL.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Yovanoff, P., & Tindal, G. (June, 2008). Evidence for accommodation effectiveness: It’s in the item. Presented with Abedi, J., Thurlow, M., Rivera, C., & Rigney, S. at the 38th National Conference on Student Assessment, Orlando, FL.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (April, 2008). Algebra across the grades: How do we prepare students to be successful in algebra? Paper presented with Baker, S. & Jungjohann, K. at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2008 Meeting and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT.

Chard, D., Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., & Jitendra, A. (April, 2008). Improving Mathematics Achievement for Students With Disabilities: The Potential of RTI. Poster presented at the 2008 Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, Boston, MA.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (April, 2008). Designing effective professional development in mathematics: Research to practice. Presented as the Spotlight Presentation for the Division of Research with Chard, D., Gersten, R., & Jungjohann, K. at the 2008 Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, Boston, MA.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (April, 2008). Universal design for learning instruction and tools: A survey. Presented with Hall, T., Graham, S., & Wehmeyer, M. at the 2008 Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, Boston, MA.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., Jung, E., Geller, J., & Liu, K. (March, 2008). Cognitive diagnostic assessment: Defining a cognitive model. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, New York, NY.

Yovanoff, P., Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., & Tindal, G. (March, 2008). Scaling Scores on District Level Tests for Estimating Growth Relative to State Performance Standards. Paper presented at Annual Research Conference of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, Crystal City, VA.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R., & Yovanoff, P. (February, 2008). Diagnostic mathematics assessment: Innovations in measurement theory to identify student learning needs. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, San Diego, CA.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (June, 2007). Science assessments for students with significant cognitive disabilities: Issues and examples. Paper presented with Dolan, R., Hollenbeck, K., & Harms, M. at the 37th National Conference on Large-Scale Assessment, Nashville, TN.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (April, 2007). Using assessments to screen and monitor progress of students with mathematics difficulties. Paper presented with Clarke, B. & Baker, S. at the 2007 Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, Louisville, KY.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (April, 2007). Validity of Emerging Assessment Technologies: Levels of Evidence. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.

Martinez, M. I., & Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (April, 2007). EL Assessment: The Role of Academic English in Systems Alignment. Paper presented at the 88th Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Ketterlin-Geller, L. R. (February, 2007). Mathematics assessment: Issues and innovations for assessing students with disabilities. Paper presented with Chard, D., Foegen, A., & Yovanoff, P. at the 15th Annual Pacific Coast Research Conference, San Diego, CA.