Kennedy, C. A. (2005). Constructing measurement models for MRCML estimation: A primer for using the BEAR scoring engine. BEAR Report Series, 2005-04-02. University of California, Berkeley. PDF

Brown, N. J. S. (2005). The multidimensional measure of conceptual complexity. BEAR Report Series, 2005-04-01. University of California, Berkeley. PDF

Kennedy, C. A. (2005). The BEAR assessment system: A brief summary for the classroom context. BEAR Report Series, 2005-03-01. University of California, Berkeley. PDF

Brown, N. J. S. (2004). Interpreting Ordered Partition Model Parameters from ConQuest. BEAR Report Series, 2004-10-02. University of California, Berkeley. PDF

Wilson, M. & Xie, Y. (2004). The Imperial vs. Metric Study. BEAR Report Series, 2004-10-01. University of California, Berkeley. PDF

Draney, K. & Peres, D. (1998, December). Multidimensional modeling of complex science assessment data. University of California, Berkeley. PDF

Roberts, L. & Wilson, M. (1998, February). An integrated assessment system as a medium for teacher change and the organizational factors that mediate science teachers' professional development. BEAR Report Series, SA-98-2,University of California, Berkeley. PDF

Roberts, L. & Wilson, M. (1998, January). Evaluating the effects of an integrated assessment system on science teachers' assessment perceptions and practice. BEAR Report Series, SA-98-1, University of California, Berkeley. PDF

Roberts, L., Wilson, M., & Draney, K. (1997, June) The SEPUP Assessment System: An Overview. BEAR Report Series, SA-97-1,University of California, Berkeley. PDF

Wilson, M. & Draney, K. (1997, July). Developing maps for student progress in the SEPUP Assessment System. BEAR Report Series, SA-97-2,University of California, Berkeley. PDF

Wilson, M. & Case. H. (1997). An Examination of Variation in Rater Severity Over Time: A Study in Rater Drift. BEAR Report Series, CD-97-1,University of California, Berkeley. PDF

Roberts, L., Sloane, K., & Wilson, M. (1996). Assessment Moderation: Supporting Teacher Change while Improving Professional Practice. BEAR Report Series, SA-96-2,University of California, Berkeley.

Sloane, K., Wilson, M., & Samson, S. (1996). Designing an embedded assessment system: From principles to practice. BEAR Report Series, SA-96-1,University of California, Berkeley. PDF

Roberts, L. (1995). SEPUP Assessment Development Centers: Site visit portfolio. BEAR Report Series, SA-95-1,University of California, Berkeley. PDF

Wilson, M., Sloane, K., Roberts, L., & Henke, R. (1995). SEPUP Course I, Issues, Evidence and You: Achievement evidence from the pilot implementation. BEAR Report Series, SA-95-2,University of California, Berkeley. PDF

Briggs, D. & Wilson, M. (in press). Causal Inference and the Heckman Model. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics.

Briggs, D. (2004). Evaluating SAT Coaching: Gains, Effects and Self-Selection. In R. Zwick (Ed.) Rethinking the SAT: Perspectives Based on the November 2001 Conference at the University of California, Santa Barbara. RoutledgeFalmer.

Briggs, D. & Wilson, M. (2003). An Introduction to Multidimensional Measurement Using Rasch Models. Journal of Applied Measurement, 4 (1), 87-100.

Kennedy, C. (2003, March). A Primer on Design Matrices. PDF

Roberts, L. (2000). Using criterion-referenced maps to produce meaningful evaluation measures: Evaluating middle school science teacher change in assessment, collegial and instructional practices. In M. Wilson & G. Engelhard, Jr. (Eds.), Objective Measurement: Theory into Practice (Volume 5). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

Kennedy, C. (2000, March). Measuring Student Variables Useful in the Study of Performance in an Online Learning Environment. PDF

Kennedy, C. (2000, March). What Influences Student Learning in an Online Course? PDF

Wilson, M., Roberts, L., Samson S., & Sloane K. (2000). SEPUP Assessment Resources Handbook. BEAR Center Research Reports, University of California, Berkeley.

Wilson, M. (in press). Relating the National Science Education Standards to an embedded assessment system. In K. Comfort (Ed.), How good is good enough? Setting performance standards for science learning. New York: AAAS.

Kennedy, C. (1998, December). Online Education: Pathway or Barrier to Academic Equity. HTML

Kennedy, C. (1998, November). Turning the Tables: Engaging Teachers in the Learning Process. HTML

Kennedy, C. (1998, October). Conflicting Purposes of Higher Education: Will Improving Access to Higher Education Undermine Quality? HTML

Roberts, L. & Henke, R. (1997). Mapping Middle School Students' Perceptions of the Relevance of Science. In M. Wilson, G. Engelhard, Jr., & K. Draney (Eds.), Objective Measurement: Theory into Practice. (Volume 4) Norwood, NJ:Ablex.

Wilson, M. & Adams, R. (1996). Evaluating progress with alternative assessments: A model for Chapter 1. In M. B. Kane (Ed.), Implementing performance assessment: Promise, problems and challenges. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Wilson, M. & Wang, W. (1995). Complex composites: Issues that arise in combining different modes of assessment. Applied Psychological Measurement, 19 (1), 51-72.

Allen, D. D. (2006, April). Using item response modeling methods to develop theory related to human performance. Paper presented at the International Objective Measurement Workshop, Berkeley, CA, April 2006. PPT

Galpern, A , Moore, S. M.. (2006, April). Designing and Using an Embedded Assessment System to Track Student Progress. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Science Teachers Association, Anaheim, CA, April 2006. PPT

Karelitz, T. M., Parrish D. & Yamada, H. (2006, April). Linking Developmental Profiles Across Age Groups. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, April 2006. PDF PPT

Kennedy, C.A. (2006, April). Simplified scoring of performance activities: Comparing assessment stories from complex and simple scoring approaches. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Francisco, CA, April 2006. PDF

Scalise, K., Bernbaum, D. J., Timms, M., Harrell, S. V., Burmester, K., Kennedy, C.A. & Wilson, M. (2006, April). Assessment for e-Learning: Case studies of an emerging field. Paper presented at the International Objective Measurement Workshop, Berkeley, CA, April 2006. PDF

Yamada, H., Draney, K., Karelitz, T., Moore, S., & Wilson, M. (2006, April). Comparison of dimension-aligning techniques in a multidimensional IRT context. Paper presented at the 13th International Objective Measurement Workshops, Berkeley, CA. PPT

Draney, K., Galpern, A. & Wilson, M. (2005, November). Designing & using an embedded assessment system to track student progress. Presented at the National Science Teachers Association conference, Chicago, November 2005. PPT

Kennedy, C.A., Timms, M., Long, K., Ketchner, S. & Bluestein, D. (2005, April). Using PADI to develop an online self-assessment system that supports student science learning in FOSS. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada, April 2005. PDF

Kennedy, C.A. (2005, April). Models and tools for drawing inferences from student work. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada, April 2005. PDF

Kennedy, C.A., Brown, N.J.S., Draney, K. & Wilson, M. (2005, April). Using progress variables and embedded assessment to improve teaching and learning. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada, April 2005. PDF

Kennedy, C. (2004, April). Technology Underlying task templates in the PADI design system: The scoring engine. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April 2004.

Kennedy, C. (2004, April). An example of a task template from the Full Option Science System (FOSS). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April 2004.

Kennedy, C. (2004, March). The BEAR Assessment System. Presentation introduced at the No Child Left Behind Technology Summit, St. Louis, MO, March 2004.

Kennedy, C. (2003, November). Constructing Measurement Model Fragments: An Example from BioKids.

Kennedy, C. (2003, October). A Template Construction Path.

Wilson, Mark & Kathleen Scalise (2003, June). Research on learning: Implications for assessment in higher education. Opening plenary address at the American Association for Higher Education Assessment Conference, Seattle.

Kennedy, C. (2003, June). Testing the Test: Did it measure what was intended? Poster presentation at the Assessment Conference of the American Association for Higher Education, Seattle, WA, June 2003.

Kennedy, C. (2003, April). Promoting Success in Online College Courses: Understanding Interactions Between Course Structure and Learner Readiness. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA, April 2003.

Kennedy, C. (2003, March). Using the PADI Framework to Design an Item.

Kennedy, C. (2002, June). Formative Evaluation of an Online Teaching Strategy: Using Mixed Methods to Learn From the Student Experience. Paper presented at the American Evaluation Association 2002 Conference, Washington, D.C., November 2002.

Xie, Y. (2002, Spring). An Application of a Special Two-Class Item Response Model Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo Method. Position Paper; Policy, Organization, Measurement, & Evaluation; Graduate School of Education; University of California, Berkeley.

Xie, Y. (2001, Spring). Dimensionality, Dependence, or Both?: An Application of the Item Bundle Model to Multidimensional Data. Position Paper; Policy, Organization, Measurement, & Evaluation; Graduate School of Education; University of California, Berkeley.

Kennedy, C. (1999, October). Reinventing Online Education From a Social Context. Presented at the "Online Education in California Community Colleges: Faculty Perspectives" Conference at College of San Mateo.

Kennedy, C. (1999, April). Community College Teaching: Divining the Future from the Past. Invited talk presented at the plenary Session of the Academic Senate of the California Community Colleges, Burlingame, CA, April 1999.

Draney, K. & Wilson, M. (1998, June). Creating composite scores and setting performance levels: Use of a scaling procedure. Council of Chief State School Officers National Conference on Large Scale Assessment. Colorado Springs, CO.

Wilson, M. & Draney, K. (1998, June). Creating composite scores and setting performance levels: Comparison of raw score and scaling procedures. Council of Chief State School Officers National Conference on Large Scale Assessment. Colorado Springs, CO.

Roberts, L. & Wilson, M. (1998, April). Evaluating the Effects of an Integrated Assessment System: Changing Teachers' Practices and Improving Student Achievement in Science. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Wilson, M. (1998, July). Embedding developmental assessment into an instructional curriculum: The case of SEPUP’s Issues, Evidence and You. International Developmental Assessment Seminar, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.

Wilson, M. (1998, January). How do curriculum developers measure success? ScienceGate II Conference, Xerox Document University, VA.

Draney, K. & Wilson, M. (1997, July). Mapping student progress with embedded assessments: The challenge of making evaluation meaningful. Paper presented at the National Evaluation Institute Workshop, Indianapolis, IN.

Hoskens, M., Wilson, M., & Stavisky, H. (1997, June). Accounting for rater effects in large scale testing using IRT. Paper presented at the European meeting of the Psychometric Society.

Roberts, L. (1997, November). Data-Oriented Evaluation: Documenting the Rhetoric versus Reality of Assessment Reform in Science Education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, San Diego , CA.

Roberts, L. (1997, July). Evaluating Teacher Profession Development: Local Assessment Moderation and the Challenge of Multisite Evaluation. Paper presented at the sixth National Evaluation Institute, Indianapolis, IN.

Roberts, L. (1997, March). Using Maps to Produce Meaningful Evaluation Measures: Evaluating Middle School Science Teacher Change in Assessment, Collegial and Instruction Practices. Paper presented at the ninth International Objective Measurement Workshop, Chicago, IL.

Sloane, K. (1997, July). Innovative approach to program evaluation in science education. Paper presented at the sixth National Evaluation Institute, Indianapolis, IN.

Wilson, M. & Draney, K. (1997, March). Developing maps for student progress in the SEPUP assessment system. Paper presented at the ninth International Objective Measurement Workshop, Chicago, IL.

Wilson, M. & Draney, K. (1997, February). Mapping student progress in science with embedded assessments. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Seattle.

Wilson, M. (1997, January). Assessment and evaluation together in the service of instruction and learning. National Science Foundation Status of Middle School Science Conference. Washington, DC.

Adams, R. & Wilson, M. (1996, April). Multilevel modeling of complex item responses in multiple dimensions: Why bother? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. New York, NY.

Roberts, L., Sloane, K., & Wilson, M. (1996, April). Local Assessment Moderation in SEPUP. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Sloane, K., Wilson, M., & Samson, S. (1996, April). Designing an embedded assessment system: From principles to practice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Wilson, M. & Case, H. (1996, June). An investigation of the feasibility and potential effects of rater feedback on rater errors. Paper presented at the Council of Chief State School Officers National Conference. Phoenix, AZ.

Wilson, M. & Draney, K. (1996, April). Mapping student progress with embedded assessments. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Wilson, M., Hoskens, M., & Wang, W. (1996, April). Complex item responses: Rater effects and item dependency. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. New York, NY.

Wilson, M. & Hoskens, M. (1996, April). Multidimensional item responses: Multimethod-multitrait perspectives. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. New York, NY.

Wilson, M., Thier, H., Sloane, K., & Nagle, B. (1996, April). What have we learned from developing an embedded assessment system? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York , NY

Roberts, L. & Henke, R. (1995, April). Evaluating the Science Education for Public Understanding Program: Combining Rasch Measurement and Hierarchical Linear Modeling. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Francisco, CA.

Roberts, L. (1994, November). Evaluating the Science Education for Public Understanding Program: A hierarchical analysis of middle school science students' attitudes about the personal and social relevance of science. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association. Boston, MA.

Wilson, M. (1994, April). Multimode assessment involving raters. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Atlanta, GA.

Wilson, M. (1994, April). What technical issues might be major concerns in implementing new assessments and new technologies. Invited participant in a colloquium on “Assessment in the 21st century: Issues, technologies, and challenges”. National Council for Measurement in Education annual meeting. New Orleans, LA.

Wang, W. & Wilson, M. (1993, March). Comparing multiple-choice and performance-based items. Paper presented at the California Learning Assessment System Technical Advisory Committee meeting. San Francisco, CA. Also presented at the Seventh International Objective Measurement Workshop, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (1993, April).

Wilson, M. (1993, April). Invited participant in a colloquium on “The technical requirements of high stakes performance assessments: Answers to your questions”. National Council for Measurement in Education annual meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Wilson, M. & Adams, R. (1992, June). Evaluating progress with alternative assessments: A model for Chapter 1. Invited address to the conference on Curriculum and Assessment Reform. Boulder, CO.