BEAR Conference Papers and Presentations
. (2015). Bridging Early Learning, Kindergarten, and First-Grade Content Standards Through Assessment. Presented in R. Hernandez & M. Wilson (Chairs), The Intersecting Roles of Policy, Practice, and Research in Adopting a Statewide Kindergarten Readiness Assessment. American Educational Research Association (AERA). Symposium, Chicago, Illinois.
. (2015). A Process for Determining Criterion Zone Boundaries for Kindergarten Readiness. Presented in R. Hernandez & M. Wilson (Chairs), The Intersecting Roles of Policy, Practice, and Research in Adopting a Statewide Kindergarten Readiness Assessment. American Educational Research Association (AERA). Symposium, Chicago, Illinois.
. (2015). DRDP(2015) - Fulfilling the Vision for Early Childhood Assessment in California, Illinois, and Beyond. Berkeley Evaluation and Assessment Research (BEAR) Seminar.
. (2014). DRDP Online Systems Across Collaborative Projects: Valid and reliable psychometric measurement
of early childhood development across multiple domains.. Inclusion Collaborative State Conference. Workshop, Santa Clara, CA.
. (2014, 04/2014). Is Psychological Measurement Possible?. Presented at the International Objective Measurement Workshop 20014, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
. (2014, 04/2014). Investigation of item properties using the LLTM for polytomous Items. Presented at the National Council on Measurement in Education, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(1.16 MB) . (2014, 04/2014). The Berkeley Assessment System Software: Facilitating Teacher Management of Assessment. Presented at the International Objective Measurement Workshop 20014, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
. (2014, 04/2014). Modeling for directly mapping construct levels. Presented at the International Objective Measurement Workshop 20014, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
. (2013). Measuring Positive Youth Development in Context with the Desired Results Developmental Profile - School Age. Presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
(1.73 MB) . (2013). A Learning Progression Approach to Understanding Students’ Conceptions of the Structure of Matter. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
. (2013). Challenges and Opportunities of Learning Progressions for the Psychometric Community. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
. (2013, April 28). Using a Learning Progressions Framework to Develop a Classroom Assessment System That Is Inclusive of Students With Learning Disabilities in Mathematics: Results From Pilot 2. (). Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
. (2013). “Valid Approach to Observational Authentic Assessment.” In M. Wilson (Chair), Authentic Observational Assessment of Young Children: Frameworks, Methods, Special Considerations, and Policy Implications. . American Educational Research Association (AERA). Symposium, San Francisco, CA.
. (2013). Coding Student Responses: An Iterative and Construct-Driven Approach that Uses Multiple Sources of Data. Presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
(172.07 KB) . (2013). Using Assessments to Capture Students’ Understanding of Epistemic Commitments across Content Areas and Time. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
. (2012). "Scientific Sense Making in Context.” In R. Dorph (Chair), Activating Young Science Learners: Igniting Persistent Engagement in Science Learning and Inquiry. . American Educational Research Association (AERA). Symposium, Vancouver, BC.
. (2012, April 12). Predicting Mathematics Test Item Difficulties: Results of a Preliminary Study. Presented at the International Objective Measurement Workshop in Vancouver, BC.
. (2012, April 14). Diagnostic Learning Progressions Framework—Developing a Universally Designed Classroom Assessment System That Is Inclusive of Students With Mathematics Learning Disabilities: Our First Pilot Study. (). Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Vancouver, BC.
. (2012, April 12). Special Education Learning Progressions in Mathematics: An Investigation Using the BEAR Assessment System. Presented at the International Objective Measurement Workshop, Vancouver, BC.
. (2011). Exploring the Contexts of Assessment: Comparing Evidence of Learning from Within the Classroom. Jean Piaget Society. Berkeley, CA.
. (2011). “Investigation of the Validity of Evidence Obtained from Classroom Discussions.” In I. Grabovsky (Chair), Innovations in Measurement.. National Council of Measurement in Education (NCME). Symposium, New Orleans, LA.
. (2011). Triangulating Validity Evidence from Classroom Discussions, Written Assessments, and Cognitive Interviews.” In J. Matthews-Lopez (Chair), Dimensions of Test Validation.. American Educational Research Association (AERA). Symposium, New Orleans, LA.
. (2010). "Exploring Contexts of Assessment." In R. Lehrer (Chair), Constructing A Multidimensional Learning Progression of Data Modeling: Design Studies, Psychometric Modeling and Brokering Professional Development. National Countcil of Teachers of Mathematics. Paper, San Diego, CA.
. (2009). Formative Assessment Delivery System (FADS).