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Association
58
th
Annual Meeting
Hilton University of Florida
Conference Center
Gainesville, Florida
November 20-22, 2013
Hotel Floor Plan
WednesdayNovember20
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StatisticalDataMiningwithApplicationsinEducation
Speaker:MorganC.Wang,Ph.D.,UniversityofCentralFlorida
Moderator:WendyDickinson,Ph.D.,RinglingCollegeofArt+Design
Dr.MorganWangisaProfessorofStatistics(DepartmentofStatistics)andservesasthe
DirectoroftheDataMiningProgramattheUniversityofCentralFlorida,Orlando,Florida.
Description:Statisticaldatamining,arelativelynewfield,focusesonanalyzinglargevolumes
ofobservationaldata.Manytechniquesfromfieldssuchasdatabasemanagement,artificial
intelligence,machinelearningandstatisticsareusedtogethertosolveproblems.Thisfieldis
differentfromtraditionalstatisticsinmanyaspects.Inthispresentationthefocuswillbeon
thedifferencebetweentraditionalstatisticalinferenceanddatamining.Severalcasestudies
oncollegeleveleducationaldatawillbepresentedandthepotentialuseofusingdatamining
techniquestoK12datawillalsobeaddressed.
WednesdayNovember20
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OpeningSessionSponsoredbytheFloridaDepartmentofEducation
ChallengesinScalingandEquatingofTestsMeasuringCommonCoreStandards
Speakers:MarkReckase,Ph.D.,MichiganStateUniversity
CraigWells,Ph.D.,UniversityofMassachusetts
Moderator:SalihBinici,FloridaDepartmentofEducation
Dr.MarkReckaseisadistinguishedprofessorintheMeasurementandQuantitativeMethods
programattheMichiganStateUniversity.Dr.Reckasespecializesinthedevelopmentof
educationalandpsychologicaltests,educationalpolicyrelatedtotesting,andthepsychometric
theorythatsupportstheassessmentofcognitiveskillsandcontentknowledge.
Dr.CraigWellsisanassociateprofessorintheResearchandEvaluationMethodsprogramat
theUniversityofMassachusetts.Dr.Wells'researchinterestscenteronthedevelopmentand
applicationofquantitativemethodsinthebehavioralsciences.
Description:Thissessioncoversthescaling,linking,andequatingoflargescaleassessments
andfocusesonchallengesofscalingtestswithvariousitemtypesmeasuringcomplex
constructs.
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P Pr re es se en nt ta at ti io on nI I( (1 1: :4 45 5 2 2: :3 30 0) )
SponsoredbyPearson
PsychometricGuidelinesforConstructingCriterionReferencedLargeScaleStandardizedTests
andPracticesintheEducationalMeasurementField
AhmetTurhan,SeniorResearchScientistwithPearson
SerenaLin,SeniorResearchScientistwithPearson
P Pr re es se en nt ta at ti io on nI II I( (2 2: :3 30 0 3 3: :1 15 5) )
SponsoredbyNWEANorthwestEvaluationAssociation
HowLearningProgressinSchoolsCanBeMeasuredandLeveragedforImprovement?
SherryDeSimone,SeniorAccountExecutive,NorthwestEvaluationAssociation
AndyHegedus,SeniorResearchManager,NorthwestEvaluationAssociation
ElementaryPrincipalsUseofData:SocialComparison,PerformanceGoals,andProfessional
DevelopmentGoals
TimPressley,FloridaStateUniversity
ElizabethBrinkerhoff,FloridaStateUniversity
ErikRawls,FloridaStateUniversity
AlysiaRoehrig,FloridaStateUniversity
ExaminingRatersEffectsinCharterSchoolFundApplicationswithaManyFacetRaschModel
WeiXu,UniversityofFlorida
DavidMiller,UniversityofFlorida
NancyThornqvist,UniversityofFlorida
SelfDirectedFacultyFocusGroups:ANovelTwistonaTriedandTrueMethod
LindaGaughan,HillsboroughCountyPublicSchools
JulieMcLeod,HillsboroughCountyPublicSchools
HowMuchisTooMuch?AGoalFreeInvestigationintoaLargeDistrictsMandatedExtended
ReadingTimeInitiative
LindaGaughan,HillsboroughCountyPublicSchools
JulieMcLeod,HillsboroughCountyPublicSchools
SamanthaHooper,UniversityofSouthFlorida
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AninitialEvaluationoftheIntensifiedAlgebraCourse
TheodoreDwyer,HillsboroughCountyPublicSchools
DonnaDeSenna,UniversityofFlorida
UsingaVirtualLearningLabDesignedExclusivelyforAcceleration
BonnieSwan,UniversityofCentralFlorida
AngelaHuang,UniversityofCentralFlorida
YanZhou,UniversityofCentralFlorida
TurkishTeachersPerceptionsonNewFirstGradeCurriculumImplementation
DuyguCetinBerber,FloridaAtlanticUniversity
MaraD.VsquezColina,FloridaAtlanticUniversity
EducationalVenturesIntoExtendedDay:AnInitialEvaluationofEdVenture
TheodoreDwyer,HillsboroughCountyPublicSchools
JeniferNeale,HillsboroughCountyPublicSchools
AnalyzingK12StudentLearningGainstoEvaluatetheESOLInfusionModel:Preparing
TeacherCandidatestoTeachEnglishLearners
MatthewR.Lavery,UniversityofCentralFlorida
AlisonM.Youngblood,UniversityofCentralFlorida
WednesdayNovember20
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EstimatingTeacherEffects:HowandWhy
LibbieMiller,SeniorResearchManagerwithScantron
Thissessiondiscussesmeasuringteacher/schooleffectivenessviavalueaddedmodeling(VAM)
techniquesusingdatafromScantronsPerformanceSeries(PS)testingsystem.Participantswill:
(1)understandthefundamentalconceptsandissuesbehindthedevelopmentofVAM;(2)
exploredifferentmodelspecificationsusingPStestdata;and(3)understandthestrengthsand
limitationsofVAM.
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StateStandardizedAssessmentsUpdatesonAssessmentOptions
Speaker:VinceVerges,AssessmentDirector,FloridaDepartmentofEducation
Moderator:BetsyBecker,Ph.D.,FloridaStateUniversity
VinceVergesisthestateassessmentdirector.HehasservedasPartnershipfortheAssessment
of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) Implementation Director for Florida. He has
overall responsibility for working with the Florida Department of Education and other state
stafftoensureFloridasreadinessfortheimplementationoftheCommonCoreassessmentsin
the 20142015 school years. Vince also serves on PARCCs Leadership Team along with state
agencystafffromotherPARCCstatestodesignanddevelopthePARCCassessmentsandwork
with PARCC contractors. His prior background in education includes high school mathematics
curriculumandinstruction,aswellasoverallresponsibilityforFCATandFloridasEndofCourse
testdevelopment.
Description:VinceVergeswilldescribethestatusofCommonCoreSummativeAssessmentsin
the state of Florida. Common Core Summative Assessments are scheduled to replace the
current Florida assessments in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics in the 20142015 school
year,andupdateswillbeprovidedontheeffortstoprepareforthetransition.
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ApplicationoftheFusionModelforCognitiveDiagnosticAssessmentwithNondiagnostic
AlgebraGeometryMathematicsTestData
RobertH.Fay,UniversityofSouthFlorida
ParameterEstimationofCognitiveAttributesusingtheCrossedRandomEffectsLinear
LogisticTestModel:AnEmpiricalInvestigationofAccuracyandPrecision
ChunhuaCao,UniversityofSouthFlorida
YiHsinChen,UniversityofSouthFlorida
GeorgeMacdonald,UniversityofSouthFlorida
IsaacLi,UniversityofSouthFlorida
AcomparisonofIRTandGDMmethodsforValidatingaQmatrix:AnEmpiricalStudyofa
ReadingComprehensionTest
IsaacLi,UniversityofSouthFlorida
YiHsinChen,UniversityofSouthFlorida
ElizabethShaunessyDedrick,UniversityofSouthFlorida
ChunhuaCao,UniversityofSouthFlorida
ABayesianHierarchicalMixtureApproachtoModelTimingDatawithApplicationtoWriting
Assessment
TingxuanLi,FloridaStateUniversity
RussellAlmond,FloridaStateUniversity
TheMathTestAnxietyScaleforCollegeStudents
GoncaGul,FloridaStateUniversity
GertrudesVelasquez,SacredHeartJuniorCollege
UmitTokac,FloridaStateUniversity
EvaluatingtheEffectivenessofESOLEndorsementProgramforOneLargeSchoolDistrictin
NorthEastFlorida
YakupBilgili,FloridaStateCollegeatJacksonville
WednesdayNovember20
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MethodologicalExperimentationandQualitativeResearchDesigns
Speakers:MirkaKoroLjungberg,Ph.D.,UniversityofFlorida
JenniferR.Wolgemuth,Ph.D.,UniversityofSouthFlorida
Moderator:AlbertRitzhaupt,UniversityofFlorida
Description:Inthisinteractiveworkshopparticipantswilllearnaboutmethodologicalalignment
(connections between epistemologies and design components) and different ways to design a
thoughtfulqualitativestudy.Insteadofusingonlyfamiliarmethodsweencourageparticipants
toengageinmethodologicalexperimentationandongoingmethodologicallearninginorderto
expand their design options. More specifically, we will offer an introduction to qualitative
research design and qualitative research process and then participants are instructed to
experimentwithdifferentresearchdesignsintheoreticallyinformedways.Wealsoencourage
participantstobringtheirownresearchquestionsanddesignplanstothesessionifpossibleso
thattheycanreceivebothinstructorandpeerfeedbackontheirdesignsandmethodologies.
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Sponsoredby:
LauraBresko,PresidentandCEO
BrendaBartholomew,DistrictLiaison
PROGRESS TESTING, INC.
and
JeffSkene,StrategicDevelopmentConsultant
THINKGATE
ThursdayNovember21
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TheMeasuringInformationCommunicationandTechnology(ICT)LiteracyofMiddleGrade
StudentsinFlorida
AnneCorinneHuggins,UniversityofFlorida
AlbertRitzhaupt,UniversityofFlorida
KaraDawson,UniversityofFlorida
TheDIFDetectionacrossTwoMethodsofDefiningGroupComparisons:Pairwiseand
CompositeGroupComparisons
HalilIbrahimSari,UniversityofFlorida
AnneCorinneHuggins,UniversityofFlorida
ThursdayNovember21
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RelationshipbetweenDIFLocationandConditionalEquatingDependenceIssues
AnneCorinneHuggins,UniversityofFlorida
RandallD.Penfield,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatGreensboro
GraduateStudentsExperiencesofPeerLeadershipinCohortModels
SisterEllenRice,BarryUniversity
PrivaFischweicher,BarryUniversity
CarmenMcCrink,BarryUniversity
UsingPeerAssessmentamongPreserviceTeachers
MariaD.VasquezColina,FloridaAtlanticUniversity
MarianneRobinRusso,FloridaAtlanticUniversity
MaryG.Lieberman,FloridaAtlanticUniversity
JohnD.Morris,FloridaAtlanticUniversity
ApprenticeshipProgram:EncouragingCoalitionsWhereConstituentGroupsCanWork
TogethertoPutIdeasIntoAction
DanielReyesGuerra,FloridaAtlanticUniversity
MarianneRobinRusso,FloridaAtlanticUniversity
MariaVasquezColina,FloridaAtlanticUniversity
CareersasCartographies:ReimagingDistributedLeadership
JasmineUlmer,UniversityofFlorida
MirkaKoroLjungberg,UniversityofFlorida
FloridaTeachersKnowledgeandPerceptionsaboutStudentLearningGrowth,Assessment,
andtheFloridaValueAddedModel
JacquelinW.Cocke,FloridaStateUniversity
LiteracyCoachinginSecondarySchools:AReviewoftheLiterature
ErinE.Margarella,UniversityofSouthFlorida
ThursdayNovember21
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C Co of ff fe ee eB Br re ea ak k10:15 AM 10:30 AM Prefunction Aream
Coffee Break
Sponsoredby:
ShariHoltmeier,AccountManager
United Data Technologies (UDT)
FloridasValueAddedModel
Speakers:KathyHebda,ChiefofStaff,FloridaDepartmentofEducation
EricLarsen,Ph.D,AmericanInstituteofResearch
Moderator:SamWhitten,HillsboroughCountyPublicSchools
Dr.EricLarsenisaSeniorEconomicResearcheratAmericanInstitutesforResearch,specializinginthe
economicsofeducationandquasiexperimentalmodeldesignandanalysis.Hecurrentlyprovides
technicalsupportforthevalueaddedmodelingcomponentsofseveralprojects.PriortojoiningAIR,
EricwasaresearchfellowatPublicPolicyInstituteofCalifornia,wherehefocusedontheeconomics
ofpubliceducation,particularlyschoolaccountabilityprograms,therelationshipbetweenschool
resourcesandstudentachievement,andlabormarketsforteachersandadministrators.Erichas
experiencebothasaresearcherandasapractitioner,havingtaughtmiddleschoolEnglishinCalifornia
publicschoolsforeightyears.HeholdsaM.Ed.fromtheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles,anda
Ph.D.ineconomicsfromtheUniversityofCalifornia,Davis.
Description:Dr.LarsenwillpresentthehistoryoftheValueAddedModelinuseinthestateofFlorida,
including the reasons for inclusion or exclusion of specific variables. He will provide information on
the status of the information collected to date, including modifications that have been made to the
modelaftertheinitialyearofimplementation.
Dr.Larsenwillalsoprovideinformationwithregardstotheinterpretationofthescoresthatarebeing
providedandtheiruseindistrictsthroughoutFlorida.
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FERAGraduateStudentBusinessMeetingLuncheon
Sponsor:BruceHall,Ph.D.
GraduateStudentCoordinators:MatthewR.Lavery,UniversityofCentralFloridaandSungur
Gurel,UniversityofFlorida
InvitedSpeakers:
MirkaKoroLjungberg,ProfessorofQualitativeResearch,SchoolofHumanDevelopmentand
OrganizationalStudiesinEducationCollegeofEducation,UniversityofFlorida.
LeeBaldwin,AssociateProfessorofSchoolofTeaching,Learning,andLeadershipinCollegeof
EducationandHumanPerformance,UniversityofCentralFlorida.
ExaminingtheInfluenceofMaternalEducationonParentingBeliefsaboutPreschool
ChildrensAcademicandSocialDevelopment
PamelaW.Burris,FloridaStateUniversity
SmritiJangra,FloridaStateUniversity
BethPhillips,FloridaStateUniversity
ChristopherLonigan,FloridaStateUniversity
WhatSocialNetworksHavetheBiggestInfluenceontheCollegeChoiceProcessofLatina/o
Students?
GriseldaFlores,UniversityofFlorida
FranciscoJimenez,UniversityofFlorida
UnderstandingtheEffectsofSocial/BehavioralSkillsandParentInvolvementSchoolonEarly
AcademicAchievements:FindingsfromtheEarlyChildhoodLongitudinalStudy
YounAhJung,FloridaStateUniversity
TestingTwoPopulationMeans:VarianceHeterogeneityandNonNormality
AnhKellermann,UniversityofSouthFlorida
PatriciaRodrguezdeGil,UniversityofSouthFlorida
DiepNguyen,UniversityofSouthFlorida
ThursdayNovember21
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EunSookKim,UniversityofSouthFlorida
YiHsinChen,UniversityofSouthFlorida
JeffreyD.Kromrey,UniversityofSouthFlorida
AnEmpiricalComparisonofSevenEffectSizeIndicesforDichotomizedOutcomes
IsaacLi,UniversityofSouthFlorida
PatriciaRodrguezdeGil,UniversityofSouthFlorida
JeanineRomano,UniversityofSouthFlorida
AartiP.Bellara,UniversityofSouthFlorida
GeorgeMacDonald,UniversityofSouthFlorida
HaroldHolmes,UniversityofSouthFlorida
PatriceRasmussen,UniversityofSouthFlorida
YiHsinChen,UniversityofSouthFlorida
JeffreyD.Kromrey,UniversityofSouthFlorida
AnEmpiricalComparisonoftheAccuracyandPrecisionofConfidenceIntervalsforthe
DifferencebetweenCorrelatedProportionsinDependentSamples
PatriciaRodriguezdeGil,UniversityofSouthFlorida
EunSookKim,UniversityofSouthFlorida
JeanineL.Romano,UniversityofSouthFlorida
ThanhPham,UniversityofSouthFlorida
DiepNguyen,UniversityofSouthFlorida
JeffreyD.Kromrey,UniversityofSouthFlorida
ExaminingtheBenefitsofSynchronousEnhancedLearninginDistanceEducation
KimberlyM.Wheeler,UniversityofSouthFlorida
KristineY.Hogarty,UniversityofSouthFlorida
AnnE.Barron,UniversityofSouthFlorida
AnEmpiricalStudyontheAcceptanceoftheSitingProposalofaHazardousFacility:The
MediatingEffectsofParticipationEducationandTrustinLocalGovernment
JiwonNam,FloridaStateUniversity
TheimpactsofEducationalComputerGamesonStudentsMathematicsAchievementin
ElementaryandSecondarySchools:AMetaAnalysis
AhmetSerhatGozutok,FloridaStateUniversity
ZhongtianLin,FloridaStateUniversity
NOTE:Posterswillbeondisplayfrom12:15PMto5:00PM.
ThursdayNovember21
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RacetotheTopAssessments
Speaker:ToddClark,Director,FloridaDepartmentofEducation
Moderator:DonnaBuckner,Director,OurChildrensOrganization
ToddClarkisaFloridanativeandagraduateoftheSchoolDistrictofPalmBeachCounty.Mr.
Clark completed his undergraduate work at Duke University in Electrical Engineering and
receivedaMastersdegreeinNaturalSciencefromRensselaerPolytechnicInstitute.Aftereight
yearsasanEngineeringDutyOfficerfortheUSNavy,Mr.Clarkbeganhiscareerineducationas
a high school science teacher in North Carolina as part of the Troops to Teachers program. In
2001, he was selected as an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow and worked with
science outreach programs for teachers and undergraduates with the US Department of
Energy. He served as the Bureau Chief for the Bureau of Curriculum and Instruction at the
Florida Department of Education before taking his current position as the Director of Race to
theTopAssessmentsfortheDivisionofAccountability,Research,andMeasurement.Hiswife,
Kathy,isanAssociateProfessorofMathematicsEducationatFloridaStateUniversity.
Description: Todd Clark, Director, Office of Race to the Top Assessments, will be discussing
Florida'sRacetotheTopinitiativesrelatedtothecreationofassessments.Hispresentationwill
includeanupdateontheprogresswith:
The development of highquality interim assessment items and assessments in
English/LanguageArts,Mathematics,Science,SocialStudies,andSpanishstoredinanitem
bankandtestplatformfordistricts,schools,andteachers.
Thecreationofhighqualityassessmentsforhardtomeasurecontentareas
Floridaparticipationinthreeinternationalassessments:TIMSS,PIRLS,andPISA
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S Sp po on ns so or re ed dP Pr re es se en nt ta at ti io on n( (2 2: :3 30 0 3 3: :3 30 0) )
SponsoredbyProgressTesting,Inc.
ProgressTestingStudentGrowthNetwork
LauraBresko,CEO,ProgressTesting
KevinCampbell,ItemLogic
Varioususesoftriangulationandreflexivityinqualitativeresearch
MirkaKoroLjungberg,UniversityofFlorida
GlobalEngagementonCampus:DomesticStudents(De)motivationstoInteractwiththeir
InternationalPeers
UttamGaulee,UniversityofFlorida
EpistemologicalBeliefsandVisionsofScientificLiteracy
MiltonHuling,UniversityofSouthFlorida
DanaZeidler,UniversityofSouthFlorida
ConstructivistStudyofGraduateStudentsHealthCareExperiences
UttamGaulee,UniversityofFlorida
BrendaLee,UniversityofFlorida
NatalieKhouryRidgewell,UniversityofFlorida
ColleenButcher,UniversityofFlorida
MirkaKoroLjungberg,UniversityofFlorida
DouglasWhitaker,UniversityofFlorida
FatimaAlmazam,UniversityofFlorida
OrhanKaplan,UniversityofFlorida
DaynaM.Watson,UniversityofFlorida
ThursdayNovember21
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ScaleReliabilityforItemswithOrderedCategoricalResponses
YanyunYang,FloridaStateUniversity
ComparingFullInformationMaximumLikelihoodwithMultipleImputationforBinaryData
YanXia,FloridaStateUniversity
YanyunYang,FloridaStateUniversity
ExaminationofthePerformanceofModelDataFitIndicesinBSEM
MengyaoCui,FloridaStateUniversity
YanyunYang,FloridaStateUniversity
MatthewR.Lavery,VPEducationalServices
GSE Educational Services, LLC
ThursdayNovember21
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DemonstratingandDiscussingTeachLivE
Speakers:MichaelHynes,Ph.D.,UniversityofCentralFlorida
CarrieStraub,Ph.D.,UniversityofCentralFlorida
Moderator:BonnieSwan,Ph.D.,UniversityofCentralFlorida
Dr. Michael Hynes is a Pegasus Professor and Director for School of Teaching and Learning at
the University of Central Florida. Dr. Hynes professional interests relate to mathematics
education, science education, the use of technology in instruction, problem solving, and
improvingthepreparationofteachers.Hehasbeenveryactiveinobtainingexternalfundingfor
research. He has received over $4,000,000 in funding in the last ten years. Dr. Hynes recently
directedajointprojectofNASAandtheNationalCouncilofTeachersofMathematics,Mission
Mathematics,thatresultedinthreebooksforteachersofmathematics.
Description: Simulated classrooms across the country are creating new, authentic learning
environments for teacher professional development. This session will highlight an immersive,
mixedreality computer simulated classroom, TeachLivETM, used for teacher professional
development. TeachLivE is currently part of a national research project funded by the Bill &
MelindaGatesFoundation.Theprojectfocusesonusingthesimulatortodevelophighleverage
teacher practices that will support student achievement in the Common Core standards in a
compressed amount of time, without putting real students at risk. In this General Session,
userswillseeandinteractwith5middleschoolavatarsinrealtimeexperiencingsuspensionof
disbeliefandwilllearnaboutintegratedvideocodingsoftwarethatcanbeusedforeducation
research.
ThursdayNovember21
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Sponsoredby:
RoyEllis,MarketGeneralManagerFloridaandPuertoRico,StateServices
Assessment&InformationGroup
AndrewMessenger,VicePresidentPearsonStateServices
Assessment&InformationGroup
MichaelKeeton,MeasurementSpecialistFloridaandPuertoRico
LearningAssessments
PEARSON
Hostedby:
College of Education
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
FridayNovember22
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TheUseofPropensityScoreMatchingtoReduceSelectionBiasinMultilevelDesigns
Speaker:WalterLeite,Ph.D.,UniversityofFlorida
Moderator:InaHelmick,HillsboroughCountyPublicSchools
Dr.WalterLeiteisanAssociateProfessorinResearchandEvaluationMethodologyprogramat
theUniversityofFlorida(UF).Healsoservesasaleadstatisticianfortheevaluationteamofthe
LastingerCenterforLearningatUF,whereheisresponsibleforestimatingtheeffectofschool
and teacher improvement programs on student performance in Floridas statewide
achievementtestsacrossmultipleyears.
Hisresearchfocusesonstatisticalmodelingofdatafromlongitudinalstudies,withaparticular
interestinlargelongitudinalsurveys.Thegoalofhisresearchistoadvancetheapplicabilityof
StructuralEquationModeling(SEM)andmultilevelmodelingtolongitudinaldatasets.Thisgoal
has led Dr. Leite to examine methodological issues related to: 1) Growth models for
longitudinal data; 2) Estimation of nonlinear effects; and 3) Response bias and measurement
error.
Description:Dr.Leitewillpresentonmethodstocombinepropensityscorematchingwith
multilevelmodelingtoreduceselectionbiasinestimatesoftheeffectsofnonrandomly
assignedtreatmentsinlongitudinalstudies.
FridayNovember22
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DesigningaCommonCoreStateStandardsInterimDiagnosticMathAssessment
SandyDeSchinckel,Pearson
JuneCampbell,FloridaDepartmentofEducation
TimONeil,Pearson
DesigningLargescaleEnglishLanguageArts/LiteracyAssessments:ConsideringAccessibility
whileIncreasingRigor
TiffanyHartmann,Pearson
RennEdenfield,FloridaDepartmentofEducation
AhmetTurhan,Pearson
GeneralizabilityTheoryintheDevelopmentofaPerformanceAssessmentforaClinically
BasedMathematicsMethodsCourse
SarahvanIngen,UniversityofSouthFlorida
AmandaMohn,UniversityofSouthFlorida
ElaineCerratoFisherUniversityofSouthFlorida
TheDevelopmentandValidationofMeasuresofTeachersScienceKnowledgeandTeaching
PracticesCollectedthroughSurveysandClassroomObservations
JaimeMaertenRivera,UniversityofMiami
KarenAdamson,UniversityofMiami
AnneCorinneHuggins,UniversityofFlorida
CombiningSlopesfromStudieswithDifferentRegressionModelsUsingInverseVariance
Weighting
SanghyunJeon,FloridaStateUniversity
BetsyJaneBecker,FloridaStateUniversity
FridayNovember22
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TheEffectsofMulticollinearityandValidityConcentrationonPredictionAccuracyinMultiple
Regression
MaryG.Lieberman,FloridaAtlanticUniversity
JohnD.Morris,FloridaAtlanticUniversity
TimButterfield,RegionalVicePresidentofSales,and
MichaelAdkins,EducationAccountExecutive
SCANTRON
MichaelAdkins,
EducationAccountExecutive
SCANTRON
B BO OA AR RD DM ME EE ET TI IN NG G 2:15 PM 3:00 PM Birch
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InMemory
of
RussellP.Kropp
19272012
RussellP.KroppwasborninTamaqua,PennsylvaniaonJuly11,1927.HeservedintheU.S.Navyduring
WorldWarIIandlaterservedintheU.S.AirForce.HereceivedaresearchdoctoratefromtheUniversityof
Illinoisin1953,andcametoTallahasseethatyeartoacceptafacultypositionatFloridaStateUniversity.During
thenext42yearsheservedinavarietyoffacultyandadministrativepositionsatFSU,spendingmanyofthose
yearsassociatedwiththeDepartmentofEducationalResearchandTestingwithintheCollegeofEducation.
ProfessorKroppretiredfromtheuniversityin1995.HediedonApril18,2012.
HeiscreditedwithhavingconceptualizedthepurposeandfunctionofFERA,andwasaleaderintheeffort
toestablishFERAasastatewideprofessionalorganization,circa1956.Underhisguidance,FERAwasinstituted
onthepremisethatthemyriadconcernsfacingschoolsareamendabletoorderly,systematicinquiry,andthat
suchinquirycanbenurturedandsustainedthroughthecollegialassociationofstateanddistrictbasededucators,
universityprofessorsandpersonnelinprivateandnonprofiteducationalagencies.Dr.Kroppwasthefirsteditor
oftheFloridaJournalofEducationalResearch,servinginthatcapacityfrom1959to1964.Hewasoneofonly
threeindividualsevertoservetwiceasPresidentofFERA,leadingtheorganizationasitsfirstPresidentin195859
andagainin198283.Dr.KropphasbeenanhonorarymemberoftheFloridaEducationalResearchAssociation
(FERA)since1985.
FERAhonoredhimbybestowinganannualawardinhisname.AccordingtoFERAByLaws,theRussellP.
KroppAwardisgiventorecognizeapolicymakeroradministratorengagedineducationintheStateofFlorida
whohasdemonstratedinanexemplaryfashiontheuseofeducationalresearchorevaluationineducational
decisionmaking.Askedin1999abouttheroleheplayedinthedevelopmentofFERA,hereplied...itenriched
mylife....Ialwaysthoughtitwasanobleandgoodwork.
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CorrespondingAuthorContactInformation
YakupBilgili yakup.bilgili@fscj.edu
PamelaW.Burris psw11@my.fsu.edu
ChunhuaCao chunhuacao@mail.usf.edu
DuyguCetinBerber dcetinberber2012@fau.edu
JacquelinW.Cocke jwc04c@my.fsu.edu
MengyaoCui mc09u@my.fsu.edu
SandyDeSchinckel sandy.deschinckel@pearson.com
WendyDickinson wbdickinson@aol.com
TheodoreDwyer ted.dwyer@sdhc.k12.fl.us
RobertH.Fay rfay@mail.usf.edu
GriseldaFlores griselda@coe.ufl.edu
LindaGaughan linda.gaughan@sdhc.k12.fl.us
UttamGaulee gauleeuttam@ufl.edu
PatriciaRodriguezdeGil prodrig6@usf.edu
GoncaGul gg08d@my.fsu.edu
SungurGurel s.gurel@ufl.edu
TiffanyHartmann tiffany.hartmann@pearson.com
AnneCorinneHuggins ahuggins@coe.ufl.edu
MiltonHuling milton.huling@polkfl.net
SarahvanIngen vaningen@usf.edu
SanghyunJeon jeonsanghyun@gmail.com
YounAhJung yj12b@my.fsu.edu
AnhKellermann napham@mail.usf.edu
MirkaKoroLjungberg mirka@ufl.edu
MatthewR.Lavery Laverymattlavery@knights.ucf.edu
IsaacLi liy1@mail.usf.edu
TingxuanLi tl11e@my.fsu.edu
MaryG.Lieberman mlieberm@fau.edu
JaimeMaertenRivera jmaertenrivera@miami.edu
ErinE.Margarella ErinMargarel@usf.edu
DiepThiNguyen diepnguyen@mail.usf.edu
SangwookPark sangwookinflorida@gmail.com
TimPressley tmp11f@my.fsu.edu
DanielReyesGuerra dreyes@fau.edu
SisterEllenRice erice@barry.edu
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CorrespondingAuthorContactInformation
MarianneRusso russo10@fau.edu
HalilIbrahimSari hisari@ufl.edu
BonnieSwan bonnie.swan@ucf.edu
SeyfullahTingir seyfullah.tingir@gmail.com
JasmineUlmer jasmine.ulmer@ufl.edu
KimberlyM.Wheeler kmwheel4@usf.edu
HeatherPeltierWright wrighth@osceola.k12.fl.us
YanXia yx10@my.fsu.edu
WeiXu plainjane1232003@yahoo.com
YanyunYang yyang3@fsu.edu
HongweiYu y.hongwei@yahoo.com
YingZhang yzhangfsu@gmail.com
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ManyThankstoOurPaperReviewers
JohnBaer RiderUniversity
HaiyanBai UniversityofCentralFlorida
MildredE.Berry FloridaMemeorialUniversity
YakupBilgili FloridaStateCollegeatJacksonville
LantryL.Brockmeier ValdostaStateUniversity
WalterChason UniversityofSouthFlorida
YiHsinChen UniversityofSouthFlorida
MengyaoCui FloridaStateUniversity
RobertDedrick UniversityofSouthFlorida
KatherineP.Divine DuvallCountyPublicSchools
RenitaFerreira MiamiDadeCollege
PrivaFischweicher BarryUniversity
GriseldaFlores UniversityofFlorida
LindaGaughan HillsboroughCountyPublicSchools
DebbieHahsVaughn UniversityofCentralFlorida
BruceW.Hall UniversityofSouthFlorida
KrisHogarty UniversityofSouthFlorida
TashanaHowse DaytonaStateCollege
AnneCorinneHuggins UniversityofFlorida
PattieJohnston UniversityofTampa
KristinaLaVenia FloridaStateUniversity
MatthewR.Lavery UniversityofCentralFlorida
DadriaLewis UniversityofFlorida
XinyaLiang FloridaStateUniversity
GeorginaO.Lindskoog UniversityofMiami
GhazwanA.Lutfi FloridaAgriculturalandMechanicalUniversity
GeorgeMacDonald UniversityofSouthFlorida
JaimeMaertenRivera UniversityofMiami
JanetMahowski PineallasCountyPublicSchools
PaolaA.Maino UniversityofCentralFlorida
PriscillaDrossMarcial NYTS/FloridaInternationalUniversity
ErinMargarella UniversityofSouthFlorida
PatMaslinOstrowski FloridaAtlanticUniversity
JackMcDonald PineallasCountyPublicSchools
JeckyMisieng UniversityofSouthFlorida
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DanMorris FloridaAtlanticUniversity
TatyanaPashnyak FloridaStateUniversity
KylePerkins FloridaInternationalUniversity
LesPotter DaytonaStateUniversity
PattiSimmons HillsboroughCountyPublicSchools
ChristopherThompson FloridaStateUniversity
StevenUrdegar MiamiDadeCollege
MariaD.Vasquez FloridaAtlanticUniversity
JenniferR.Wolgemuth UniversityofSouthFlorida
YanXia FloridaStateUniversity
JingshunZhang FloridaGulfCoast
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2 20 01 13 3F FE ER RA AE Ex xe ec cu ut ti iv ve eC Co om mm mi it tt te ee e
President SamuelWhitten
HillsboroughCountyPublicSchools
PresidentElect SalihBinici
FloridaDepartmentofEducation
PastPresident BonnieSwan
UniversityofCentralFlorida
Secretary InaHelmick
HillsboroughCountyPublicSchools
Treasurer DebbieHahsVaughn
UniversityofCentralFlorida
Director BetsyBecker
FloridaStateUniversity
Director PaulHouchens
BrowardCountyPublicSchools
Director AlbertRitzhaupt
UniversityofFlorida
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F FE ER RA AC Co om mm mi it tt te ee eC Ch ha ai ir rs s
StandingCommittees
Membership BonnieSwan
UniversityofCentralFlorida
ProfessionalEducation WendyDickinson
andTraining RinglingCollegeofArt+Design
Publications DonnaBuckner
OurChildrensOrganization
AnnualCommittees
Audit TedDwyer
HillsboroughCountyPublicSchools
DistinguishedPaper ErhanSelcukHaciomeroglu
Award UniversityofCentralFlorida
EducationalResearcher BetsyBecker
oftheYear FloridaStateUniversity
Nominating LeeBaldwin
UniversityofCentralFlorida
Program SalihBinici
FloridaDepartmentofEducation
RussellP.KroppAward KathleenDailey
St.LucieCountyPublicSchools
AdHocCommittees
AwardsandRecognition RonDailey
HillsboroughCountyPublicSchools
Evaluation
FERAJournal AlbertRitzhaupt
UniversityofFlorida
GraduateStudent MatthewR.Lavery
UniversityofCentralFlorida
SungurGurel
UniversityofFlorida
LocalArrangements AlbertRitzhaupt
UniversityofFlorida
PaperProposalReview DonnaBuckner
OurChildrensOrganization
SponsorsandVendors DonnaBuckner
OurChildrensOrganization
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F FE ER RA AC Co om mm mi it tt te ee eC Ch ha ai ir rs s
OtherContributors
NewsletterEditors DonnaBuckner
OurChildrensOrganization
AlbertRitzhaupt
UniversityofFlorida
TechnologySupport AlbertRitzhaupt
UniversityofFlorida
Webmaster WendyWilliams
UniversityofCentralFlorida
G Gr ra ad du ua at te eS St tu ud de en nt tV Vo ol lu un nt te ee er rs s
MelanieAcosta MaryC.Jordan
NorHafizahAdnan OrhanKaplan
KristenApraiz BrendaLee
BurakAydin JingLi
JessicaChilders TingxuanLi
LaurenEutsler KristaRuggles
GriseldaFlores ErkanSayilir
PatriciaRodriguezdeGil SeyfullahTingir
AhmetSerhatGozutok LindsayVecchio
NeseOzturkGubes RhondaWilliams
SungurGurel JanaWallace
SanghyunJeon MatthewWilson
FranciscoJimenez ShunhuaYan
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F FE ER RA AP Pr re es si id de en nt ts s
195859RussellKropp 198687BruceHall
195960WalterDurost 198788PatriciaW.Kees
196061RobertN.Willis 198889ConstanceBergquist
196162JohnDemming 198990JacksonK.McAfee
196263AnnieWard 199091LouCarey
196364HowardW.Stoker 199192JayneHartman
196465KarenA.Strattan 199293CorneliaS.Orr
196566JohnT.Kirby 199394MarcBaron
196667RichardR.Burnette 199495JanetB.Hanson
196768EdwardCaldwell 199596JanSchwartz
196869FredStuart 199697DianneBuhr
196970JohnE.Dobbin 199798LeeBaldwin
197071VynceA.Hines 199899DanMorris
197172JacobBeard 199900CynthiaParshall
197273WillardNelson 200001BrendaBartholomew
197374JaniceSmith 200102RichardTate
197475JohnFollman 200203JerryLevitt
197576RickNations 200304BruceHall
197677RichardJaeger 200405MadelineBarbery
197879JamesSwanson 200506DavidMiller
197980PaulGallagher 200607NatalieRoca
1980DonLambert* 200708AkiKamata
198081AnnieWard* 200809JohnFerron
198182JohnHilderbrand 200910WendyDickinson
198283RussellKropp 201011FrankGilbert
198384JeanJolly 201112BonnieSwan
198485ChuckDziuban 201213SamWhitten
198586BillPiotrowski 201314SalihBinici
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RoyEllis,MarketGeneralManager,StateServices(Roy.Ellis@Pearson.com)
Assessment&InformationGroup
AndrewMessenger,VicePresident,PearsonStateServices(Andrew.Messenger@Pearson.com)
Assessment&InformationGroup
MichaelKeeton,MeasurementSpecialist(Michael.Keeton@Pearson.com)
LearningAssessments
P Pe ea ar rs so on n
LauraBresko,PresidentandCEO(laura_bresko@yahoo.com)
BrendaBartholomew,DistrictLiaison(brenda.bartholomew3@gmail.com)@gmail.com)
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PhillipAdam,AssessmentSolutionsConsultant,(Phillip.Adam@ctb.com)
StephanieSeemann,SeniorAssessmentSalesRepresentative,(Stephanie.Seemann@ctb.com)
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TimButterfield,RegionalVicePresidentofSales, ,(Tim.Butterfield@scantron.com)
MichaelAdkins,EducationAccountExecutive,(Michael.adkins@scantron.com)
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SherryDeSimone,SeniorAccountExecutive,(Sherry.Desimone@nwea.org)
AndyHegedus,SeniorDataAnalyticsManager,(Andy.Hegedus@nwea.org)
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MatthewR.Lavery,VPEducationalServices,(mattlavery@gseeducationalservices.com)
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