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Presented at: BRT (April 2013, Eugene, OR)

BRT (April 2013, Eugene, OR). The projects at Behavioral Research & Teaching concentrate on access to learning so that appropriate and accurate information can be collected from all students to improve decision-making. We focus on developing information systems with three primary goals: improve basic skills assessments so that all students can read, write, and compute; enhance learning of middle and secondary content subject matter so that all students have the opportunity to develop a broad knowledge base; and provide accessibility…
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Presented at: NCME (April 26th – 30th, 2013, San Francisco, CA)

NCME (April 26th – 30th, 2013, San Francisco, CA). The National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) is a professional organization for individuals involved in assessment, evaluation, testing, and other aspects of educational measurement. Members are involved in the construction and use of standardized tests; new forms of assessment, including performance-based assessment; program design; and program evaluation.     Modeling rater effects in a formative mathematics alignment study. Anderson, D., Irvin, P. S., Alonzo, J., & Tindal, G.      MthAlignmntStudy_Anderson_Irvin_ETAL      Learning…
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Presented at: AERA (April 3rd – 7th, 2014, Philadelphia, PA)

AERA (April 3rd – 7th, 2014, Philadelphia, PA). The American Educational Research Association (AERA), founded in 1916, is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and evaluation and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results. Gaining a Better Understanding of Beginning Reading Skill Development Across Kindergarten Learners: A Growth Mixture Model Approach (Paper Presentation). Sáez, L., Lai, C.F., Alonzo, J., and Tindal, G. BeginningReadingSkillDevelopment_Sáez_Lai_Alonzo_Tindal

Presented at: NCME (April 4th – 6th, 2014, Philadelphia, PA)

NCME (April 4th – 6th, 2014, Philadelphia, PA). The National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) is a professional organization for individuals involved in assessment, evaluation, testing, and other aspects of educational measurement. Members are involved in the construction and use of standardized tests; new forms of assessment, including performance-based assessment; program design; and program evaluation. An Analysis of Norms for Early Reading Curriculum-Based Measures. Tindal, G., Saven, J.L., Nese, J. F. T., & Anderson, D. AnalysisRdgMeasureNorms_Tindal_Saven_ETAL Documenting Growth for…
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Presented at: HICE (January 2014, Honolulu, HI)

HICE (January 2014, Honolulu, HI) The Hawaii International Conference on Education’s (HICE) main goal is to provide an opportunity for academicians and professionals from various education related fields from all over the world to come together and learn from each other. An additional goal of the conference is to provide a place for academicians and professionals with cross-disciplinary interests related to education to meet and interact with members inside and outside their own particular disciplines. Mathematics Achievement Growth and Achievement…
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Presented at: PCRC (February 6th – 9th, 2014, Coronado, CA)

PCRC (February 6th – 9th, 2014, Coronado, CA) The Pacific Coast Research Conference (PCRC) is for researchers concerned about teaching, learning, and schooling for students with mild to moderate disabilities. PCRC is a unique research meeting, characterized by intensity and informality. The meeting runs from Thursday evening until Saturday night; sessions are two hours in length. PCRC is distinguished by the high quality of research presented, an informality that promotes effective and vigorous participation and interaction, and an opportunity to…
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Teacher Made Measures of Reading

Teacher Made Measures of Reading – A technology interface for teachers to develop their own      measures of passage reading fluency, sentence reading fluency, or maze vocabulary. Teachers      have complete control of the content and can create computer based tests and reporting for use      in assessments and inclusion in student portfolios.      TchrMadeMsrsPresentation.pdf

ZipTrain

ZipTrain – is an online training and proficiency administration system designed to put complete control of content      and course design in the hands of the course creation team. Professional and secure deployment is assured      because the ZipTrain software automatically and transparently provides the technology backbone and support.      The basic ZipTrain unit is an instance; each ZipTrain instance supports a unique user database, a set of user      configurable public facing web pages (for example about this site…
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Presented at: AERA (April 27th -May 1st, 2013, San Francisco, CA)

AERA (April 27th -May 1st, 2013, San Francisco, CA) The American Educational Research Association (AERA), founded in 1916, is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and evaluation and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results.       Investigation of reading development patterns for students in early grades using latent transition analysis. Saven, J. L.,      Anderson, D., Nese, J. F. T., Alonzo, J., & Tindal, G., Park, B. J., Betts, J.,…
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