Derek C Briggs
@DerekCBriggs
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Professor of Education, University of Colorado. Director, Center for Assessment, Design, Research & Evaluation. Don't make me say UGH!
Boulder, CO
Joined September 2014
NCME sues to protect measurement data and research. "The law requires not only data access but data quality. For 88 years, our organization has upheld standards for valid measurements and measurement research. We do so again today.” @ncme38 #NCME25
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I learned this morning that Ed Sec'y @Linda_McMahon assured @GovofCO Jared Polis, chair of the National Governors Association, that there would be no changes to NAEP. But my reporting shows otherwise.
hechingerreport.org
Funding pauses, layoffs and looming budget cuts threaten a critical test
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Super excited to be a new member of the NAEd, genuinely thrilled.
We are excited to announce that 22 Education Leaders and Scholars were Elected to the NAEd! Learn more at
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Interested in measurement? Do you like geeking out? Do you like geeking out with a good beer in beautiful Boulder? Then come to https://t.co/yiG31rx4Ff. Deadline for proposals is December 16
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Out now: @DerekCBriggs, Laurie Davis and I investigate differences in how much students appear to grow on a vertical scale based solely on the grade alignment of (a large number of) common items. Turns out, the differences are pretty big! https://t.co/3J90aWPTXf
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Vertical scales are frequently developed using common item nonequivalent group linking. In this design, one can use upper-grade, lower-grade, or mixed-grade common items to estimate the linking...
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Is psychometric expertise narrower, broader, or different than educational measurement expertise? We test consensus about this tomorrow at 9am at #IMPS2024 with some excellent colleagues. @NCME38 @pmetricsoc Ungated: https://t.co/6hflDNryG7 Background: https://t.co/kIb9Rk41LC
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Don't be the last one to submit your proposal! The deadline for submitting a proposal to the NCME Classroom Assessment Conference is May 3rd. It is shaping up to be a great conference! @AndrewDeanHo @DerekCBriggs @NCIEA1 @NCME38
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Last day to submit an abstract to the Society for the Study of #Measurement in Berkeley! @DerekCBriggs and Leah McClimans will be keynotes. #HPS #STS #Philosophy #PhilSci
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If you're interested in teacher feedback on student writing, here is our ambitious analysis of teacher comments on weak and strong essays. We found variations based on teacher characteristics and essay quality. @IgnacioManez @carolina_lopera @rcerdanotero
link.springer.com
Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability - Assessing student writing assignments and providing effective feedback are a complex pedagogical skill teacher candidates need to master....
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And come see presentations on CRG by me and Erik Whitfield this Friday and Sunday at the @NCME38 conference in Philly!
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Want to learn more about the concept of content-referenced growth (CRG) reporting? Find out about this in more in the CADRE newsletter
colorado.edu
What’s New at the Center for Assessment, Design, Research and EvaluationOur CADRE newsletters include updates aimed at highlighting our work in educational
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Remembering psychological scientist Daniel Kahneman
psychologicalscience.org
It’s not often that one gets to see the founder of a field up close and personal. But that was the rare treat enjoyed by those fortunate enough to attend the annual Inside the Psychologist
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More measurement writing to share! The result of a 3-4 year collaboration with my colleagues @DrJoshMcGrane and Andy Maul: “On the Nature of Measurement”. This is a pre-print of our chapter in press for the 5th edition of Educational Measurement.
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Our new article https://t.co/hYawswaEkj can also be taken as a good companion piece to @JkayFlake and @EikoFried’s 2020 Measurement Schmeasurement article:
journals.sagepub.com
In this article, we define questionable measurement practices (QMPs) as decisions researchers make that raise doubts about the validity of the measures, and ult...
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foundational competencies in measurement, and vice-versa. We wrote this article with this top of mind. In some sense it is the answer the question: why do you structure your graduate program to involve such a broad range of methodological preparation?
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Of course we have students & faculty colleagues that may engage in research that invokes one more than the other, just as we teach courses that invoke one more than the other. But we are convinced that all of us will do better work in applied statistics & causal inference with…
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Ben and I are colleagues in the Research and Evaluation Methodology program in the University of Colorado’s School of Education. I think one of the things that makes our program special is the dual emphasis we place on both measurement and causal inference.
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I find I am not very good at promoting work I’ve done once it is complete. To remedy this, I want to say more about a review paper @BenjaminRShear and I have just had published called “Measurement Issues in Causal Inference.” 🧵 https://t.co/hYawswaEkj
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