Home » Research » Publications Publications 2007 Ferdous, A. A. & Plake, B. S. (In press). Item selection strategy for reducing the number of items rated in an Angoff standard setting study. Educational and Psychological Measurement. Ferdous, A. A., Plake, B. S., & Chang, S. (in press). The effect of including pretest items in an operational computerized adaptive test: Do different ability examinees spend different amounts of time on embedded pretest items? Educational Assessment. Pastor, D. A., Barron, K. E., Miller, B. J., & Davis, S. L. (2007). A Latent Profile Analysis of College Students' Achievement Goal Orientation. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 32, 8-47. 2006 Buckendahl, C. & Plake, B. (2006). Evaluating Tests (pp. 725-738). In Haladyna, T. & Downing, S. (Ed.) Handbook of Test Development. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Davis, S. L., & Finney, S. J. (2006). A Factor Analytic Study of the Cross-Cultural Adaptability Inventory. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 66(2), 318-330. Hammond, D. & Buckendahl, C. (2006). Measurement trends in clinical licensure testing programs. Journal of the American Dental Association, 137, 30-42. Kimsey, W., Trobaugh, S., McKinney, B., Hoole, E., Thelk, A., & Davis, S. (2006). Seven Phase Model of Conflict: Practical Applications for Conflict Mediators and Leaders. Journal of Conflict Resolution Quarterly 23(4), 487-499. 2005 Boss, T., Endorf, D., & Buckendahl, C. (2005). Developing a local assessment system for state accountability: A district's reflections. The Researcher, 19(1), 32-41. Buckendahl, C. (2005). Practical and perceived challenges to instructionally supportive accountability tests. Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 3(3), 188-201. Buckendahl, C., Huynh, H., Siskind, T., & Saunders, J. (2005). A case study of vertically-moderated standard setting for a state science assessment program. Applied Measurement in Education, 18(1), 83-98. Buckendahl, C. & Hunt, R. (2005). Whose Rules? The relation between the "rules" and "laws" of testing (pp. 147-158). In R. P. Phelps (Ed.) Defending Standardized Testing. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Ferdous, A. A. & Plake, B. S. (2005). Understanding the factors that influence decisions of panelists in a standard setting study. Applied Measurement in Education, 18(3), 257-267. Ferdous, A. A., & Plake, B. S. (2005). Use of subsets of test questions in an Angoff standard setting method. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 65(2), 185-201 Giraud, G., Impara, J. C., & Plake, B. S. (2005). A qualitative examination of teachers' conception of the target examinee. Applied Measurement in Education, 18(3). Yang, Y., Buckendahl, C., Juszkiewicz, P., & Bhola, D. (2005). Evaluating computer automated scoring: Issues, methods, and an empirical illustration. Journal of Applied Testing Technology (http://www.testpublishers.org/atp_journal.htm). 2004 Buckendahl, C., Plake, B. & Impara, J. (2004). A strategy for evaluating district developed assessments for state accountability. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practices, 23(2), 17-25. Plake, B., Impara, J., & Buckendahl, C. (2004). Evaluating technical quality for district developed assessments. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practices, 23(2), 12-16. Plake, B. S., Impara, J. C., & Buckendahl, C. W. (2004). Technical quality criteria for evaluating district assessment portfolios used in Nebraska STARS. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 25, 12-16 2003 Bhola, D., Impara, J., & Buckendahl, C. (2003). Aligning tests with states' content standards: Methods and issues. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practices, 22(3), 21-29. 2002 Buckendahl, C., Impara, J., & Plake, B. (2002). District accountability without a state assessment: A proposed model. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practices, 21(4), 6-16. Buckendahl, C., Smith, R., Impara, J. & Plake, B. (2002). A comparison of Angoff and Bookmark standard setting methods. Journal of Educational Measurement 39(4), 253-263. Plake, B. S., & Jones, P. (2002). The responsibilities of test sponsors, test developers, test administrators, and test takers in ensuring fair testing practices. Journal of Testing Technology, www.testpublishers.org/atpjournal.htm. Plake, B. S. (2002). Evaluating the technical quality of high stakes tests used in K-12 education. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 35. Yang, Y., Buckendahl, C., Juszkiewicz, P., & Bhola, D. (2002). A review of strategies for validating computer automated scoring. Applied Measurement in Education, 15(4), 391-412. 2001 De Ayala, R. J., Plake, B. S., & Impara, J. C. (2001). The effect of omitted response on ability estimation in IRT. Journal of Educational Measurement, 38, 213-234. Plake, B. S., & Impara,, J. C. (2001). Ability of panelists to estimate item performance for a target group of candidates: An issue in judgmental standard setting. Educational Assessment, 7, 87-98. 2000 Giraud, G., Impara, J., & Buckendahl, C. (2000). Making the cut in public schools: Alternative methods for standard setting. Educational Assessment, 6(4), 291-304. Hambleton, R. K., Jaeger, R. M., Plake, B. S., & Mills, C. N. (2000). Setting performance standards on complex educational assessments. Applied Psychological Measurement, 24, 355-366. Plake, B. S., & Hambleton, R. K. (2000). A standard setting method for use with complex performance assessments: Categorical assignments of student work. Educational Assessment, 6, 197-215. Plake, B. S., Impara, J. C., & Irwin, P. M. (2000). Consistency of Angoff-based predictions of item performance: Evidence of the technical quality of results from the Angoff standard setting method. Journal of Educational Measurement, 37, 347-356. Rosson, B., Buckendahl, C., & Impara, J. (2000). Professional Activities and Knowledge of the Building Architectural Engineer. Journal of Architectural Engineering.