Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw, University of Victoria

Encounters With Materials in Early Childhood Education - Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw, University of Victoria; Sylvia C. Kind, The University of British Columbia; Laurie Kocher, Douglas College

Teacher Inquiry and Reflective Practice in Primary Teacher In-Service Teacher Education - Margaret Joan MacDonald, Simon Fraser University; Leyton Schnellert, The University of British Columbia - Okanagan Campus; Cher Michelle Hill, Simon Fraser University

Teaching for Creativity: Examining the Beliefs of Early Childhood Teachers and Their Influence on Teaching Practices - Hun Ping Rebecca Cheung, The Hong Kong Institute of Education; Mei Lee Ng, The Hong Kong Institute of Education

E. Wayne Ross, The University of British Columbia

Lured by the Animal: Rethinking Nonhuman Animals in Educational Discourses - Abraham P. Deleon, The University of Texas - San Antonio

Nothing but the Dog in Me: Critical Race Theory and the African American Construct of Canines as Nonhuman Animals - Michael E. Jennings, The University of Texas - San Antonio

Meet Them at the Plate: Reflections on the Eating of Animals - Cory D. Wright-Maley, St. Mary's University College

Animals-Becoming-Meat: Embracing a Disturbing Education - Bradley D. Rowe, The Ohio State University

Jill R. van den Heuvel, Alpine Testing Solutions

Can Performance-Based Assessments Be Reliable and Valid? Findings From a State Pilot - Ruth Chung Wei, Stanford University; Ken Mathew Cor, University of Alberta; Nicole Leigh Arshan, Stanford University; Raymond Lee Pecheone, Stanford University

Method Effects: Concepts and Models - Andrew Maul, University of Colorado - Boulder

Modeling the Predictive Validity of SAT Critical Reading Items - Jennifer L. Kobrin, The College Board; YoungKoung Kim, The College Board; Mylene Remigio, The College Board

Validating CELPIP-G (Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program-General) Test for Canadian Immigration: Classification Consistency/Accuracy as Evidence for Consequences of Assessment - Amery Dai Ling Wu, Paragon Testing Enterprises; Donald Wehrung, Paragon Testing Enterprises; Bruno D. Zumbo, The University of British Columbia

Christopher M. Swoboda, University of Cincinnati

Inclusive Strategy in Missing Data Analyses: Inclusion of Interaction or Higher Order Terms of Auxiliary Variables - Xiaoxu Li, Peking University; Xiaoyan Sun, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Kit-Tai Hau, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Missing Data Procedures Used in a Large-Scale Randomized Controlled Trial: Lessons Learned and Limitations - Anja Kurki, American Institutes for Research; Chuck Wilkins, Edvance Research, Inc.; John H. Hitchcock, Ohio University; Russell M. Gersten, Instructional Research Group; Joseph A. Dimino, Instructional Research Group

What Do We Do When Data Are Missing on Multiple Variables? - Jonathan D. Rubright, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Ratna Nandakumar, University of Delaware; Joseph J. Glutting, University of Delaware

Scott F. Marion, National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, Inc.

Building a Conceptual Bridge Between Theories of Action and Interpretative Arguments - Scott F. Marion, National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, Inc.; Marianne Perie, Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation; Paul D. Nichols, Pearson

Initial Interpretative and Evaluative Arguments for the Use of Growth Scores for Teacher Performance Pay - Nathan Dadey, University of Colorado - Boulder; Brian Gong, National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, Inc.

Theory of Action as a Framework for Evaluating an Assessment Program - Randy E. Bennett, ETS

Anton Beguin, Cito

Reliability of Aggregation of Results on Multiple Assessments: Which Role Can Retests Play? - Robert Zwitser, Cito

A Valid Decision Based on Multiple Tests: Validation of Competence Assessment Programs - Saskia Wools, Cito

Profile Analysis: A Generalization of Differential Item Functioning Analysis - Norman D. Verhelst, Eurometrics

Timothy R. Konold, University of Virginia

Dimensionality Assessment of Chinese Elementary and High School Teacher Burnout Scale Using Full-Information Item Bifactor Analysis - Xinting Zhao, University of Missouri; Fang Wang, Beijing Normal University

Generalizability Analyses of Postsecondary Students’ Needs Analysis Survey of Academic Language Skills - Nami Shin, UCLA

New Evidence on the Validity of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System - Nicole Makas Colwell, University of Illinois at Chicago

Yun Xiang, Northwest Evaluation Association

Multilevel Issues in the Application of Propensity Score Matching - Brian Francis Patterson, The College Board

The Effect of Within- and Cross-Level Multicollinearity on Parameter Estimates and Standard Errors in Multilevel Modeling With Different Centering Methods - Thomas James Blaze, University of Pittsburgh; Feifei Ye, University of Pittsburgh

Can We Count on AIC (Akaike Information Criterion), BIC (Bayesian Information Criterion), and Likelihood Ratio Test in Model Selection? - Meihua Qian, Indiana University; Jonathan A. Plucker, University of Connecticut

Brian T. Habing, University of South Carolina

Bayesian Analysis of IRT (Item Response Theory) Parameters and Amount of Information - Taslima Rahman, University of Maryland - College Park; Robert J. Mislevy, University of Maryland

Comparisons of Three Strategies for Addressing Missing Data in a Graded Response Model - Arnond Sakworawich, Fordham University; Jennifer Hill, New York University; Charles Lewis, Fordham University

Effects of Weighting Schemes on the Composite Scores Under the Multivariate Proficiency Distribution Using Item Response Theory - Shun-Wen Chang, National Taiwan Normal University; Shin Teng, National Yang Ming University; Chia-Feng Lu, National Yang Ming University

Evaluation of Person Fit Under the Least Squares Distance Model of Cognitive Diagnosis - Dimiter M. Dimitrov, George Mason University; Dimitar V. Atanasov, New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria

Proposing a New IRT (Item Response Theory) Guessing Model That Adjusts Both Ability and Difficulty - Yao Wen, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Bo Zhang, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

William Holmes Finch, Ball State University

A Comparison of Bayesian, MLM (Maximum Likelihood With Mean Adjustment), and WLSMV (Weighted Least Squares With Mean and Variance Adjustment) in Confirmatory Factor Analysis Under a Range of Non-Ideal Situations - Zijia Li, University of Kentucky; Michael Toland, University of Kentucky; Yuchen Yang, University of Kentucky

A New Tool for Fitting Polytomous Item Response Theory Models - Zhushan Mandy Li, Boston College

Asymptotic and Sampling-Based Standard Errors for IRT (Item Response Theory)-Based Item Maps in NAEP - Weiwei Cui, National Institute of Statistical Sciences; Tao Jiang, American Institutes for Research

Comparison of Four Maximum-Likelihood Methods in Estimating the Rasch Model - Tianshu Pan, Pearson

Detecting Strengths and Weaknesses in Mathematics Performance Using Mixture IRT (Item Response Theory) Models - Daniel Van Nijlen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Rianne C. Janssen, K.U. Leuven

Marilyn S. Thompson, Arizona State University

A Simulation Approach to Locally Derived Criteria for Model Fit - Brent F. Olson, The University of British Columbia

Exploring an Optimal Procedure for Creating Parcels in Structural Equation Modeling - Fatih Orcan, Florida State University; Yanyun Yang, Florida State University

Fit Indices in Exploratory Factor Analysis for Ordered Categorical Data - Yanyun Yang, Florida State University; Yan Xia, Florida State University