Publications from ECDLarge
Publications are an important part of our research, and one of the ways of communicating our work with colleagues. The following lists our most recent and/or significant publications.

See also our conference presentations from AERA 2011.

Technical Reports

• Mislevy, R., Schank, P., Feng, M., Fried, R., Chang, B., Snow, E., Haertel, G., & Colker, A. (2013). A "Wizard" for Authoring Scenario-Based Tasks, Using Evidence-Centered Design Principles and Structures (Large-Scale Assessment Technical Report 14). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• DeBarger, A. H., & Snow, A. (2010). Design Pattern on Model Use in Interdependence among Living Systems (Large-Scale Assessment Technical Report 13). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Vendlinski, T., Haertel, G., Chang, B., DeBarger, A., Rutstein, D. Fried, R., Snow, E., Zalles, D., Mislevy, R., Cho, Y., Fulkerson, D., McCarthey, K., & Finkelstein, D. (2013). Using the Principled Assessment Design in Inquiry (PADI) System: Some Frequently Asked Questions (Large-Scale Assessment Technical Report 12). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Liu, M., & Haertel, G. (2011). Design Patterns: A Tool to Support Assessment Task Authoring (Large-Scale Assessment Technical Report 11). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Zalles, D., Haertel, G., & Mislevy, R. (2010). Using Evidence-Centered Design to Support Assessment, Design and Validation of Learning Progressions (Large-Scale Assessment Technical Report 10). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Nichols, P., & Fulkerson, D. (2010). Informing Design Patterns Using Research on Item Writing Expertise (Large-Scale Assessment Technical Report 9). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Colker, A. M., Liu, M., Mislevy, R., Haertel, G., Fried, R., & Zalles, D. (2010). A Design Pattern for Experimental Investigation (Large-Scale Assessment Technical Report 8). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Cheng, B. H., Ructtinger, L., Fujii, R., & Mislevy, R. (2010). Assessing Systems Thinking and Complexity in Science (Large-Scale Assessment Technical Report 7). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Mislevy, R. J., Riconscente, M. M., & Rutstein, D. W. (2009). Design Patterns for Assessing Model-Based Reasoning (Large-Scale Assessment Technical Report 6). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Haynie, K. (2010). Planning Evaluations for DRK-12 Design Projects: An Evaluative Framework Using Evidence-Centered Design (Large-Scale Assessment Technical Report 5). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Snow, E., Fulkerson, D., Feng, M., Nichols, P., Mislevy, R., & Haertel, G. (2010). Leveraging Evidence-Centered Design in Large-Scale Test Development (Large-Scale Assessment Technical Report 4). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Fulkerson, D., Nichols, P., Haynie, K., Mislevy, R. (2009). Narrative Structures in the Development of Scenario-Based Science Assessments (Large-Scale Assessment Technical Report 3). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Mislevy, R., Liu, M., Cho, Y., Fulkerson, D., Nichols, P., Zalles, D., Fried, R., Haertel, G., Cheng, B., DeBarger, A., Villalba, S., Colker, A., Haynie, K., & Hamel, L., (2009). A Design Pattern for Observational Investigation Assessment Tasks (Large-Scale Assessment Technical Report 2). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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• Zalles, D., Hamel, L., & Fulkerson, D. (2009). PADI Online Assessment Design System and Minnesota Science Assessment Glossary of Terms (Large-Scale Assessment Technical Report 1). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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