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GSE Profiles
Staff Contact: Ann Foley/Diana Smith
Mark Wilson
Professor
Policy, Organization, Measurement, and Evaluation; Cognition and Development
Office: 4415 Tolman Hall
Phone: 510-642-7966
Email: MarkW@berkeley.edu
Website: bearcenter.berkeley.edu
Office: 3659 Tolman
Phone: 510-642-0709/510-642-7984
Email: afoley@berkeley.edu/dlsmith@berkeley.edu
Mark Wilson's interests focus on measurement and applied statistics. His work spans a range of issues in measurement and assessment from the development of new statistical models for analyzing measurement data, to the development of new assessments in subject matter areas such as science education, patient-reported outcomes and child development, to policy issues in the use of assessment data in accountability systems. He has recently published three books: the first, Constructing measures: An item response modeling approach (Erlbaum), is an introduction to modern measurement; the second (with Paul De Boeck of the University of Leuven in Belgium), Explanatory item response models: A generalized linear and nonlinear approach (Springer-Verlag), introduces an overarching framework for the statistical modeling of measurements that makes available new tools for understanding the meaning and nature of measurement; the third, Towards coherence between classroom assessment and accountability (University of Chicago Press—National Society for the Study of Education), is an edited volume that explores the issues relating to the relationships between large-scale assessment and classroom-level assessment. He currently chairs a National Research Council committee on assessment of science achievement. He is founding editor of the new journal Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives.
Ph.D., University of Chicago, Educational Measurement & Educational Statistics, 1984.
M. Ed., University of Melbourne, Educational Statistics and Measurement, 1981.
Dip. Ed., University of Melbourne, 1976.
B.Sc (Hons.), University of Melbourne, Mathematics, 1975.
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July 1995-present: Professor
July 1994-Dec 1996: Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Head Graduate Advisor,
July, 1993 - June 1995: Associate Professor,
July, 1989 - June 1993: Assistant Professor, and
July 1986 - June 1989: Visiting Assistant Professor,
Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, California.
January 1986 - May 1986: Assistant Professor, College of Education, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
July 1984 - December 1985: Senior Research Officer in the Learning and Teaching Division at the Australian Council for Educational Research, Hawthorn, Australia.
February 1979 - September 1981: Research Officer at the Australian Council for Educational Research, Hawthorn, Australia.
February 1977 - November 1978: Grade 5 teacher at Yarraville West Primary School, Yarraville, Australia.
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BooksWilson, M. (2005). Constructing Measures: An Item Response Modeling Approach. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
De Boeck, P. & Wilson, M. (Eds.). (2004). Explanatory item response models: A generalized linear and nonlinear approach. New York: Springer-Verlag.
Wilson, M. (Ed.). (2004). Towards coherence between classroom assessment and accountability. 103rd Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part II. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Wilson, M.& Engelhard, G. (Eds.). (2000). Objective measurement V: Theory into practice. Stamford, CT: Ablex.
Wilson, M., Engelhard, G., & Draney, K. (Eds.). (1997). Objective measurement IV: Theory into practice. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Engelhard, G., & Wilson, M. (Eds.). (1996). Objective measurement III: Theory into practice. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Wilson, M. (Ed.). (1994). Objective measurement II: Theory into practice. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Wilson, M. (Ed.). (1992). Objective measurement: Theory into practice. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Articles (Refereed Journals, Proceeding)Briggs, D., Alonzo, A., Schwab, C., & Wilson, M. (in press). Diagnostic assessment with ordered multiple-choice items. Educational Assessment.
Dawson-Tunick, T. L., Commons, M. L., & Wilson, M. (in press). The shape of development. The European Journal of Developmental Psychology.
Wilson, M., & Scalise, K. (in press). Assessment to improve learning in higher education: The BEAR Assessment System. Higher Education.
Wang, W.-C., & Wilson, M. (in press). The Rasch testlet model. Applied Psychological Measurement.
Acton, G. S., Kunz, J. D., Wilson, M., & Hall, S. M. (in press). The construct of internalization: Conceptualization, measurement, and prediction of smoking treatment outcome. Psychological Medicine.
Wang, W.-C., Cheng, Y.-Y., & Wilson, M. (in press). Local item dependence for items across tests connected by common stimuli. Educational and Psychological Measurement.
Frick, J., Kaiser, F. G., & Wilson, M. (in press). Environmental knowledge and conservation behavior: Exploring prevalence and structure in a representative sample. Personality and Individual Differences.
De Boeck, P., Wilson, M., & Acton, G. S. (2005). A conceptual and psychometric framework for distinguishing categories and dimensions. Psychological Review, 112(1), 129-158.
Dawson, T. L., & Wilson, M. (2004). The LAAS: A computerized scoring system for small- and large-scale developmental assessments. Educational Assessment, 9(3&4), 153-191.
Kaiser, F. G., & Wilson, M. (2004). Goal-directed conservation behavior: The specific composition of a general performance. Personality and Individual Differences, 36(7), 1531-1544.
Wilson, M. (2003). On choosing a model for measuring. Methods of Psychological Research, 8(3), 1-22.
Reprinted in: Smith, E.V., and Smith, R.M. (Eds.) (2004). Introduction to Rasch Measurement. Maple Grove, MN: JAM Press.
Dawson, T. L., Xie, Y., & Wilson, M. (2003). Domain-general and domain-specific developmental assessments: Do they measure the same thing? Cognitive Development, 18(1), 61-78.
Briggs, D. & Wilson, M. (2003). An introduction to multidimensional measurement using Rasch models. Journal of Applied Measurement, 4(1), 87-100.
Reprinted in: Smith, E.V., and Smith, R.M. (Eds.) (2004). Introduction to Rasch Measurement. Maple Grove, MN: JAM Press.
Wilson, M., & Draney, K. (2002). A technique for setting standards and maintaining them over time. In S. Nishisato, Y. Baba, H. Bozdogan, & K. Kanefugi (Eds.), Measurement and multivariate analysis (Proceedings of the International Conference on Measurement and Multivariate Analysis, Banff, Canada, May 12-14, 2000), pp 325-332. Tokyo: Springer-Verlag.
Hoskens, M., & Wilson, M. (2001). Real-time feedback on rater drift in constructed response items: An example from the Golden State Examination. Journal of Educational Measurement, 38, 121-145.
Wilson M., & Hoskens, M. (2001). The rater bundle model. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 26(3). 283-306.
Wilson, M. & Sloane, K. (2000). From principles to practice: An embedded assessment system. Applied Measurement in Education, 13(2), 181-208.
Kaiser, F. G., & Wilson, M. (2000). Assessing people÷s general ecological behavior: A cross-cultural measure. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 30, 952-978.
Pirolli. P., & Wilson, M. (1998). A theory of the measurement of knowledge content, access, and learning. Psychological Review, 105(1), 58-82.
Wang, W., Wilson, M., & Adams, R.J. (1998). Measuring individual differences in change with Rasch models. Journal of Outcome Measurement, 2(3), 240-265.
Gumpel, T., Wilson, M., & Shalev, R. (1998). An item response theory analysis of the Conners Teacher's Rating Scale. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 31(6), 525-532.
Adams, R. J., Wilson, M., & Wang, W. (1997). The multidimensional random coefficients multinomial logit model. Applied Psychological Measurement, 21(1), 1-23.
Adams, R..J., Wilson, M., & Wu, M. (1997). Multilevel item response models: An approach to errors in variables regression. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 22(1), 47-76.
Gumpel, T. & Wilson, M. (1996). Application of a Rasch analysis to the examination of the perception of facial affect among persons with mental retardation. Research and Interventions in Developmental Disabilities, 17(2), 161-171.
Mislevy, R.J., & Wilson, M. (1996). Marginal maximum likelihood estimation for a psychometric model of discontinuous development. Psychometrika, 61(1), 41-71.
Wilson, M, & Wang, W. (1995). Complex composites: Issues that arise in combining different modes of assessment. Applied Psychological Measurement. 19(1), 51-72.
Wilson, M. & Adams, R.J. (1995). Rasch models for item bundles. Psychometrika., 60(2), 181-198.
Thomas, J.W., Bol, L., Warkentin, R.W., Wilson, M., Strage, A., & Rohwer, W.D., Jr. (1993). Interrelationships among students÷ study activities, self-concept of academic ability, and achievement as a function of characteristics of high-school biology courses. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 7, 499-532.
Wilson, M. & Adams, R.J. (1993). Marginal maximum likelihood estimation for the ordered partition model. Journal of Educational Statistics, 18(1), 69-90.
Wilson, M. (1993). The ”Saltus model’ misunderstood. Methodika 7, 1-4.
Wilson, M., & Masters, G.N. (1993). The partial credit model and null categories. Psychometrika, 58(1), 87-99.
Pirolli, P., & Wilson, M. (1993, June). Knowledge and the simultaneous conjoint measurement of activity, agents and situations. Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society Annual Meeting, Boulder, CO (pp. 812-817).
Wilson, M. (1992). The ordered partition model: An extension of the partial credit model. Applied Psychological Measurement. 16(3), 309-325.
Pirolli, P., & Wilson, M. (1992). Measuring learning strategies and understanding: A research framework. In C. Frasson, G. Gauthier, & G.I. McCalla (Eds.), Intelligent tutoring systems, Proceedings of the Second International Conference, Montreal, Canada, June, 1992. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Wilson, M. (1992). Educational leverage from a political necessity: Implications of new perspectives on student assessment for Chapter 1 evaluation. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 14(2), 123-144.
Wilson, M. (1990). Measuring a van Hiele geometry sequence: A reanalysis. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 21(3), 230-237.
Wilson, M. (1989). Saltus: A psychometric model of discontinuity in cognitive development. Psychological Bulletin, 105(2), 276-289.
Wilson, M. (1989). An evaluation of Woodruff's technique for variance estimation in educational surveys. Journal of Education Statistics, 14(1), 81-101.
Wilson, M. (1989). A comparison of deterministic and probabilistic approaches to measuring learning structures. Australian Journal of Education, 33(2), 125-138.
Wilson, M. (1989). Empirical examination of a learning hierarchy using an item response theory model. Journal of Experimental Education, 57(4), 357-371.
Wilson, M., & Moore, S. (1989). Desktop loglinear modeling. Australian Journal of Education, 33(3), 197-219.
Wilson, M. (1988). Internal construct validity and reliability of a quality of school life instrument across nationality and school level. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 48, 995-1009.
Wilson, M. (1988). Many hands make light work: integrating research on primate handedness. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 11(4), 733-735.
Wilson, M. (1988). Detecting and interpreting local item dependence using a family of Rasch models. Applied Psychological Measurement, 12(4), 353-364.
Wilson, M., & Iventosch, L. (1988). Using the Partial Credit model to investigate responses to structured subtests. Applied Measurement in Education, 1(4), 319-334.
Wilson, M., & Bock, R.D. (1985). Spellability: a linearly-ordered content domain. American Educational Research Journal, 22(2), 297-307.
Guida, F., Ludlow, L., & Wilson, M. (1985). The mediating effect of time-on-task on the academic anxiety/achievement interaction: A structural model. Journal of Research and Development in Education, 19(1), 21-26.
Book ChaptersDraney, K., & Wilson, M. (in press). Application of the saltus model to stage-like data: Some applications and current developments. In, M. von Davier & C. Carstensen (Eds.), Multivariate and Mixture Distribution Rasch Models. New York: Springer.
Wilson, M., & Hoskens, M. (2005). Multidimensional item responses: Multimethod/multitrait perspectives. In, S. Alagumalai, D. D. Curtis, & N. Hungi (Eds.) Applied Rasch measurement: A Book of Exemplars (Papers in honour of John Keeves). Springer-Kluwer Academic Publishers (pp. 287-308).
Wilson, M. (2005). Subscales and summary scales: Issues in health-related outcomes. In J. Lipscomb, C. C. Gotay, & C. Snyder (Eds.), Outcomes Assessment in Cancer: Measures, Methods and Applications. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Draney, K., & Wilson, M. (2004). Application of the polytomous saltus model to stage-like data. In, A. van der Ark, M. Croon, & K. Sijtsma (Eds.), New developments in categorical data analysis for the social and behavioral sciences. Mahwah, NJ: Earlbaum.
Wilson, M. (2004). Assessment tools: Psychometric and statistical. In, J. W. Guthrie (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Education, 2nd Edition. New York: Macmillan Reference USA.
Wilson, M. (2004). Assessment, accountability and the classroom: A community of judgment. In, M. Wilson, (Ed.). Towards coherence between classroom assessment and accountability. 103rd Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part II. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Wilson M., & Draney, K. (2004). Some links between large-scale and classroom assessments: The case of the BEAR Assessment System. In, M. Wilson, (Ed.). Towards coherence between classroom assessment and accountability. 103rd Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part II. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Wilson, M. (2004). A perspective on current trends in assessment and accountability: Degrees of coherence. In, M. Wilson, (Ed.). Towards coherence between classroom assessment and accountability. 103rd Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part II. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Wilson, M., & De Boeck, P. (2004). Descriptive and explanatory item response models. In, P. De Boeck, & M. Wilson, (Eds.) Explanatory item response models: A generalized linear and nonlinear approach. New York: Springer-Verlag.
De Boeck, P. & Wilson, M. (2004). A framework for item response models. In, P. De Boeck, & M. Wilson, (Eds.) Explanatory item response models: A generalized linear and nonlinear approach. New York: Springer-Verlag.
Wilson, M. & Scalise, K. (2003). Reporting progress to parents and others: Beyond grades. In J. M. Atkin & J. E. Coffey (Eds.), Everyday assessment in the science classroom. NSTA Press: Arlington, VA.
Wilson, M. (2003). Cognitive psychology and assessment practices. In, R. Fernandez-Ballesteros (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment. Newberry Park, CA: Sage,
Mislevy, R, J. Wilson, M., Ercikan, K., & Chudowsky, N. (2003). Psychometric principles in Student Assessment. In, T. Kellaghan, & D. L. Stufflebeam, International Handbook of Educational Evaluation,(pp, 489-532). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Press.
Wilson, M., & Case, H. (2000). An examination of variation in rater severity over time: A study of rater drift. In M. Wilson & G Engelhard (Eds.) Objective Measurement: Theory into Practice (Volume V) (pp. 113-134). Stamford, CT: Ablex.
Wang, W., Wilson, M., & Adams, R. J.. (2000). Interpreting the parameters of a multidimensional Rasch model. In M. Wilson & G Engelhard (Eds.) Objective Measurement: Theory into Practice (Volume V). Stamford, CT: Ablex.
Wilson, M. (1999). Relating the national science education standards to the Science Education for Public Understanding Program (SEPUP) assessment system. In K. Comfort (Ed.), Advancing standards for science and mathematics education: Views from the field. Washington, DC: AAAS. (Available at http://ehrweb.aaas.org/ehr/forum/. )
Wilson, M. (1997). The California comparability study. In Los Angeles County Office of Education (Ed.), Proceedings: Comparability Symposium. Downey, CA: Los Angeles County Office of Education
Wang, W., Wilson, M., & Adams, R. J. (1997). Rasch models for multidimensionality between and within items. In, M. Wilson, G. Engelhard & K. Draney (Eds.), Objective measurement IV: Theory into practice. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Warkentin, R., Bol, L., & Wilson, M. (1997). Using the partial credit model to verify a theoretical model of academic studying. In, M. Wilson, G. Engelhard & K. Draney (Eds.), Objective measurement IV: Theory into practice. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Wilson, M., & Draney, K. (1997). Partial credit in a developmental context: The case for adopting a mixture model approach. In, M. Wilson, G. Engelhard & K. Draney (Eds.), Objective measurement IV: Theory into practice (pp. 333-350). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Wilson, M., & Adams R.J. (1996). Evaluating progress with alternative assessments: A model for Chapter 1. In M.B. Kane (Ed.), Implementing performance assessment: Promise, problems and challenges. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Draney, K., Wilson, M., & Pirolli, P. (1996). Measuring learning in LISP: An application of the random coefficients multinomial logit model. In, G. Engelhard & M. Wilson (Eds.), Objective measurement III: Theory into practice. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Wang, W., & Wilson, M. (1996). Comparing multiple-choice items and performance-based items using item response modeling. In, G. Engelhard & M. Wilson (Eds.), Objective measurement III: Theory into practice. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Adams, R.J., & Wilson, M. (1996). Formulating the Rasch model as a mixed coefficients multinomial logit. In, G. Engelhard & M. Wilson (Eds.), Objective measurement III: Theory into practice. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Draney, K. L., Pirolli, P., & Wilson, M. (1995). A measurement model for a complex cognitive skill. In P. Nichols, S. Chipman, & R. Brennan, Cognitively diagnostic assessment (pp. 103-126). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Wilson, M. (1994). Assessment nets: An alternative approach to assessment in mathematics achievement. In T. Romberg (Ed.), Reform in School Mathematics and Authentic Assessment. New York: SUNY Press.
Wilson, M. (1994). Measurement of developmental levels. In T. Husen & T.N. Postlethwaite (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education (2nd. Ed.) (pp. 1508-14). Oxford: Pergamon Press.
Ross, K., & Wilson, M. (1994). Sampling errors. In T. Husen & T.N. Postlethwaite (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education (2nd. Ed.). Oxford: Pergamon Press.
Wilson, M. (1994). Community of judgement: A teacher-centered approach to educational accountability. In, Office of Technology Assessment (Ed.), Issues in Educational Accountability. Washington, D.C.: Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress.
Wilson, M. (1994). Comparing attitude across different cultures: Two quantitative approaches to construct validity. In, M. Wilson (Ed.), Objective Measurement II: Theory into Practice. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Wilson, M. (1992). Measurement models for new forms of assessment in mathematics education. In J.F. Izard & M. Stephens (Eds.) Reshaping assessment practices: Assessment in the mathematical sciences under challenge. Hawthorn, Australia: ACER.
Wilson, M. (1992). Measuring levels of mathematical understanding. In T. Romberg (Ed.), Mathematics assessment and evaluation: Imperatives for mathematics educators. New York: SUNY Press.
Wilson, M. (1992). Measuring changes in the quality of school life. In M. Wilson (Ed.), Objective measurement: Theory into practice. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Wilson, M. (1992). Objective measurement: The state of the art. In M. Wilson (Ed.), Objective measurement: Theory into practice. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Wilson, M. (1990). Measurement of developmental levels. In T. Husen & T.N. Postlethwaite (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education: Research and Studies. Supplementary Volume 2. Oxford: Pergamon Press.
Masters, G.N., Adams, R.J., & Wilson, M. (1990). Charting of student progress. In T. Husen & T.N. Postlethwaite (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education: Research and Studies. Supplementary Volume 2 (pp. 628-634). Oxford: Pergamon Press. Also in T. Husen & T.N. Postlethwaite (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education (2nd. Ed.) (pp. 5783-91). Oxford: Pergamon Press (1994).
Cunningham, A.E., Stanovich, K.E., & Wilson, M. (1990). Cognitive variation in adult college students differing in academic ability. In T.H. Carr & B.A. Levy (Eds.), Reading and its development: Component skills approaches. New York: Academic Press.
Wilson, M. (1990). Investigation of structured problem solving items. In G. Kulms (Ed.), Assessing higher order thinking in mathematics. Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Wilson, M. (1988). The bootstrap. In J.P. Keeves (Ed.), Educational research, methodology and measurement: an international handbook. Oxford: Pergamon. (Also in, T. Husen & T.N. Postlethwaite (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education: Research and Studies. Supplementary Volume 1. Oxford: Pergamon Press.)
Monographs/Technical & Research ReportsWilson, M., Roberts, L., Draney, K., Samson, S., & Sloane, K. (2000). SEPUP Assessment Resources Handbook. BEAR Center Research Reports, University of California, Berkeley.
Wilson, M. (1999). A reflection on new frameworks for assessing student knowledge and skills: The PISA approach. OECD/PISA Discussion paper, ACER, Camberwell, Australia.
Roberts, L., Wilson, M., & Draney, K. (1998). The SEPUP Assessment System: An Overview. BEAR Center Research Reports, University of California, Berkeley.
Patz, R. J., Wilson, M., & Hoskens, M. (1997). Optimal rating procedures for NAEP open-ended items . Final report to the National Center of Education Statistics under the redesign of NAEP.
Wilson, M., & Case, H. (1996). Rating a performance task: An examination of rater performance over time. University of California, Berkeley: BEAR Report Series, CD-96-1.
Pirolli, P. & Wilson, M. (1995). A Technical Note on TREC Evaluation. Research Report. Palo Alto, CA: Xerox PARC.
Mislevy, R.J., & Wilson, M. (1993). Marginal maximum likelihood estimation for a psychometric model of discontinuous development. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service.
Wilson, M. (1989). Commentary on an integrated approach to quantifying research synthesis. In K. Fillmore (Ed.), Final report of the second meeting of the collaborative alcohol-related longitudinal project. San Francisco: Institute for Health and Aging, University of California.
Wilson, M., & Ekstrand, K. (1989). TestIssues: A guide for decisionmakers [Computer-based tutorial]. National Commission on Testing and Public Policy Research Report, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley.
Ploger, D., & Wilson, M. (1989). Levels of understanding in modern biology: Cognitive snapshots of student learning. Research Report, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley.
Wilson, M., Moore, S., Gifford, B., & Gumpel, T. (1989). On the assessment of validity for a selection rule: Evidence for the linearity assumption, and implications of its failure. National Commission on Testing and Public Policy Research Report, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley.
Wilson, M. (1988). Empirical investigations of structured problem solving items using a polytomous IRT model. Research Report, National Center for Research in Mathematical Sciences Education, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Masters, G. N., & Wilson, M. (1988). PC-CREDIT [Computer Program]. Melbourne, Australia: University of Melbourne, Centre for the Study of Higher Education.
Masters, G. N., & Wilson, M. (1988). Understanding and using Partial Credit analysis: an IRT method for ordered response Categories. Notes to accompany mini-course given at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, New Orleans.
Masters, G. N., Morgan, G., & Wilson, M. (1986). Charting student progress. Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne.
Masters, G. N., Morgan, G., & Wilson, M. (1986). CHARTS [Computer program]. Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne.
Ziomek, R. and Wilson, M. (1986). A proposed additional index to Glass' effect size estimator with application to mastery learning experiments. Des Moines Independent Community School District, Department of Evaluation and Research, Technical Report No. 3.
Wilson, M. (1985). Measuring Stages of Growth. ACER Occasional Paper, No. 19. Melbourne, Australia: ACER.
Wilson, M. (1985). Using the Design Effect Concept. Unpublished manuscript, Australian Council for Educational Research.
Wilson, M. (1983). Adventures in Uncertainty: An empirical investigation of the use of a Taylor's series approximation for the assessment of sampling errors in educational research. ACER Occasional paper, No. 17. Melbourne, Australia: ACER.
Other Papers/Reports/Op-Eds/Computer ProgramsComputer Programs
Kennedy, C.A., Wilson, M., & Draney, K. (2005). GradeMap 4.1 (computer program). BEAR Center: UC Berkeley, CA.
Wilson, M., Kennedy, C., & Draney, K. (2004). GradeMap 3.0 (computer program). BEAR Center: UC Berkeley, CA.
Wu, M., Adams, R.J., & Wilson, M. (1998). ACERConQuest [computer program]. Hawthorn, Australia: ACER.
Book Reviews, Comments, etc.Wilson, M. (2002). Review of T. G. Bond & C. M. Fox. (2001). Applying the Rasch Model: Fundamental Measurement in the Human Sciences. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Applied Psychological Measurement, 26, 228-231.
Wilson, M. (1995). Review of G. H. Fischer & I. W. Molenaar (Eds.) (1995). Rasch models: Foundations, recent developments, and applications. New York: Springer-Verlag. Applied Psychological Measurement, 19(4), 392-394.
Jensen, A.R., & Wilson M. (1994). Henry Felix Kaiser (1927-1992) [Obituary]. American Psychologist, 49(12), 1085.
Ploger, D., & Wilson, M. (1991). Statistical reasoning: What is the role of inferential rule training? (Comment on Fong and Nisbett). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 120(2).
Wilson, M. (1990). The limits to measurement: Review of S.H. Irvine & J.W. Berry, Human abilities in cultural context. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Contemporary Psychology, 35(8), 756-757.
Wilson , M. (1990). Flunking retention: Review of Shepard, L. A., & Smith, M.L. (Eds.) (1989). Flunking grades: Research and policies on retention. London: The Falmer Press. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 12(2).
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InvitedWilson, M., & Scalise, K. (2005, May). Assessment: A key aspect of teaching and learning. Invited address at the First Athens International Conference on University Assessment, Athens, Greece.
De Boeck, P., & Wilson, M. (2005, April). A nonlinear mixed model approach to IRT. Invited workshop at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Montreal, .
Wilson, M. (2005, March). Building from the research: Test design for K-12 Science achievement. Invited symposium at the National Science Teachers Association National Convention, Dallas, TX.
Wilson, M. (2004, October). Cognitive diagnosis using explanatory item response models. Invited presentation at the 4th Spearman Seminar, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Wilson, M. (2004, July). Explanatory measurement: Generalized linear and nonlinear models for item response modeling. Invited symposium at the 24th Biennial Conference of the Society for Multivariate Analysis in the Behavioral Sciences (SMABS 2004), Jena University, Germany.
Wilson, M. (2004, July). Workshop on ConQuest. Invited workshop at the 24th Biennial Conference of the Society for Multivariate Analysis in the Behavioral Sciences (SMABS 2004), Jena University, Germany.
Wilson, M. & Brown, N. (2004, July). Measurement as struggle. Keynote presentation at the International Objective Measurement Workshop, Cairns, Australia.
Wilson, M., & Scalise, K. (2004, June). Combining perspectives from cognitive science and psychometrics to improve assessment of science learning: The BEAR Assessment System. Invited presentation at the 3rd Assessment for the Future Workshop. New College, Cambridge, UK.
Wilson, M., & Scalise, K. (2004, March). Assessment: A key aspect of teaching and learning. Plenary Panel presentation at the MSRI Workshop on Assessing Students' Mathematics Learning, Berkeley, CA.
Wilson, M., & Scalise, K. (2004, March). Using assessment to improve learning: The BEAR Assessment System. Keynote address at the Enhancement Themes 4th Assessment Workshop, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Wilson, M., & Scalise, K. (2003, November). Research on learning: Implications for assessment in higher education. Plenary Address at the California Association for Institutional Research Annual Conference, Rohnert Park, CA.
Wilson, M., & Scalise, K. (2003, June). Research on learning: Implications for higher education. Opening Plenary Address at the American Association for Higher Education Assessment Conference, Seattle.
Wilson, M. (2003, April). The technologies of assessment. Invited presentation at the AEL National Research Symposium ”Toward a National Research Agenda for Improving the Intelligence of Assessment Through Technology,’ Chicago.
Wilson, M. (2003, April). Comments on issues in international assessment. Discussant at a Presidential Invited Session on international assessment, American Educational Research Association annual meeting, Chicago.
Wilson, M., & Draney, K. (2003, February). The BEAR Assessment System: Balance and Coherence. Invited presentation at the National Research Council ”Bridging the Gap’ Workshop, Washington DC.
Wilson, M. (2002, July). The 2002 Harold Gulliksen Lectures, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey.
Lecture I. A constructive approach to measurement.
Lecture II. On choosing a model for measuring.
Lecture III. Multidimensional item response modeling: An introduction (with Derek Briggs).
Lecture IV. Item response modeling as an application of generalized linear mixed models (with Paul De Boeck).
Lecture V. Modeling differential facet difficulty with SAS NLMixed. (with Yiyu Xie).
Wilson, M. (2002, June). Did they really know what students know? Paper presented at the Distinguished Visitors lecture series in the Education and Arts Faculty, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Wilson, M. (2002, June). Item response theory as an application of nonlinear mixed models. Paper presented at the Distinguished Visitors lecture series in the Statistics Department, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Wilson, M. (2002, February). Assessment: The necessary connection between the classroom and policy-makers. Invited presentation at the Texas Symposium on Testing and Assessment, University of Texas at Dallas.
Wilson, M. (2001, October). On choosing a model for measuring. Invited paper at the International Conference on Objective Measurement 3, Chicago, Il.
Wilson, M. (2001, August). The BEAR Assessment System. Invited presentation at the ”Assessment and Cognition: Theory to Practice’ Conference, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
Wilson, M. (2001, August). Beyond BEAR. Invited presentation at the ”Assessment and Cognition: Theory to Practice’ Conference, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
Wilson, M., & Draney, K. (2000, May). Standard Mapping: A technique for setting standards and maintaining them over time. Paper in an invited symposium entitled "Models and analyses for combining and calibrating items of different types over time" at the International Conference on Measurement and Multivariate Analysis, Banff, Canada.
Wilson, M. (2000, January). The role of assessment in evaluation: materials development and professional development. Invited presentation at The Evaluation Forum, Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley.
Wilson, M. & Briggs, D. (1999, December), An introduction to individual growth modeling: A multilevel modeling perspective. Invited presentation at the Institute for Human Development Colloquium, UC Berkeley.
Wilson, M. (1999, May). Multilevel models in educational research. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Chicago chapter of the American Statistical Association, Chicago.
Wilson, M. (1998, July). Embedding developmental assessment into an instructional curriculum: The case of SEPUP÷s Issues, Evidence and You. International Developmental Assessment Seminar, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Wilson, M. (1998, January). How do curriculum developers measure success? . ScienceGate II Conference, Xerox Document University, VA.
Wilson, M. (1997, June). Recent developments in item response modeling. Language Testing Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Wilson, M. (1997, June). A theory of the measurement of knowledge content, access and learning. Presentation to the Cognitive Psychology Seminar in the Psychology Department at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Wilson, M. (1997, January). Assessment and evaluation together in the service of instruction and learning. NSF Status of Middle School Science Conference. Washington, DC.
Wilson, M. (1994, December). Some thoughts on componential models. Invited participant in a colloquium on ”Componential item response models’ at the Catholic University of Lueven, Belguim.
Wilson, M. (1994, April). What technical issues might be major concerns in implementing new assessments and new technologies. Invited participant in a colloquium on ”Assessment in the 21st century: Issues, technologies, and challenges’ NCME annual meeting, New Orleans.
Wilson, M. (1993, April). Invited participant in a colloquium on ”The technical requirements of high stakes performance assessments: Answers to your questions’ NCME annual meeting, Atlanta.
Wilson, M., & Adams, R.J. (1992, June). Evaluating progress with alternative assessments: A model for Chapter 1. Invited address to the conference on Curriculum and Assessment Reform. Boulder, CO.
Wilson, M. (1991, November). Measurement models for new forms of student assessment in mathematics education. Keynote address at the First National Conference on Assessment in the Mathematical Sciences. Australian Council for Educational Research, Geelong, Australia.
Masters, G., & Wilson, M. (1991, March). Partial credit models: An introduction for test developers. Half-day workshop given at Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey.
Masters, G., & Wilson, M. (1991, March). Partial credit models: Advanced session for statistical analysis and measurement research staff. Full-day workshop given at Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey.
Wilson, M. (1990). A mixture model approach to the measurement of stage-like development. Berkeley-Stanford Quantitative Methods Colloquium, University of California, Berkeley.
Wilson, M., & Mislevy, R.J. (1989). Test theory for measuring understanding and learning. Paper presented at the Educational Testing Service Invitational Symposium on Language Acquisition and Language Assessment, Princeton, NJ.
PapersWilson, M. (2005, July). Systems for state science assessment. Paper presented at the Large Scale Assessment Conference of the Chief State School Officers Association, San Antonio, TX.
Wilson, M., & Draney, K. (2005, July). Some links between large-scale and classroom assessments: The case of the BEAR Assessment System. Paper presented at the Large Scale Assessment Conference of the Chief State School Officers Association, San Antonio, TX.
Scalise, K., & Wilson, M. (2005, April). Bundle models for data driven content in E-learning and CBT: The BEAR CAT approach. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council for Measurement in Education, Montreal.
Wilson, M., & Draney, K. (2005, April). Some links between large-scale and classroom assessments: The case of the BEAR Assessment System. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council for Measurement in Education, Montreal.
Kennedy, C., & Wilson, M. (2005, April). Models and Tools for Drawing Inferences from Student Work: The BEAR Scoring Engine. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal.
Draney, K., & Wilson, M. (2005, April). Assessing multiple dimensions across the years of childhood. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal.
Wilson, M., Kennedy, C., Brown, N., & Draney, K. (2005, April). Using Progress Variables and Embedded Assessment to Improve Teaching and Learning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal.
Wilson, M., Karelitz, T., Zheng, X., & Burmester, K. (2005, April). The assessment system. Paper presented in a symposium on ”Constructing Data, Modeling Worlds: Collaborative Investigation of Statistical Reasoning’ at the Research Presession to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting.
Wilson, M. (2005, March). Background to the Committee÷s work: Test Design for K-12 Science Achievement. Paper presentation at the National Science Teachers Association National Convention, Dallas, TX.
De Boeck, P., & Wilson, M. (2004, July). Expressing item response models as GLMMs and NLMMs. Paper presented at the 24th Biennial Conference of the Society for Multivariate Analysis in the Behavioral Sciences (SMABS 2004), Jena University, Germany.
Wilson, M., & De Boeck, P., (2004, July). Explanatory measurement models. Paper presented at the 24th Biennial Conference of the Society for Multivariate Analysis in the Behavioral Sciences (SMABS 2004), Jena University, Germany.
De Boeck, P., & Wilson, M. (2004, July). Explanatory measurement: further extensions. Paper presented at the 24th Biennial Conference of the Society for Multivariate Analysis in the Behavioral Sciences (SMABS 2004), Jena University, Germany.
Wilson, M. (2004, July). On choosing a model for measuring. Part II: Polytomous data. Paper presented at the International Objective Measurement Workshop, Cairns, Australia.
Wilson, M., Mangione, P. L, Brown, R. S., Heal, H. B., & Moore, S. (2004, April). Theory to Practice: Conceptualizing and Creating Developmental Indicators across Domains . Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego. (Also presented at the HeadStart National Research Conference, Washington, DC.)
Wilson, M., & Kennedy, C. (2004, April). Next Steps: PADI Calibration and Scoring Engine. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.
Scalise, K., Claesgens, J., Krystyniak, R., Mebane, S., Wilson, M., & Stacy, A. (2004, April). Perspectives of Chemists: Tracking conceptual understanding of student learning in chemistry at the secondary and university levels. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Briggs, D., Alonzo, A., Schwab, C., & Wilson, M. (2004). Developmental Assessment with Ordered Multiple-Choice Items. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.
Wilson, M., Moore, S. M., & Brown, R. S. (2004, April). Psychometric Scaling of Developmental Outcomes: Assessing Multiple Dimensions Across the Years of Childhood. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.
Rost, J., & Wilson, M. (2003, November). Testable facts of science competence“TEFASCO. Paper presented at the International Conference on research and development in Mathematics and Science Education, Washington, DC.
Wilson, M., & Draney, K. (2003, July). Selecting cut scores with a composite of item types: The ”Construct Mapping’ procedure. Paper presented at the ”Bilateral workshop on psychometrics: Flanders“Chile’, Leuven, Belguim.
Wilson, M., & Xie, Y. (2003, July). Modeling fixed and random item features with SAS NLMixed. Presented at the International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Cagliari (Sardinia), Italy
Wilson, M. (2003, April). Measurement as struggle. Paper presented at the Conference in honor of Ben Wright, Chicago.
Mislevy, R., Wilson, M., & Murphy, R. (2003, April). Next Steps for the PADI Project. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
Kang, S., & Wilson, M. (2003, April). A Crossed Multilevel IRT Model for Analyzing Rated Polytomous Measures. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
Wilson, M., & Draney, K. (2003, March). The BEAR Assessment System: Balance and coherence. Paper presented at the International Conference on research and development in Mathematics and Science Education, Kiel, Germany.
Araki, C. J., & Wilson, M. (2003, April). Self-Selected Study Activities of Ethnically Diverse College Students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
Paek, I., Peres, D. G. , & Wilson, M. (2002, April). Constructing one scale to describe two statewide exams. Paper presented at the International Objective Measurement Workshop, New Orleans, LA.
Kim, S., & Wilson, M. (2002, April). A comparative analysis of the ratings in performance assessment using generalizability theory and the many-facet Rasch model. Paper presented at the International Objective Measurement Workshop, New Orleans, LA.
Claesgens, J., Scalise, K., Draney, K., Wilson, M. & Stacey, A. (2002, April). Perspectives of Chemists: A framework to promote conceptual understanding of chemistry. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Briggs, D., & Wilson, M. (2001, April). Multidimensional measurement using Rasch models. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle.
Wilson, M. (2001, April). Developments in test theory and psychometrics. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle.
Wilson, M., Hoskens, M., & Draney, K. (2001, April). Rater effects: Some issues, some solutions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle.
Wilson, M., & Draney, K. (2000, June). Developmental assessment strategies in a statewide testing program: Scale interpretation, standard setting, and task-scoring for the Golden State Examinations. Paper presented at the Council of Chief State School Officers National Conference on Large Scale Assessment, Snowbird, UT.
Wilson, M., Draney, K. & Hoskens, M. (2000, April). Standard Setting on a Composite of Item Types: The ”StandardMapping’ procedure. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Patz, R., Junker, B., Hoskens, M. & Wilson, M. (2000, April). Advances in item response models for multiple ratings of student work. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council for Measurement in Education, New Orleans.
Briggs, D. & Wilson, M. (2000, April). An introduction to multidimensional measurement. Paper presented at the International Objective Measurement Workshop, New Orleans, LA.
Wang, W., Wilson, M., & Cheng, Y. (2000. April). Local dependence between latent traits when common stimuli are used. Paper presented at the International Objective Measurement Workshop, New Orleans, LA.
Wilson, M. (2000, April). Rasch models for item bundles. Paper presented at the International Objective Measurement Workshop, New Orleans, LA.
Hoskens, M., & Wilson, M. (2000, April). The rater bundle model. Paper presented at the International Objective Measurement Workshop, New Orleans, LA.
Wilson, M. (1999, August). Making the punishment fit the crime: Examples from psychometric modeling. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston.
Wilson, M., Draney, K., Adams, R., & Wu, M. (1999, July). ConQuest. Workshop presented at the European Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Lueneburg, Germany.
Wilson, M. (1999, July). Testing stages. Paper presented at the European Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Lueneburg, Germany. (also presented at the Cognition and Development Colloquium, UC-Berkeley, September, 1999)
Dawson, T. L., Commons, M. L., Wilson, M., & Xie, Y. (1999, June). The General Model of Hierarchical Complexity Scoring System: Refinements and additions. Paper presented at the annual symposium of the Jean Piaget Society, Mexico City, Mexico.
Dawson, T. L., & Wilson, M. (1999, June). Why do different stage-scoring methods yield similar scores? Insights from a study of expert scorers. Paper presented at the Annual symposium of the Jean Piaget Society, Mexico City, Mexico.
Wilson, M. (1999, June). Rater Feedback Based on Item Response Modeling. Council of Chief State School Officers National Conference on Large Scale Assessment, Snowbird, UT.
Wilson, M. (1999, June). Modeling Repeated Ratings of Student Work. Council of Chief State School Officers National Conference on Large Scale Assessment, Snowbird, UT.
Wilson, M., & Hoskens, M. (1999, April). The rater bundle model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal.
Wilson, M. & Hofstetter, C. (1999, January). Evaluation Training Program (ETP), University of California, Berkeley. Paper presented at The National Science Foundation Workshop on Training Mathematics and Science Evaluators
Wilson, M. & Hofstetter, C. (1998, November). The Evaluation Training Program Doctorate in Program Evaluation at Berkeley. Paper presented at the American Evaluation Association annual meeting, Chicago.
Draney, K., & Wilson, M. (1998, June). Creating composite scores and setting performance levels: Use of a scaling procedure. Council of Chief State School Officers National Conference on Large Scale Assessment, Colorado Springs, CO.
Wilson, M., & Draney, K. (1998, June). Creating composite scores and setting performance levels: Comparison of raw score and scaling procedures. Council of Chief State School Officers National Conference on Large Scale Assessment, Colorado Springs, CO.
Roberts, L. & Wilson, M. (1998, April). Evaluating the effects of an integrated assessment system: Changing teacher÷s practices and improving student achievement in science. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.
Patz, R., Wilson, M., & Hoskens, M. (1998, April). Rater effects in NAEP: Recommendations for detection, evaluation and mitigation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.
Wilson, M. (1997, September). The California comparability study. Paper presented at Comparability Symposium, sponsored by The Los Angeles County Office of Education, and the California Department of Education, Burlingame, CA.
Draney, K., & Wilson, M. (1997, July). Mapping student progress with embedded assessments: The challenge of making evaluation meaningful. Paper presented at the National Evaluation Institute workshop, Indianaplois.
Hoskens, M., Wilson, M., & Stavisky, H. (1997, June). Accounting for rater effects in large scale testing using IRT. Paper presented at the European meeting of the Psychometric Society.
Wilson, M. & Draney, K. (1997, March). Beyond Rasch in the measurement of stage-like development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago. (also presented at the Ninth International Objective Measurement Workshop, Chicago, March)
Dawson, T. L., Goodheart, E. A., Draney, K., Wilson, M., Commons, M. L. (1997, March). Concrete, abstract, formal, and systematic operations as observed in a ”Piagetian’ balance-beam task Series. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the AERA. Chicago.
Hoskens, M., & Wilson, M. (1997, February). A state-wide performance assessment survey in science. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Seattle.
Wilson, M. & Draney, K. (1997, February). Mapping student progress in science with embedded assessments. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Seattle. (also presented at the Ninth International Objective Measurement Workshop, Chicago, March; and the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, March)
Wilson, M., & Case, H. (1996, June). An investigation of the feasibility and potential effects of rater feedback on rater errors. Paper presented at the Council of Chief State School Officers National Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
Adams, R., & Wilson, M. (1996, April). Multilevel modeling of complex item responses in multiple dimensions: Why bother? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York.
Wilson, M., Hoskens, M., & Wang, W. (1996, April). Complex item responses: Rater effects and item dependency. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, April.
Wilson, M., & Hoskens, M. (1996, April). Multidimensional item responses: Multimethod-multitrait perspectives. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, April.
Wilson, M., Thier, H., Sloane, K. & Nagle, B. (1996, April). What have we learned from developing an embedded assessment system? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York.
Wilson, M. & Draney, K.. (1996, April). Mapping student progress with embedded assessments Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York.
Wang, W., Wilson, M., & Adams, R. (1996, April). The multidimensional random coefficients multinomial logit model for measuring individual differences in change. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, April.
Wilson, M. & Adams, R.J. (1995, August). Issues in Complex Sampling Involving Latent Variables. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Statistical Association, Orlando, FL.
Wilson, M., & Hoskens, M. (1995, July). A conjunctive item response model for componential data. Paper presented at the European meeting of the Psychometric Society, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Wang, W., & Wilson, M. (1995, April). Item response modeling for multidimensional between-items and multidimensional within-items. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
Kaufman, P., Wilson, M., & Adams, R. (1995, April). Multilevel item response models of students ”at risk’. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
Wilson, M. & Draney, K. (1995, April). Partial credit in a developmental context: A mixture model approach. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council for Measurement in Education, San Francisco (Also presented at the Eighth International Objective Measurement Workshop, Berkeley, CA).
Wilson, M., and Adams, R.J. (1994, June). Beyond plausibility? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychometric Society, Champaign-Urbana, IL.
Wilson, M. (1994, April). Multimode assessment involving raters. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Atlanta.
Draney, K.L., & Wilson, M.R. (1994, April). An object-based learning environment for exploratory data analysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Atlanta.
Adams. R.J., & Wilson, M. (1994, April). A non-linear multilevel model: An alternative to plausible values. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Pirolli, P. & Wilson, M. (1993). A theory for the scientific measurement of knowledge systems operating in context. The Human Machine Cognition Conference, Pensacola, FL.
Wilson, M. (1993, June). A multilevel perspective on quasi-experimental research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychometric Society, Berkeley, CA.
Pirolli, P., Wilson, M., & Draney, K. (1993, May). Cognitive diagnosis of self explanation and self regulation strategies using the CMU LISP Tutor. Conference on Alternative Diagnostic Assessment, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Wilson, M., & Pirolli, P. (1993, May). Measurement of cognitive systems. Conference on Alternative Diagnostic Assessment, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Wilson, M. (1993, April). The RCML family. Paper presented at the Seventh International Objective Measurement Workshop, Emory University, Altlanta, GA.
Draney, K, Pirolli, P., & Wilson, M. (1993, April). Using the RCML to investigate linear logistic test models in a complex domain. Paper presented at the Seventh International Objective Measurement Workshop, Emory University, Altlanta, GA.
Adams, R.J., Wilson, M., and Wu, M. (1993, April). Multilevel item response modelling. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Atlanta.
Wang, W., & Wilson, M. (1993, March). Comparing multiple-choice and performance-based items. Paper presented at the California Learning Assessment System Technical Advisory Committee meeting, San Francisco, March 1993. Also presented at the Seventh International Objective Measurement Workshop, Emory University, Altlanta, GA, April 1993.
Wilson, M., and Adams, R.J. (1992, July). A multilevel perspective on the "two scientific disciplines of psychology". Paper presented in a symposium at the XXV International Congress of Psychology, Brussels.
Pirolli, P., & Wilson, M. (1992, June). Measuring learning strategies and understanding: A research framework. Paper presented at the ITS'92 (Intelligent Tutoring Systems 1992) conference, Montreal.
Adams, R.A, & Wilson, M. (1992, April). A random coefficients multinomial logit: Generalising Rasch models. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
Wilson, M., & Adams, R.A. (1992, April).Rasch models for item bundles. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
Draney, K., & Wilson, M. (1992). The impact of design characteristics on study outcomes in retention research: A meta-analytic perspective. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
Wilson, M. (1991). To describe their performances well: Contributions towards a new psychometrics. Paper presented at the National Academy of Education Spencer Fellows Forum, Boston.
Pirolli, P., & Wilson, M. (1991). Alternative measurement models for student modelling in Intelligent Tutoring Systems. Paper presented at the first meeting of the Office of Naval Research Cognitive Diagnosis Group, LRDC, Pittsburgh.
Wilson, M. (1991). Flunking retention; A revision of a meta-analysis. Paper presented in the Seminar Series in Quantitative Political and Social Science, University of California at Berkeley.
Wilson, M., & Adams, R. A. (1991). Describing Rasch models using a linear design matrix. Paper presented at the Sixth International Objective Measurement Workshop, University of Chicago.
Wilson, M., Bol, L., & Warkentin, R. (1991). The relationship between biology students' study activities and their achievement as moderated by course characteristics: A hierarchical linear model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
Wilson, M., & Masters, G. (1991). The partial credit model and null categories. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
Wilson, M. (1991). Implications of new perspectives on student assessment for Chapter 1 and its evaluation: Educational leverage from a political necessity. Paper presented at the meeting of the Chapter I Performance Assessment Work Group, California State Department of Education, Sacramento, CA.
Wilson, M. (1991). A moderation perspective on the California Assessment Project. Paper presented at the meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee, California Assessment Project, San Francisco.
Wilson, M. (1990). An extension of the partial credit model to incorporate diagnostic information. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council for Measurement in Education, Boston.
Ekstrand, K., & Wilson, M. (1990). Application of the Saltus model to a Piagetian test of cognitive development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston.
Wilson, M. (1989). Commentary on an integrated approach to quantifying research synthesis. Invited paper presented at the Second Meeting of the Collaborative Alcohol-related Longitudinal Project, Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San Francisco.
Wilson, M. (1989). Saltus: A psychometric model of discontinuity in cognitive development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, Irvine, California.
Wilson, M. (1989). Some comments on the use of Item Response Theory. Invited paper presented at the Australian Council for Educational Research Symposium on Applications of IRT to System-wide Testing, Melbourne, Australia.
Wilson, M. (1989). The partial order model. Paper presented at the Fifth International Objective Measurement Workshop, University of California, Berkeley.
Wilson, M. (1989). Application of a polytomous IRT model to attitude assessment in program evaluation. Paper presented at the Fifth International Objective Measurement Workshop, University of California, Berkeley.
Iventosch, L., & Wilson, M. (1989). An examination of gender-related item bias in SOLO mathematics items. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
Thomas, J.W., Rohwer, W.D., & Wilson, M. (1989). Hierarchical models of studying. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
Cunningham, A.E., Stanovich, K.E., & Wilson, M. (1989). Cognitive variation in adult students differing in academic ability. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
Wilson, M., Iventosch, L., & Gifford, B. (1988). Bootstrap estimation of standard errors for the hierarchical linear model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Wilson, M. (1987). The structure of the quality of school life: An international comparison. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Washington.
Wilson, M. (1987). The quality of school life of potential dropouts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington.
Wilson, M. (1986). A psychometric model of hierarchical development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington.
Wilson, M. (1986). The quality of school life in Australian schools. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Social Context of Education Division of the American Educational Research Association, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Wilson, M. (1986). Modelling SOLO science Items. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
Wilson, M. (1985). Scaling SOLO science Items. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Hobart, Australia.
Wilson, M. (1985). A psychometric model of stage-like development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
Wilson, M. (1985). Scaling mathematical learning hierarchies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
Ziomek, R., & Wilson, M. (1984). A proposed additional index to Glass' effect size estimator with application of mastery learning experiments. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Wilson, M. (1983). Finite measures from perfect scores. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.
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National Science Foundation (2004-2007). Assessing Science Knowledge“UC Berkeley GSE Component.
National Cancer Institute. IRT for behavioral Sciences. (2003-2005)
California Department of Education, Child Development Division (2001-2006). Desired Results Developmental Profile Validity Study.
California Department of Education, Special Education Division (2004). Desired Results Developmental Profile Special Education Scaling Study.
National Science Foundation (2004-2007). Construction data, Modeling Worlds: Collaborative Investigation of Statistical Reasoning“UC Berkeley GSE Component.
Institute for Education Sciences. US Department of Education. Evaluating the Validity of Teacher Licensure Decisions (2002-2004)“UC Berkeley Component
IERI (2001-2006) Principled Assessment Designs for Inquiry (PADI)“UC Berkeley Component.
National Science Foundation (2001-2006). Center for the Assessment and Evaluation of Student Learning (CAESL)“UC Berkeley GSE Component.
Spencer Foundation. Research Training Grant (2001-2006) (with David Pearson, GSE)
California Department of Education, Standards and Assessment Division (2000-2001, 2001-2). Psychometric studies of raters and students in the Golden State Examinations.
National Science Foundation. ChemQuery (2001-2004) (with Angelica Stacey, Chemistry Dept., UC Berkeley)
Spencer Foundation. Major Grant Program (1998-2001), Content-Flexible Developmental Stage Analysis for Large-Scale Assessments (with Theo Dawson).
National Center for Educational Statistics (1997-8). Optimal rating procedures and methodology for NAEP open-ended items (with R. Patz, CTB-McGraw Hill)
American Educational Research Association/National Science Foundation. (1997-2002). Evaluation Training Program. (with P. Holland (1997-8) and C. Hofstetter (1999-2002)).
National Science Foundation. (1997-2001). Investigating the Implementation of a Classroom-based Assessment System.
Standards and Assessment Division, California State Department of Education. (1997-8, 1998-9, 1999-2000) Psychometric studies of raters and students in the Golden State Examinations.
Student Performance Division, California State Department of Education. (1996-7). Psychometric studies of the Golden State Examinations.
Spencer Foundation. (1996-1997). Implementing ”Concept Time Lines’: A tool for analyzing interview data (with Theo Dawson).
National Center for Educational Statistics. (1994-5). Psychometric studies of the National Assessment of Educational Progress. (with MPR Inc.)
California Learning Assessment System, California Department of Education. (1993-4, 1994-5). Psychometric studies of raters and students in CLAS.
National Science Foundation. (1993-96). Psychometric issues in mathematics and science assessment: Multiple raters, indicators and viewpoints. (with R.J. Adams)
Office of Naval Research. (1991-94). Strategies of skill acquisition: A mixture model approach to measurement in the context of intelligent tutoring systems. (with P. Pirolli)
University of California Junior Faculty Research Grant. (1990-91). When different people use different strategies.
University of California Faculty Research Grant. (1990-91). Meta-analytic evidence on the effects of retention: A re-examination.
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Founding Editor: Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives.Visiting Professor, Center for the Study of Research Training and Impact (SORTi), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, Australia. June-July, 2002.
Visiting Professor (Gasthoogleraar), Faculty of Psychology, Katholieke Universitiet Leuven, Belgium, May-August, 2001.
Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, Australia. March-July, 1997.
Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, Australia. Feb-July, 1992.
University of California Regents' Junior Faculty Fellowship, 1991.
National Academy of Education Spencer Fellowship, 1990-1991.
Marc Perry Galler Prize for best dissertation in 1984-85 in the Division of Social Sciences, University of Chicago.
Rosenberger Award for best dissertation in 1982-85 in the Department of Education, University of Chicago.
Tuition scholarship and stipend, Department of Education, University of Chicago, 1981-83.
Victorian Education Department Teacher Studentship, University of Melbourne, Faculty of Science, 1974-75, Faculty of Education, 1976.
Commonwealth Scholarship, University of Melbourne, Faculty of Science, 1972-73.
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Professional and Government CommitteesHawaii Department of Education. Technical Advisory Committee member (2003-present).California Department of Education
Standards and Assessment Division
Technical Advisory Group member (2003-present)
Technical Study Group member(1996-2002)
Technical Committee for the High School Exit Examination (1999-2001)
California Learning Assessment System .
Technical Advisory Committee member (1990-1994).
Technical Study Group member (1994-1995).
Compensatory Education Office. (1990-1991).
National Research Council, Committee on Test Design for K-12 Science Achievement, Chair (2003-5)
National Research Council, Strategic Educational Research Program, Teaching and Learning Panel (2001-2002).
Joint Committee for Standards in Educational Evaluation. Representative for the American Educational Research Association. (1999-2002)
National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners. Advisory Committee member. (2000-2)
Spencer Foundation. Dissertation Fellowships Selection Committee (1999-2001).
National Research Council, Committee on Foundations of Assessment. (1998-2001)
California High School Exit Examination Standards Panel (1999-2001)
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Advisory Committee on Evaluating Science Assessments (1999-present)
Georgia State Department of Education. Technical Advisory Committee. (1997-2004)
New Standards Project, Technical Advisory Committee for Science (1998-1999)
California Systemic Initiative Assessment Collaborative. Advisory Board member. (1996-1999)
National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners. Research Committee member. (1994-1999)
Editorial and Review PositionsEducational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. Editorial Board (2003-present).Cognition. Editorial Board (2003-present).
Journal of Applied Measurement. Editorial Board (2003-present).
Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics. Management Committee member. (1991-1996)
ConsultanciesHarcourt Educational Measurement. Advisory Committee member (2003-present).Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, Scottish Office (2004-2005).
Education Quality and Accountability Office, Province of Ontario, Canada (2003-2004).
Program for International Studies of Achievement (PISA), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (2000-2001).
MPR Associates Inc. Berkeley, CA. (1989-1996).
Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress. (1993).
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