Measurement: Test & instrument construction & validation: Norm & Criterion referenced, scaling, item analysis, sampling.
Diagnostic Assessment: Norm & criterion referenced measures-Psychological (cognitive), achievement, adaptive, social-emotional, performanced-based ("authentic")/behavioral (observations, structured and unstructured interview, portfolios, audio, video, checklists, rating scales), curriculum-based, special education eligibility, vocational. Test/instrument administration, scoring and diagnostic interpretation (Birth-Adult).
Research and Development: Research design, test & instrument construction, sampling, data collection, management, statistical analysis & interpretation. Program evaluation, experimental and quasi-experimental research in education, psychology, sociology and medicine. Grant proposal, research/evaluation report & publication writing skills; presentation skills.
Management: Staffing (advertising, interviewing, hiring, sub-contracting), training, supervision, evaluation; budgeting, purchasing/expenditures, bookkeeping, fiscal accountability/reporting.
Computers: Mainframe and Micro-computers operating systems (MS-DOS & Macintosh); statistical analysis on mainframe and micro-computers (SPSSX, SPSSPC+, SPSSWIN, SAS, SYSTAT, SYGRAPH, Statview); telecommunications between mainframe and micro-computers; terminal emulation; word processing, desk-top publishing, spread-sheet, graphics, utilities, draw/paint & database.
Teaching: University/Undergraduate (teacher training: regular and special); measurement (validity, reliability, item analysis), assessment (types & uses: ability, adaptive, achievement, social-emotional), evaluation (person & program), statistics (descriptive); educational psychology, measurement history, assessment & evaluation; test (norm & criterion referenced/objective [psychometric] & subjective [essays]; item types, item writing, item analysis) & instrument (checklists, rating scales) construction; performanced-based ["authentic"] assessment: portfolios, contracting, behavioral observations, interviews; special education law & assessment; instructional psychology & methods; student advising. University/Graduate (teacher training: special education) applied behavior analysis/behavior modification (research & practice): severe handicapping conditions); student advising. 7-12 (high school, middle school): Language Arts [prose fiction & non-fiction; novel, short story, essay], poetry, composition, linguistics, usage, grammar [Transformational & Traditional], language history; K-12 (elementary, middle school, high school): Special Education/Cross-Categorical Resource (reading, writing, mathematics, science, social-studies, art, music, P.E.)
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Winter, 1986- Spring, 1986 |
Member. Faculty/Student Advisory Committee; College of Education; University of Oregon; Eugene, OR |
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Summer, 1986- Fall, 1987 |
Member. Migrant/Bilingual Special Education Committee. State Department of Education; Salem, OR |
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Sept., 1988- June, 1989 |
Member. Leisure Education Curriculum &
Assessment Committee. Leisure Learning Systems Project.
Portland State University; Portland, OR |
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Jan., 1989- June, 1989 |
Member. School Improvement & Professional
Development Committee. Multnomah Education Service
District; Portland, OR |
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Spring, 1990- July, 1993 |
Member. Evaluator's/Educator's Committee.
Transfusion Medicine Academic Awards; Heart, Lung & Blood
Institute; National Institutes of Health; Bethesda, MD |
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Spring, 1991- July, 1993 |
Chair. Evaluator's/Educator's Committee for
Paper Presentations to the Joint Session (June, 1993)
Transfusion Medicine Academic Awards; Heart, Lung & Blood Institute; National Institutes of Health; Bethesda, MD |
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Sept., 1995- Present |
Member. Alumni Survey Committee; City University; Renton, WA |