My Work

Below, you will find links to peer-reviewed journal articles, preprints, and other research products. My full CV includes further details on all aspects of my professional biography.

Preprints

• Shores, K. and Student, S.R. (2025). Making the grade: Accounting for course selection in high school transcripts with item response theory. EdWorkingPaper No. 24-1109, Annenberg Institute at Brown University. https://doi.org/10.26300/48d6-mx29
• Student, S.R. and Kanopka, K. (2026). Making room for theory in DIF and measurement invariance analysis with covariate effects on groups of items. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/98y6k_v1
• McLean, L., Student, S.R., Granger, K., Chow, J. and E. Hart. (2026). Comparing the nature of classroom emotional transmission in elementary mathematics and English language arts. SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7157224
• Student, S.R. and Read, W. (2026). Interval scales in the wild: A large-scale evaluation of the viability of Rasch models for producing interval scales. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/pk52z_v1

Methodological Papers

• Student, S.R. (in press). Using nonbinding experiments to estimate causal effects of behaviors using instrumental variables regression: A tutorial. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. Preprint | Supplement with replication script
• Student, S.R., Gilbert, J., Eze, J., Young, W.S. and B. Domingue (2026). Item-level heterogeneous treatment effects in instrumental variables regression. Proceedings of the 90th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society. https://doi.org/10.64028/imps2025.3NE3nHCRtP | Preprint
• Student, S.R. (2026). Causal parameter moderation: Applying moderated nonlinear factor analysis to causal inference with latent outcomes. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3102/10769986251414869 | Preprint | Supplement with tutorial
• Student, S.R. (2025). Vertical scaling with moderated nonlinear factor analysis. Journal of Educational Measurement, , 62(4), 929-958. https://doi.org/10.1111/jedm.70019 | Preprint of accepted manuscript
• Student, S.R. & Read, W. (2025). Applying Bayesian checks of cancellation axioms for interval scaling in limited samples. Behavior Research Methods, 57. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-025-02844-7 | Supplement
• Student, S.R. & McCormick, E.M. (2025). Digital module 38: Differential item functioning by multiple variables using moderated nonlinear factor analysis. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 44(2), 39-41. https://doi.org/10.1111/emip.12669 | Free instructional module
• Student, S. R., Briggs, D. C., & Davis, L. (2025). Growth across grades and common item grade alignment in vertical scaling using the Rasch model. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 44(1), 84–95. https://doi.org/10.1111/emip.12639
• Briggs, D.C., McClure, K., Student, S.R., Wellberg, S., Minchen, N., Cox, O., Whitfield, E., Buchbinder, N. & L. Davis (2025). Visualizing and reporting content-referenced growth on a learning progression. Educational Assessment, 30(4), 310-332. https://doi.org/10.1080/10627197.2025.2503288
• Student, S.R. (2025). Growth on 2019 state achievement tests: Empirical benchmarks and the role of scale choice. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 18(4), 827-853. https://doi.org/10.1080/19345747.2024.2360534
• Student, S.R. & Gong, B. (2022). Supporting the interpretive validity of student-level claims in science assessment with tiered claim structures. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 41(4), 68-78. https://doi.org/10.1111/emip.12523
• Student, S.R. (2022). Vertical scales, deceleration, and empirical benchmarks for growth. Educational Researcher, 51(8), 536-543. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X221105873
• Student, S.R. (2022). Appraising traditional and purpose-built person fit statistics’ power to detect cheating. Chinese/English Journal of Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.59863/GYPV1534

Substantive Papers

• Saylor, A., Student, S.R. and A. Lanzi (2025). Recognition vs. ability to use external aids: An exploratory item response analysis of the Functional External Memory Aid Tool (FEMAT). Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 68(9), 4358-4375. https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00019
• Lee, H.R., Student, S.R., Rutherford, T., Collie, R.J., and A.C. Bart. (2025). Exploring domain-specific and course-specific latent profiles of motivation in computer science. Learning and Individual Differences, 120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102686 | Supplement
• Ramirez, A.G., Patt, R., Delgado, A., Levine, D., Student, S.R., Hirsh-Pasek, K., de Villiers, J., Iglesias, A. and R.M. Golinkoff (2025). A new screener predicts toddlers’ language development from age 2 to 3: The QUILS:TOD. Infant Behavior and Development, 78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2024.102024
• Deverel-Rico, C., Furtak, E.M., Student, S.R., and A. Burkhardt (2024). How can crosscutting concepts organize formative assessments across science classrooms? Results of a video study. Education Sciences, 14(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14101060

Professional Reports

• Ihlenfeldt, S.D., Student, S.R., Lyons, S., Dadey, N., Forte, E., & P. Winter (2024). Enhancing peer review: Supporting innovation in state assessment systems. Lyons Assessment Consulting and Foresight Law and Policy. https://lyonsassessmentconsulting.com/resource/recommendations-for-supporting-innovative-state-assessment-systems/
• Briggs. D.C., Cox, O., Student, S.R. & E. Whitfield (2023). Teacher perspectives on the content-referenced growth reporting prototype: Findings from interviews. Center for Assessment, Design, Research and Evaluation (CADRE). https://www.colorado.edu/cadre/2024/02/20/teacher-perspectives-content-referenced-growth-reporting-prototype-findings-interviews
• Lyons, S. & Student, S.R. (2023). A framework for reimagining school accountability. Lyons Assessment Consulting. https://www.lyonsassessmentconsulting.com/assets/files/Lyons-Student_AFrameworkforReimaginingSchoolAccountability.pdf
• Wellberg, S., Briggs, D. C., & Student, S.R. (2023). Big ideas in the understanding of fractions: A learning progression. Center for Assessment, Design, Research and Evaluation (CADRE). https://www.colorado.edu/cadre/2023/03/22/big-ideas-understanding-fractions-learning-progression