Fusun Sahin

Fusun Sahin earned her doctorate from University at Albany, State university of New York in 2017. Her doctoral research has been about detecting disengaged students in PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) and various factors related to disengagement. She started working in American Institutes for Research (AIR) in 2017. During her time at AIR, she worked on process data from National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and conducted multiple studies to inform assessment operations such as students' use of calculator, and other on-screen features, conducted reviews of various NAEP data products and reports, and authored a NAEP study report geared towards non-researchers. Fusun joined Curriculum Associates in 2022 and she has been continuing working on process data, data collection, and using data analysis to inform decisions for the i-Ready personalized instruction products.

• Zheng, X., Sahin, F., Erberber, E., & Fonseca, F. (2023). Identification and cross-country comparison of students' test-taking behaviors in selected eTIMSS 2019 countries. Large-Scale Assessments in Education, 11(1), 32.
• Kuang, H., & Sahin, F. (2023). Comparison of disengagement levels and the impact of disengagement on item parameters between PISA 2015 and PISA 2018 in the United States. Large-Scale Assessments in Education, 11(1), 4.
• Sahin, F., & Mentor, D. (2022). Mobile assessment applications and training for professional examinations: The case of project management certifications. In D. Mentor (Ed.), Handbook of Research on New Media, Training, and Skill Development for the Modern Workforce. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
• Şahin, F., & Colvin, K. F. (2020). Enhancing response time thresholds with response behaviors for detecting disengaged examinees. Large-Scale Assessment in Education, 8(1), 1–24.
• Şahin, F., & Mentor, D. (2019). Mobile phones for assessment: Anywhere, anytime, by anyone. In D. Mentor (Ed.), Advancing Mobile Learning in Contemporary Educational Spaces. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Academic Presentations

• Sahin, F., Moncaleano, S., & Rome, L. (2023, April). Exploring performance-based heuristics for adapting digital instruction. Paper presented at the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.
• Leino, R., Maxwell, L. J., & Sahin, F. (2023, April). The categorisation and analysis of multiplication errors in a digital assessment. Paper presented at the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.
• Hooper, M., Bai, Y., & Sahin, F. (2022, April). Does device-type matter? Analysis of tablet and PC use on TIMSS. Paper presented at the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Diego, CA.
• Zheng, X., Sahin, F., Erberber, E., & Fonseca, F. (2021). Identification and cross-country comparison of students' test-taking behaviors in selected eTIMSS 2019 countries. Paper presented at the International Research Conference, Dubai (Virtual).
• Sahin, F., & Kuang, H. (2021, April). Does disengagement vary across years? Comparison between years of PISA using process data. Paper presented at the National Council on Measurement in Education, Virtual.
• Sahin, F. (2021, April). Scratchwork tool use preferences of students in NAEP Mathematics Assessment. Poster presented at the National Council on Measurement in Education, Virtual.
• Sahin, F., & Zheng, X. (2020, July). To penalize or not to penalize not-reached items: Effects on item and ability estimations. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Psychometrics Society, Virtual.

National Council of Measurement in Education