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Jeffrey Steedle

Associate Director

About

Jeffrey Steedle, Ph.D. is an Associate Director in Psychometrics at Curriculum Associates. He holds a doctorate in Educational Psychology as well as master’s degrees in Statistics and Education. Dr. Steedle has nearly 20 years of industry experience on state, national, and international testing programs, and he has taught several measurement courses as an adjunct professor. Dr. Steedle currently serves as the Chair of the NCME Standards and Test Use Committee.

Publications

Journal Publications:

  • Steedle, J. T. & Way, J. D. (2024). Decomposing high school GPA as a predictor of first-year GPA. Educational Assessment, 29(1), 21–35. https://doi.org/10.1080/10627197.2024.2345599
  • Ferrara, S., Steedle, J., & Frantz, R. (2022). Response demands of reading comprehension items: A review of item difficulty modeling studies. Applied Measurement in Education, 35(3), 237–253. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08957347.2022.2103135
  • Steedle, J. T., Cho, Y., Wang, S., Arthur, A. M., & Li, D. (2022) Mode effects in college admissions testing and differential speededness as a possible explanation. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 41(3), 14–25. https://doi.org/10.1111/emip.12484
  • Hong, M., Steedle, J. T., & Cheng, Y. (2020). Methods of detecting insufficient effort responding: Comparisons and practical recommendations. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 80(2), 312–345. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013164419865316
  • Steedle, J. T., Hong, M., & Cheng, Y. (2019). The effects of inattentive responding on validity evidence when measuring social-emotional learning competencies. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 38(2), 101–111. https://doi.org/10.1111/emip.12256
  • Steedle, J. T., Radunzel, J., & Mattern, K. (2019). Comparing academic readiness for different postsecondary pathways: What admissions tests tell us. Journal of Educational Measurement, 56(2), 331–360. https://doi.org/10.1111/jedm.12211
  • Steedle, J. T. & Morrison, K. M. (2019). Embedded field test item statistics: Can they be trusted for estimating student proficiency? Educational Assessment, 23(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/10627197.2018.1543543
  • Steedle, J. T., & Grochowalski, J. (2017). The effect of stakes on accountability test scores and pass rates. Educational Assessment, 22(2), 111–123. https://doi.org/10.1080/10627197.2017.1309276
  • Steedle, J. T., & Ferrara, S. (2016). Evaluating comparative judgment as an approach to essay scoring. Applied Measurement in Education, 29(3), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/08957347.2016.1171769
  • Steedle, J. T. (2014). Motivation filtering on a multi-institution assessment of general college outcomes. Applied Measurement in Education, 27(1), 58–76. https://doi.org/10.1080/08957347.2013.853072
  • Steedle, J. T. (2012). Selecting value-added models for postsecondary institutional assessment. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 37(6), 637–652. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2011.560720
  • Steedle, J. T., & Shavelson, R. J. (2009). Supporting valid interpretations of learning progression level diagnoses. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 46(6), 699–715. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.20308
  • Alonzo, A. C., & Steedle, J. T. (2009). Developing and assessing a force and motion learning progression. Science Education, 93(3), 389–421. https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.20303
  • Yuan, K., Steedle, J., Shavelson, R. J., Alonzo, A. C., & Oppezzo, M. (2006). Working memory, fluid intelligence, and science learning. Educational Research Review, 1(2), 83–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2006.08.005

Conference Papers and Presentations

  • Valdivia Medinaceli, M. B. & Steedle, J. T. (2025). Psychometric impacts of enhancing cultural representation in math items. The Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Denver, CO.
  • Steedle, J. T. & Anguiano-Carrasco, C. (2023). Developing culturally relevant math and science items: Lessons learned and student reactions. The Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL. 
  • Zahner, D., Steedle, J., Qin, Q., Soland, J., Kathryn, T., & Ye, F. (2023). Results from NCME survey on revisions to the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing. The Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.
  • Steedle, J. T., Kapoor, S., & Wang, S. (2023). What’s the DIF? Item properties associated with DIF on the ACT. The Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.
  • Ferrara, S., Albano, T., Steedle, J. T., & Johnson, M. (2023). The influence of opportunity to learn in item difficulty modeling studies. The Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.
  • Steedle, J. T. (2022). Are they trying? Motivation in state census testing with a college admissions exam. The Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Diego, CA.
  • Steedle, J. T. (2022). Finding stability: Comparing methods for detecting unstable item parameters in IRT equating. The Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Diego, CA.
  • Arthur, A., Steedle, J. T., & Kapoor, S. (2022). Comparability of paper and online testing: A meta-analysis of 2010–2020 research. The Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Diego, CA.
  • Steedle, J. T. (2021). Three studies of comparability between paper-based and computer-based testing for the ACT. The Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Online conference.
  • Wang, L. & Steedle, J. T. (2021). Investigation of differential mode effects when comparing paper-based and computer-based ACT testing. The Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Online conference.
  • Ferrara, S. & Steedle, J. (2021). Item difficulty modeling: The state of the art. The Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Online conference.
  • Lin, Q. & Steedle, J. (2021). Investigating assessment conditions potentially associated with differential item functioning. The Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Online conference.
  • Steedle, J. T., Lai, E. R., Nichols, P. D., & DiCerbo, K. E. (2020). Estimating reliability in game-based assessment: Two illustrations. The Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Online conference.
  • Steedle, J. T. (2019). Keeping your cool: Are ACT scores biased by test anxiety? The Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

Steedle, J. T., Keng, L., McBride, Y. Z., & Johnson, M. (2017). Digital device comparability of the PARCC assessments. The Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX. 

Distinctions

National Council on Measurement in Education