> Data Analysis Using Secondary Data for Education Research: June 6-7, 2013. Click here for info.

> Bayesian Statistical Modeling Short Course: June 24-26, 2013. Click here for info.

> Diagnostic Measurement Short Course: August 15-16, 2013. Click here for info.

> Harring, J. R., & Hancock, G. R. (Eds.) (2012). Advances in longitudinal methods in the social and behavioral sciences. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc.

> Harring, J. R. (2012). Finite mixtures of nonlinear mixed effects models. In J. R. Harring & G. R. Hancock (Eds.), Advances in longitudinal methods in the social and behavioral sciences (pp. 159-192). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc.

> Dardick, W., & Harring, J. R. (2012). Automated path tracing for general linear models. Multiple Linear Regression Viewpoints, 8, 38-50. Accompanying SAS Program for APT paper.

> Mislevy, J. L., Rupp, A. A., & Harring, J. R. (2012). Detecting local item dependence in polytomous adaptive data. Journal of Educational Measurement, 49, 127-147.

> Harring, J. R., Kohli, N., Silverman, R., & Speece, D. L. (2012). Fitting a second-order conditionally linear mixed effects model as an SEM in Mplus. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 19, 118-136.

> Harring, J. R., Weiss, B. A., & Hsu, J. C. (2012). A comparison of methods for estimating quadratic effects in structural equation models. Psychological Methods, 17, 193-214.

> Mislevy, J., Stapleton, L. M., & Rupp, A. (2012). Sampling and complex test designs. In M. Simon, K. Ercikan, & M. Rousseau (Eds). Handbook on large-scale assessments (pp. 207-237). New York, NY: Routledge.

> Stapleton, L. M. (2012). Evaluation of conditional weight approximations for two-level models. Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation, 41, 182-204.

> Pituch, K. A., & Stapleton, L. M. (2012) Distinguishing between cross- and cluster-level mediation processes in the cluster randomized trial. Sociological Methods & Research, 41, 630-670.

> Jiao, H., Kamata, A., Wang, S., & Jin, Y. (2012). A multilevel testlet model for dual local dependence. Journal of Educational Measurement, 49, 82-100.

> Jiao, H., Macready, G., Liu, J., & Cho, Y. (2012). A mixture Rasch model-based computerized adaptive test for latent class identification. Applied Psychological Measurement. First published online on 29 June 2012 as DOI: 10.1177/0146621612450068.

> Fan, W., & Hancock, G. R. (2012). Robust means modeling: An alternative to hypothesis testing of independent means under variance heterogeneity and nonnormality. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 37, 137-156.

> Hancock, G. R., & Liu, M. (2012). Bootstrapping standard errors and data-model fit statistics. In R. Hoyle (Ed.), Handbook of structural equation modeling (pp. 296-306). New York: Guilford Press.

> Stemler, S. E., Elliott, J .G., McNeish, D., Grigorenko, E. L., & Sternberg, R. J. (2012). Examining the construct and cross-cultural validity of the Teaching Excellence Rating Scale (TERS). The International Journal of Educational and Psychological Assessment, 9(2), 121-138.

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> Congratulations to Dr. Hong Jiao, who received tenure and promotion to the rank of Associate Professor.

> EDMS is thrilled to welcome two new faculty members starting in August 2013: Dr. Tracy Sweet (Carnegie Mellon) and Dr. Ji Seung Yang (UCLA). Welcome!

> Slides from the 2012 EDMS Graduate Student Orientation may be found here.

> Information about the new EDMS Doctoral Comprehensive Portfolio System may be found here.

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