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Clement Stone

Clement Stone

University of Pittsburgh
5920 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
230 South Bouquet Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Phone: 412-624-9359
Email: cas@pitt.edu

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Presentations

  • Using SAS PROC MCMC to estimate and evaluate item response theory models.

    Jun 2013 - Jul 2013

    Stone, C.A. (June, 2013). Paper presented at the SIS annual meeting, Brescia, Italy.

  • Novel measurement methods for assessing psychosocial stress: Preliminary validation

    Mar 2013 - Apr 2013

    Kamarck, T.W., Anderson, B., Siewiorek, D.P., Stone , C.A., Shiffman, S., Smailagic, A.,
    Wethington, A., French, B. , Heineman, E. (March, 2013). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Miami.

  • The aphasia communication outcome measure: Item reduction, scaling, and concurrent validity of self-reported communicative functioning in effects of modality and word frequency in sentence comprehension in people with aphasia.

    May 2012 - Jun 2012

    Doyle, P. Hula, W., Hula, S., Stone, C.A., Ross, K., Wambaugh, J., Schumacher, J. & Roehrig, A. (May, 2012). Paper presented at the Annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Lake Tahoe, NV.

  • Apr 2012

    Stone, C.A., & Tang, Y. (April, 2012). Comparing propensity scoring methods: Practical issues for studying program impact. Paper presented at the 2012 Eastern Evaluation Research Society Conference, Galloway, New Jersey.

  • Evaluating student achievement from large scale assessments: A case study using propensity score methods.

    Apr 2011
    Tang, Y., & Stone, C.A. (April, 2011). Evaluating student achievement from large scale assessments: A case study using propensity score methods. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council for Measurement in Education, New Orleans.

  • Tang, Y., & Stone, C.A.

    Apr 2010
    Comparing Different Propensity Scoring Methods in a Quasi-Experimental Design Using Student Achievement Results. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Division D, Denver, CO.

  • Xu, T., & Stone, C.A.

    Apr 2010
    Using IRT trait estimates versus summated scores in predicting outcomes. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Denver, CO.

  • Zhu, X., & Stone, C.A.

    Apr 2010
    Bayesian comparison of alternative graded response models for performance assessment applications. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Denver, CO.

  • Liqun, Y. & Stone, C.A.

    Oct 2009
    Comparisons of IRT Based Ability Estimation Methods and Calibration Procedures in Scaling Test Design. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of Northeast Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, Connecticut.

  • Zhu,X., & Stone, C.A.

    Apr 2009
    Detecting Local Dependence of Performance-based Items using Bayesian Analysis. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Diego.

  • Stone, C.A., & Lane, S.

    Jun 2008
    Issues in providing subscale scores for diagnostic information. Paper presented at the National Conference on Student Assessment (CCSSO), Orlando.

  • Stone, C.A., Tang, Y., & Tierney, S. (March, 2008). Providing subscale scores for diagnostic information: An evaluation of a regression-based method for augmenting score reliability.

    Mar 2008
    Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, New York.

  • Zhu, X. & Stone, C.A. (March, 2008). An evaluation of different approaches to subscore augmentation for the Multistate Bar Examination.

    Mar 2008
    Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, New York.

  • New directions in performance assessment.

    Apr 2007
    Invited symposium at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago.

  • Liu, J., & Stone, C.A. (April, 2007). Comparing multi-dimensional and unidimensional computer-adaptive strategies in psychological and health assessment.

    Apr 2007
    Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago.

  • Stone, C.A., & Zhu, X. (November, 2006). The student achievement study component of the aligning curriculum to standards in Pennsylvania (ACTS of PA) teacher quality enhancement multisite evaluation: A demonstration of a propensity score model.

    Nov 2006
    Paper presented at the American Evaluation Association Conference, Evaluation 2006: The Consequences of Evaluation, Portland, Oregon.

  • Stone, C.A., & Zhu, X. (August, 2006). Aligning curriculum to standards (ACTS) in PA: An evaluation using a quasi-experimental design.

    Aug 2006
    Paper presented at the PA Academy for the Profession of Teaching and Learning (2006 Teacher Education Forum), Harrisburg, PA.

  • Accounting for item and ability parameter estimation in a goodness-of-fit statistic for IRT models.

    Apr 2006
    Stone, C.A., & Yin, Y. (April, 2006). Accounting for item and ability parameter estimation in a goodness-of-fit statistic for IRT models. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Francisco.
  • Jun 1, 2004
    Stone, C.A., & Irrgang, J.J. (June, 2004). Simulation of a computer adaptive test utilizing the disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand (DASH) outcome measure. Presented at the DIA Conference “Advances in Health Outcomes Measurement”, Bethesda, MD.
  • Apr 1, 2004
    Zhang, B. & Stone, C.A. (April, 2004). Direct and indirect estimation of a three parameter compensatory multidimensional item response models. Paper presented at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.
  • Apr 1, 2003
    Zhang,B. & Stone, C.A. (April, 2003). Evaluating the sampling distribution of a goodness-of-fit statistic for multidimensional IRT models using total scores. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago.
  • Apr 1, 2002
    Dresher, A.R, Stone, C.A., & Hombo, C. (April, 2002). The examination of local item dependency of NAEP assessments using the testlet model. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, New Orleans.
  • Apr 1, 2001
    Stone, C.A., Weissman, A., & Lane, S. (April, 2001). Consistency of student proficiency classifications under competing IRT models for a state assessment program. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Seattle.