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Derek Briggs

@derekbriggs.bsky.social

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Professor of Education, University of Colorado Boulder. I’m into measurement, causal inference, music and basketball. Lakers fan since 1980.

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Derek Briggs @derekbriggs.bsky.social · Apr 5

Denver did not disappoint

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Derek Briggs @derekbriggs.bsky.social · Apr 5

#Handsoff2025 #Denver #thisiswhatdemocracylookslike

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Derek Briggs @derekbriggs.bsky.social · Mar 28

Colorado could lose 222 million due to federal health research cuts. Visit scienceimpacts.org to learn more. scienceimpacts.org

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Andrew Ho @andrewdeanho.bsky.social · Jan 22

Congratulations to the 22 new members elected to the National Academy of Education! They include many NCME members and two recent past presidents, @derekbriggs.bsky.social and Steve Sireci.

They join many other measurement experts and NCME members in the Academy. www.google.com/search?q=sit...

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Derek Briggs @derekbriggs.bsky.social · Dec 26

Austin Reaves!! Lakers win, Celtics lose, a merry Christmas.

Derek Briggs @derekbriggs.bsky.social · Dec 3

Interested in measurement? Do you like geeking out? Do you like geeking out with a good beer in beautiful Boulder? Then come to www.iomw.net

IOMW 2025, International Objective Measurement Workshop, Boulder 2025

IOMW 2025 Conference

www.iomw.net

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Reposted by Derek C. Briggs

Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · Nov 26

"Do they have any interest at all in using the power of the U.S. Department of Education to actually improve schools? Or are they only interested in pursuing, you know, an expansion of school choice, a weaponization of Title IX and the expansion of culture war nonsense?”

When Trump left office, students were struggling because of the pandemic. They still are

When President-elect Trump left office in early 2021, the pandemic was at its height. Now he returns as American children and schools are struggling to overcome its lingering impact. Learning loss …

thehill.com

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Sandy Student @srstudent.bsky.social · Nov 26

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Out now! @derekbriggs.bsky.social, Laurie Davis and I investigate differences in how much students appear to grow on a vertical scale based solely on the grade alignment of (a large number of) common items. Turns out, the differences are pretty big!

Growth across Grades and Common Item Grade Alignment in Vertical Scaling Using the Rasch Model

Vertical scales are frequently developed using common item nonequivalent group linking. In this design, one can use upper-grade, lower-grade, or mixed-grade common items to estimate the linking const...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Reposted by Derek C. Briggs, Karen Nylund‐Gibson

Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj @csattinbajaj.bsky.social · Nov 25

Come work with me and my fantastic colleagues in the Dept of Education @ UCSB. Quant methods position w/application details below. Reach out with q’s
recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02883

Assistant Professor in Quantitative Methods in Educational Research

University of California Santa Barbara is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ap.ucsb.edu

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Derek Briggs @derekbriggs.bsky.social · Nov 20

Dalton Knecht. That’s it, that’s all there is to say.

Derek Briggs @derekbriggs.bsky.social · Nov 14

Why play Gabe at all? He’s not stopping anyone on D and can’t hit wide open looks. At least Max has some size and might grab a board or two

Derek Briggs @derekbriggs.bsky.social · Nov 14

Gabe and D-Lo have been 🗑️🚮

Derek Briggs @derekbriggs.bsky.social · Nov 13

The runs in this game have been incredible. Steph is just a bad MFer! Legendary stuff

Derek Briggs @derekbriggs.bsky.social · Nov 13

What a fun game.

Derek Briggs @derekbriggs.bsky.social · Nov 13

I’m trying to get serious about my migration. But basketball related posts here still seem pretty few and far between. My feed is basically Kevin Kruse posts and reposts 😂

Derek Briggs @derekbriggs.bsky.social · Nov 13

Watching Warriors-Mavs its hard not to be mad at what a crappy job Lakers FO has done putting a good supporting cast around AD and Bron. They lucked into AR. But almost no dependable players in roster slots 4-15. In contrast, look at the way Warriors and Mavs have creatively rebuilt their rosters.

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