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This hands-on workshop will provide participants with a framework they can apply to evaluate published instruments for their own use. Participants will think about the quantitative educational research questions they have and what type of assessment instrument is needed. The facilitators will walk participants through application of the framework to their own research setting. By the end of the workshop, participants will have identified what assessments are appropriate to use for their own research or evaluation purpose and what limitations exist in interpreting findings.

Kerrie A. Douglas is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She earned a PhD in Educational Psychology, with an emphasis on evaluation and assessment in 2012. Her research is focused on supporting high-quality assessment practice in engineering education. This focus includes what evidence and rationale are used to justify educational data use and the consequences of that intended use.

Jim Pellegrino is co-director of the Learning Sciences Research Institute and a Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has led several National Academy of Science/National Research Council study committees, including the committee issuing the report Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment. He chaired the recent NAS/NRC Study Committee on Deeper Learning and 21^st Century Skills. He is a Fellow of AERA, a past member of the Board on Testing and Assessment of the NRC, and a senior Associate Editor of the Journal of Engineering Education.