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Neal Kingston

Ph.D., Co-Director & Associate Professor - (PRE)  • Psychology and Research in Education Website (CETE, PRE)

Kingston, Neal

Academic Degrees:

  • Ph.D. , Educational Measurement , Columbia University , New York , NY
  • M.Ed. , Educational Measurement , Columbia University , New York , NY
  • B.A. , Liberal Studies (concentrations in Biology & Education) , State University of New York , Stony Brook , NY

Specialization(s):
Measurement and Research Methodology

Acrobat PDF Document Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information:
1122 W. Campus Rd.
Joseph R. Pearson Hall, Room 738
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS  66045-3101

Phone:(785) 864-9705

E-mail: nkingsto@ku.edu

Fax: (785) 864-3820

Courses

 Note: Syllabi found on any SOE site may not be the most recent. Contact the faculty member for an update.
PRE 598 Understanding Research Course Description Syllabus  
PRE 725 Educational Measurement Course Description Syllabus  
PRE 812 Meta-Analysis Course Description Syllabus  
PRE 918 Current Topics in Educational Psychology and Research Course Description Syllabus  
PRE 998 Computer-Based Testing Course Description Syllabus  

Research Interests

Neal Kingston’s research interests focus on enhancing the validity and utility of tests to better facilitate student learning. To this end his interests include:

  • Use of computers to enhance test validity including the development of new item types and implementation of principles of universal design;
  • Development and implementation of improved psychometric/cognitive models to provide more informative sub-scores and better diagnostic information;
  • Improved scoring systems to maximize the validity and reliability of constructed response items both using human graders and computer-based grading; and
  • Improved score reporting systems to help educators make test results more readily actionable.

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