Donald H. McLaughlin
- Retired -
email: StatisticsandStrategies@yahoo.com
(caps not
necesssary)
Education
Ph.D. 1967,
M.A. 1964,
B.A. 1963, magna cum laude,
Honors and Awards
National
Merit Scholarship
Statistics
and Strategies 1997-2015
Proprietor
Between 1997 and 2005, Don
McLaughlin provided statistical consulting for the U.S. Department of
Education, including a report on the potential for using state assessment data
to enhance NAEP. His work also included
biostatistical consulting for the Palo Alto Medical Foundation.
American
Institutes for Research 1973-2005
Chief Scientist of the
As Chief Scientist, in
addition to work on specific projects, Don McLaughlin oversaw the quality of
research carried out in AIR's
Positions at the
Project
Director, NAEP State Analysis Project,
Project
Director, Analysis of School-Level State
Assessment Scores.
Project
Director, Addition of Education Finance Survey
Data (F33) to the Longitudinal Common Core of Data.
Project
Director, Development of Dispelling the Myth On-Line.
The Education Trust (2001-2004)
Project
Director, Assessment Data Collection and Analysis.
Member, NAEP Validity Studies Panel (1999 - present)
Consultant, Use of state assessment data in federal evaluations
of educational programs.
Project
Director, Development of Racial Isolation Indicators for The Condition of Education.
Principal
Investigator, NAEP Secondary Analysis Grant to Evaluate An
Item-Based Method of Test Linkage.
Project
Director, Development of the Common Core of Data
Longitudinal Research File.
Project
Director, Development of Guidelines for Linking State
Reading Assessments to the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
Education Statistical Services Institute. (19981999).
Project
Director, Development of a Schools and Staffing Survey
Student Achievement Subfile: Pilot Test. Education Statistical Services
Institute (19961998).
Consultant, National Panel on Graduation Rate Measurement. Council of
Project
Director, Development
of Guidelines for Linking State Mathematics Assessments to the National
Assessment of Educational Progress; and Validation of the Linkage Between NAEP and
TIMSS Mathematics and Science Assessments. Education Statistical Services
Institute. (19951997).
Project
Director, Data Analysis and Support for Elementary and
Secondary Education Statistics.
Principal
Investigator, Secondary Analyses of the 1990 Trial State
Assessment. US Department of
Education. (19921993).
Subcontract
Project Director, Interactive
Pedagogical Skills Assessment Design. California Department of Education
and
Analyst,
Evaluation of the NAEP Trial State
Assessment.
Project
Director, Evaluation of the Dropout Statistics Field
Test.
Principal
Investigator, Civilian Occupational Validation of ASVAB (II).
Department of Defense. (19891992).
Advisor,
Consultation on the General Aptitude Test
Project
Director, Study of the
Validation of JTPA Postprogram Follow-up Data. Office of Strategic Planning
& Policy Development, Department of Labor. (19881990).
Project
Director, Statistical Support for School Desegregation
Litigation, U.S.D.E.: Office of Civil Rights. (19871988).
Project
Director, EEOC Workshop on
Analytic Methods. Equal Employment
Methodological
Analyst, Evaluation of Asthma
Self-Management Programs. NIH, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
(19861990).
Methodological
Analyst, Civilian Occupational Validation of ASVAB (I).
Air Force Human Resources Laboratory. (19851987).
Methodological
Analyst, Evaluation of Discretionary
Programs Under the Education of the Handicapped Act. Cosmos Corp. for Office of
Special Education Programs. (19851988).
Methodological
Advisor, Expert Reports for Federal Court Title VII
Employment Discrimination Litigation. Litigation Office, Department of the
Navy. (19841990).
Project
Director, Needs for Educational Software: Reading,
Writing and Communication. Department of Education, OERI. (19821983).
Project
Director, Development of the National Assessment of
Educational Progress Methods. NIE. (1982).
Methodological
Advisor, Expert Reports
for ____ v. ____. Litigation
Office, Department of the Navy. (19811990).
Project
Director, Coordination and Evaluation of Videodisc and
Microcomputer Programs in 45 Schools.
Task
Director, Validation Analysis: Selection,
Classification, and Utilization of Army Enlisted Personnel. HumRRO.
(19821985).
Project
Director, Technical Review of the Report, "Educational
Needs Assessment for Language Minority Children with Limited English
Proficiency." National
Mathematical
Statistician, ESEA Title I
Project
Director, Statistical Analysis Group in
Education (SAGE). (19781980).
Project
Director, Assessment of Energy Research Priorities.
Electric Power Research Institute. (19771980).
Task
Director, Development of Impact Evaluation
Models for ACTION's Full-Time Volunteer Programs. ACTION. (19771978).
Project
Director, Synthesis of the Findings,
Research Designs, and Methodological Implications of Federal Evaluations of
Compensatory Education. Department of Education, National Institute of
Education. (19761977).
Project
Director, Nationwide Survey of Career
Education in the Public Schools. OPBE. (19751976).
Project
Director, Study of the Development of
Science Career Potential During High School. NSF. (19741975).
Director,
Project TALENT Data Bank. Project TALENT: The Identification,
Development, and Utilization of Human Talent. NIE. (19731976).
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Courses taught:
Mathematical Modeling
Introduction to Statistics
Experimental Design
Thinking
Graduate Proseminar in
Mathematical Psychology
Professional
Affiliations
American
Educational Research Association
American
Statistical Association
Books/Journal Articles
McLaughlin,
D.H. (2001) Study of the Linkages of 1996 NAEP and State
Mathematics Assessments in
McLaughlin,
D.H. (1999) A Ten-Year Longitudinal CCD
Local Agency Non-Fiscal Survey File: 1986/871995/96.
McLaughlin,
D.H. & Drori, G. (1999) School-level
correlates of academic achievement: Student assessment scores in SAS public
schools.
Huberman,
M. & McLaughlin, D. (1998). Course taking
and achievement trends of American high school students in mathematics and
science, 1982 to 1994. Final Report.
McLaughlin,
D.H. (1997) Can state assessment data be
used to reduce state NAEP sample sizes?
McLaughlin,
D.H. & Broughman, S. (1997). Private
schools in the
McLaughlin,
D.H., Cohen, J. & Lee, R. (1997) NELS:88
survey item evaluation report
McLaughlin,
D.H., Huberman, M.B., and Hawkins, E.K. (1997). Characteristics of Small and Rural
Levine,
R.E., McLaughlin, D.H., and Sietsema, J. (1996). Trends in
McLaughlin,
D.H., ODonnell, C., Ries, L. and Broughman, S. (1995). Private Schools in the
McLaughlin,
D. H. (1988). Five issues in statistical
analysis for employment practices: Approximations, power, dependencies,
scaling, and measurement error. American Statistical Association 1988
Proceedings of the Statistical Computing Section.
McLaughlin,
D. H. (1986). Conditional logit analysis
for personnel selection. Proceedings of the Military Testing Association
Conference.
Cooper,
B. S., McLaughlin, D. H., & Manno, V. M. (1983). The latest word on private
school growth. Teachers College Record,
85, 8898.
McLaughlin,
D. H. (1982). Coordination and evaluation
of videodisc and microcomputer programs across 45 sites. Proceedings of the
Fourth International Learning
Technology Congress and Exposition.
Learning Technology.
McLaughlin,
D. H. (1981). Measuring long-term effects of compensatory education. Title I Evaluation Newsletter,
Rossi,
R. J., & McLaughlin, D. H. (1979). Establishing evaluation objectives. Evaluation Quarterly, 3(3), 331346.
McLaughlin,
D. H. (1975). A test for homogeneity of regression without homogeneity of
variance. Educational and Psychological
Measurement, 35, 7986.
McLaughlin,
D. H., & Tiedeman, D. V. (1974). Eleven-year career stability and change as
reflected in Project TALENT data through the Flanagan,
Meredith,
W. M., Frederiksen, C. A., & McLaughlin, D. H. (1974). Statistics and data
analysis. Annual Review of Psychology,
25, 453505.
Irwin,
M. H., & McLaughlin, D. H. (1970). Ability and preference in category
sorting by Mano school children and adults. Journal
of Social Psychology, 82, 1524.
McLaughlin,
D. H. (1967). Short-term ordered recall of visual sequences. Doctoral
dissertation,
McLaughlin,
D. H., & Luce, R. D. (1965). Stochastic transitivity and cancellation of
preferences between bitter-sweet solutions. Psychonomic
Science, 2, 8990.
Tukey,
J. W., & McLaughlin, D. H. (1963). Less vulnerable confidence and
significance procedures for location based on a single sample: Trimming/
Technical Reports
Bandeira
de Mello, V.P., Blankenship, C., McLaughlin, D.H. (2009)
Linn,
R.L., McLaughlin, D., & Thissen, D. (2009) Utility and validity of NAEP linking efforts. NAEP Validity Studies Panel Report.
Stancavage,
F.B., Shepard, L., McLaughlin, D., Holtzman, D., Blankenship, C., & Zhang,
Y. (2009). Sensitivity of NAEP to the effects of reform-based teaching and
learning in middle school mathematics.
NAEP Validity Studies Panel Report.
McLaughlin,
D.H. (2006) 2005 NAEP-State Mathematics
Assessment Linkage Study: Report to <State>. Submitted to the
American Institutes for Research:
McLaughlin, D., Bandeira de Mello, V., Blankenship, C.,
Chaney, K., Hikawa, H., Rojas, D., William, P., & Wolman, M. (2005) Comparison
between NAEP and state reading assessment results: 2003. Report under review by the
McLaughlin, D., Bandeira de Mello, V., Blankenship, C.,
Chaney, K., Esra, P., Hikawa, H., Rojas, D., William, P., & Wolman, M.
(2005) Comparison between NAEP and state mathematics assessment results:
2003. Report under review by the
McLaughlin, D., Scarloss, B., Stancavage, F., &
Blankenship, C. (2005) Using state assessments to assign booklets to NAEP
students to minimize measurement error: An empirical study in four states. NAEP Validity Studies Panel Report.
McLaughlin, D., Scarloss, B., Stancavage, F., &
Blankenship, C. (2005) Using state assessments to impute achievement of
students absent from NAEP: An empirical study in four states. NAEP Validity Studies Panel Report.
McLaughlin, D.H. (2005)
Measuring achievement gaps. (Draft) Report under review by the
McLaughlin, D.H., William, P.K., Glander, M.C., &
Fowler, W.J. (2004) Documentation of the
NCES longitudinal school district
fiscal-nonfiscal file: Fiscal years 1990
to 2000.
McLaughlin, D.H. (2003) Full-population estimates of
reading achievement gains between 1998 and 2002. Quick Turn-Around Report submitted to NCES.
McLaughlin, D.H. & Bandeira de Mello, V. (2002) Comparison
of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and statewide assessment
results: Report to <state> on the 1998 reading and 2000 mathematics
assessments. Report sent to states participating in State
NAEP. AIR subcontract, ETS Contract to
U.S. Department of Education # R902F980001.
McLaughlin, D.H., DeMauro, G., & Gallagher, L. (2002) Evaluation
of bias correction methods for worst case selective nonparticipation in NAEP. NAEP Validity Studies Panel Quick Turn-around
report to NCES.
McLaughlin,
D.H., Behuniak, P., & Chromy, J.R. (2002) Validity issues: representing
populations. Chapter in Stancavage,
F., et al., An Agenda for NAEP Validity Research.
McLaughlin,
D.H., Bandeira de Mello, V., Cole, S., Blankenship, C., Hikawa, H., Farr, K.,
& Gonzαlez, R. National
Longitudinal
McLaughlin,
D.H. (2001) Exclusions and accommodations affect State NAEP gain estimates:
Mathematics, 1996 to 2000. appears as an appendix to in Stancavage, F., et
al., An Agenda for NAEP Validity Research.
McLauglhin,
D.H. (2000)
McLaughlin, D.H.,
Bock, R.D., Arenson, E.A., & Zimowski, M.F. (1999) Item-based linked scaling of NAEP and
state assessments.
McLaughlin,
D.H. (1998). Issues in the linkage of
assessments. Presentation at the American Educational Research Association
meeting.
McLaughlin,
D.H. (1998). School-level correlates of achievement.
Presentation at the American Educational Research Association meeting.
McLaughlin,
D.H. (1998). Linking NAEP to state
assessments: Conclusions and recommendations. Presentation at the Large
Scale Assessment Conference, Colorado Springs, CO.
McLaughlin,
D.H. (1998) Study of the linkages of 1996
NAEP and state mathematics assessments in four states
McLaughlin,
D.H. (1997). Linking state assessments
and NAEP. Presentation to the CRESST annual conference.
Stancavage,
F., McLaughlin, D., Mitchell, J., Godlewski, C. & Allen, J. (1996) Study of
exclusion and accessibility of students with disabilities. In Quality and Utility: The 1994
Hartka,
E. and McLaughlin, D.H. (1994). A Study of the Administration of the 1992
National Assessment of Educational
McLaughlin,
D.H. (1993). Validity of the 1992 NAEP Achievement-Level-Setting Process, in Setting Performance Standards for Student
Achievement: Background Studies.
McLaughlin,
D.H. (1993). Order of Angoff Ratings in Multiple Simultaneous Standards, in Setting Performance Standards for Student
Achievement: Background Studies.
McLaughlin,
D.H. (1993). Rated Achievement Levels of Completed NAEP Mathematics Booklets,
in Setting Performance Standards for
Student Achievement: Background Studies.
McLaughlin,
D., DiStefano, L., Stancavage, F., Pearson, D., Bottomley, D., Bullock, C.,
DuBois, P., Eaton, M., Ehrlich, D., Hanson, M., ODonnell, C., Rucinski, C.,
& Yu, J. (1993). Comparison of Teachers' and Researchers' Ratings of
Students' Performance in Mathematics and Reading with NAEP Measurement of
Achievement Levels, in Setting
Performance Standards for Student Achievement: Background Studies.
Levine,
R. E. & McLaughlin, D. H. (1991). Barriers
and Incentives for the Provision of Uniform Dropout Statistics by State
Education Agencies (technical report for the U.S. Department of Education,
McLaughlin,
D. H. & Levine, R. E. (1991). National
Dropout Statistics Field Test Evaluation (Final Report).
McLaughlin,
D. H., Stancavage, F., Chambers, J. G., Hartka, E., & Erickan, K. (1991). Evaluation of the Administration of the 1990
McLaughlin,
D. H. (1990). Study of JTPA Postprogram
Follow-up Validation (Final Report for the
McLaughlin,
D. H. (1988). Effects of Classroom
Assignment Strategies in ---------
McLaughlin,
D. H., Bessey, B. L., & Minor, B. (1988). Instructions or Monitoring Compliance of Settlement for ----------
Armstrong,
T. R., Chalupsky, A. B., McLaughlin, D. H. & Dalldorf, M. R. (1988). Armed Services Vocational Aptitude
McLaughlin,
D. H. (1987). Brief on Racial
Identificability and Achievement Gains, in the Case of
McLaughlin,
D. H. (1986). Aggregation of employment
data across separate events when qualifications are taken into account
(technical report to the Litigation Office, Department of the Navy).
McLaughlin,
D. H. (1985). Minimum inconsistency analysis:
A method for taking qualifications into account in testing for personnel
selection bias (technical report to the Litigation Office, Department of
the Navy).
for Research.
McLaughlin,
D. H. (1985). Taking qualifications into
account in analyzing personnel decisions: Methods and issues (technical
report to the Litigation Office, Department of the Navy).
McLaughlin,
D. H. (1985). Traditional vs. residual
forms of regression (technical report to the Litigation Office, Department
of the Navy).
McLaughlin,
D. H., Rossmeissl, P. G., Wise, L. L., Brandt, D. A., & Wang, M. M. (1984).
Validation of current and alternative ASVAB
Area composites, based on training and SQT information on FY 1981 and FY 1982
enlisted accessions.
McLaughlin,
D. H., Rossi, R. J., Bakke, T. W., Reynolds, D. F., & Ueltschi, B. L.
(1983). Coordination and Evaluation of
Videodisc and Microcomputer Programs (Final Technical Report).
Russ-Eft,
D. F., McLaughlin, D. H. (1983). Ideas for courseware in reading, writing, and
communication skills. Computers, Reading,
& Language Arts, Winter issue.
Russ-Eft,
D. F., & McLaughlin, D. H. (1983). Ideas
for reading and writing courseware: Needs and development opportunities for
educational computer software‑Reading, writing, and communication skills.
Russ-Eft,
D. F., & McLaughlin, D. H. (1982). Analysis
of issues in adult education (SAGE technical report #22).
McLaughlin,
D. H. (1981). Nonpublic school pupils:
How many are there, really? A validation check on NCES surveys (SAGE
technical report #20).
Rose,
A. M., McLaughlin, D. H., & Felker, D. B. (1981). Retention of soldiering skills: Review of recent ARI research.
McLaughlin,
D. H. (1980). Uses of local education
agency nonfiscal data (report to NCES).
McLaughlin,
D. H., & Loren, J. K. (1980). Fifth
annual survey of EPRI R&D priorities.
McLaughlin,
D. H., & Wise, L. L. (1980). Nonpublic
education of the nation's children
(SAGE Technical Report #9).
Wise,
L. L., & McLaughlin, D. H. (1980). Guidebook
for imputation of missing data (SAGE).
Chalupsky,
A. B., & McLaughlin, D. H. (1979). Fourth
annual survey of EPRI R&D Priorities.
McLaughlin,
D. H. (Ed.). (1979). Meaning and
significance in the analysis of the nonpublic school survey (SAGE Technical
Report No. 2).
McLaughlin,
D. H., & Wise, L. L. (1979). Report
on the imputation of missing data on the 197778 nonpublic school survey
(Report to NCES).
Baker,
O., Hamilton, J. A., & McLaughlin, D. H. (1978). Evaluating career education staff development activities.
Danoff,
M. N., Coles, G. J., McLaughlin, D. H., & Reynolds, D. R. (1978). Evaluation of the impact of ESEA Title VII
Spanish/English Bilingual Education Program Volume III: Year two impact data,
educational process, and indepth analyses.
Everett,
B. E., & McLaughlin, D. H. (1977). An
exploratory study of barriers to usage of
large-scale data bases such as Project TALENT.
Gilmartin,
K. J., & McLaughlin, D. H. (1977). Classification
of relevant evaluation methods.
McLaughlin,
D. H. (1977). Title I, 19651975: A
synthesis of the findings of federal studies.
McLaughlin,
D. H., Gilmartin, K. J., & Rossi, R. J. (1977). Controversies in the evaluation of compensatory education.
Rossi,
R. J., McLaughlin, D. H., Campbell, E. A., & Everett, B. E. (1977). Summaries of major Title I evaluations,
19661976.
Russ-Eft,
D., Gilmartin, K. J., McLaughlin, D. H., Rossi, R. J., & Egan, J. (1977). Program evaluation paradigm for University
Year for ACTION.
Wise,
L. L., McLaughlin, D. H., & Gilmartin, K. J. (1977). The American citizen: 11 years after high school (Vol. II).
Wise,
L. L., McLaughlin, D. H., & Steel, L. (1977). The Project TALENT data bank handbook.
Gilmartin,
K. J., McLaughlin, D. H., Wise, L. L., & Rossi, R. J. (1976). Development of scientific careers: The high
school years (Final report to the National Science Foundation).
McLaughlin,
D. H. (1976). Career education in the
public schools, 197475: A national survey.
Rossi,
R. J., & McLaughlin, D. H. (1976). Longitudinal evaluation in career
education. Journal of Career Education,
2, 91108.
Rossi,
R. J., Bartlett, W. B., Campbell, E. A., Wise, L. L., & McLaughlin, D. H.
(1975). Using the TALENT profiles in
counseling: A supplement to the Career Data Book.
McLaughlin,
D. H., Fulscher, G. V., & Yen, W. M. (1974). Project TALENT's special sample:
Is it necessary?
Yen,
W. M., & McLaughlin, D. H. (1974). Post
high school education and career development.
Flanagan,
J. C., Tiedeman, D. V., Willis, M. B., & McLaughlin, D. H. (1973). The career
data book: Results from Project TALENT's five-year follow-up study.
McLaughlin,
D. H. (1972). Expectation of interference
and self-paced memorization rate. Research report,
McLaughlin,
D. H. (1970). Protocol analysis as
problem-solving. Curriculum material,
Software designed and implemented
Algorithms
in SAS:
to impute NAEP achievement estimates
for excluded students
to place state achievement standards
on a common scale
to display population profiles of
demographic achievement gaps
Algorithms
in FORTRAN:
to perform exact survival analyses
to perform exact conditional
logistic regression analysis
to fill in missing survey data based
on statistical principles