Xiangdong Yang

Academic Title：Professor

Email：xdyang@dep.ecnu.edu.cn

Phd, University of Kansas, Quantitative Psychology  (2003)

Ms, East China Normal University, Educational Psychology (1998)

BA, Qufu Normal University, Education (1995)

Educational quantitative research methods, basic education statistical methods and the application in SPSS, item response theory, psychological and educational measurement, educational statistics, educational project design

Psychometric analysis, computer adaptive testing, educational measurement and evaluation, application of statistical analysis

Liu, N., Chen, Y. T., Yang, X., & Hu, Y. (2017).  Do demographic characteristics make differences? Demographic characteristics as moderators in the associations between only child status and cognitive/non-cognitive outcomes in China.  Frontiers in Psychology, 8:423.（SSCI）

Wang, Y. J., Deng, C.P., Yang, X.(2016).  Family economic status and parental involvement: Influences of parental expectation and perceived barriers. School Psychology International, 37(5), 536 – 554.  （SSCI）

Ning bo, Jan Van Damme, Van Den Noortgat, Yang, X (2015). The influence of classroom disciplinary climate of schools on reading achievement: A cross-country comparative study. School effectiveness and school improvement: An international Journal of Research, policy and practice. (online first). （SSCI）

Yang, X., Zheng, K., Zhan, Y. Ren, Y (2013). The effect of choosing key versus ordinary schools on student’s mathematical achievement in China. The Asian-Pacific Educational Researcher. 23(3),  523 – 536.

Embretson, S. E., & Yang, X. (2013). Multicomponent latent trait model for cognitive diagnosis. Psychometrika. 78(1), 14 -36.

Yang, X. (2007). Methods of identifying individual guessers from item response data. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 67, 745 – 764.

Hoffman, L., Yang, X., Bovaird, J., & Embretson, S.E. (2006). Measuring attentional shifting ability in older adults: development and psychometric evaluation of DriverScan. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 66,984-1000.. 

Yang, X., Poggio, J., & Glasnapp, D. (2006). Effects of estimation bias on classifying examinees into multiple categories with an IRT-based adaptive classification procedure. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 66, 545-564. 

Embretson, S. E., & Yang, X. (2006). Multicomponent latent trait models for complex tasks. Journal of Applied Measurement, 7, 335-350. 

Yang, X., Shaftel, J., Glasnapp, D., & Poggio, J.  (2005). Quantitative or qualitative differences: latent class analysis of mathematical ability for special education students. Journal of Special Education, 4, 194 – 207.

Shaftel, J., Yang, X., Glasnapp, D., & Poggio, J. (2005). Improving assessment validity for students with disabilities in large-scale assessment programs. Educational Assessment,10, 197-215.    

Poggio, J., Glasnapp, D., Yang, X., Poggio, A. (2005). An experimental study of score results from computerized and paper and pencil mathematics testing in a state large scale assessment program. The Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 3(6). Available from: https://www.jtla.org.

Shorey, H. S., Snyder, C. R., Yang, X., & Lewin, M. (2003). The role of hope as a mediator in recollected parenting, adult attachment, and mental health. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 22, 685-715.

Yang, X., & Embretson, S. E. (2007). Construct validity and cognitive diagnostic assessment. In J. Leighton., & M. Gierl. (Eds.), Cognitive Diagnostic Assessment in Education: Theory and Applications. (pp. 119 – 145). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Embretson, S. E., & Yang, X. (2007). Automatic item generation and cognitive psychology. In S.  Sinharay, & R. Rao. (Eds.). Handbook of Statistics: psychometrics. (pp. 747-768).  Amsterdam, The  Netherland:  Elservier,  B.V.

Embretson, S. E., & Yang, X. (2006). Multicomponent latent trait models for complex cognitive tasks. In E. Smith & R. Smith (Eds.), Rasch measurement: Advanced and specialized applications. Maple Grove, MN: JAM Press.   

Embretson, S. E., & Yang, X. (2006). Item response theory. In J, Green, G. Camilli, & P, Elmore (Eds.). Complementary research methods for education, 3rd edition, (pp.385-410). Washington DC: American Educational Research Association.

National Council on Measurement in Education, 2003 – Present

The Psychometric Society, 2002 – Present

American Educational Research Association, 2001 – Present

SIG: cognition and assessment, American Educational Research Association, 2007 – Present