Selected Publications
(For complete list of publications, please see the faculty member's curriculum vitae.)

Articles
Briggs, D. C., Alonzo, A., Schwab, C., & Wilson, M. (2006). Diagnostic assessment with ordered multiple-choice items. Educational Assessment, 11(1), 33-46.

Briggs, D. C. (2005). Meta-analysis: A case study. Evaluation Review, 29(2), 87-127.

Briggs, D. C. (2004). Causal inference and the Heckman model . Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 29(4), 397-420.

Briggs, D. C., & Wilson, M. (2003). An introduction to multidimensional measurement using Rasch models. Journal of Applied Measurement, 4(1), 87-100.

Briggs, D. C. (2002). SAT coaching, bias and causal inference. (Doctoral dissertation, University of California-Berkeley, 2002). Dissertation Abstracts International, DAI-A 64/12, 4433. (UMI No. 3115515).

Briggs, D. C. (2001). The effect of admissions test preparation: Evidence from NELS-88. Chance, 14(1), 10-18.

Stern, D., & Briggs, D. C. (2001). Changing admissions policies: Mounting pressures, new developments, more questions. Change, 33(1), 34-41. Journal homepage: www.heldref.org/change.php.

Stern, D., & Briggs, D. C. (2001). Does paid employment help or hinder performance in secondary school? Insights from US high school students. Journal of Education and Work, 14(3), 355-372.

Commentary and Reviews
Briggs, D. C. (2006). Review of "Getting farther ahead by staying behind: a second-year evaluation of Florida's policy to end social promotion" by Jay Greene and Marcus Winters. Education Policy Studies Laboratory. Tempe, AZ: Arizona State University.

Briggs, D. C. (2006). Book review: The SAGE handbook of quantitative methods in the social sciences. Applied Psychological Methods, 30(5), 447-451.

Briggs, D. C. (2004). Comment: Making an argument for design validity before interpretive validity. Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2(3), 171-174.

Briggs, D. C. (2002). Comment: Jack Kaplan's new study of SAT teaching. Chance, 15(1), 7-8.

Working Papers
Briggs, D. C. & Domingue, B.W. The effect of admissions test preparation: new evidence from ELS:02. Forthcoming, Fall 2009.

Domingue, B. W. & Briggs, D. C. (2009) Using Linear Regression and Propensity Score Matching to Estimate the Effect of Coaching on the SAT. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Briggs, D. C. & Betebenner, D. (2009) Is Growth in Student Achievement Scale Dependent? Paper presented at the invited symposium “Measuring and Evaluating Changes in Student Achievement: A Conversation about Technical and Conceptual Issues” at the annual meeting of the National Council for Measurement in Education, San Diego, CA, April 14, 2009. [figures]

Briggs, D. C., & Weeks, J. (in preparation). The persistance of value-added school effects.