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., & Weeks, J. (in review). Diagnosing volatility in measures of school-level test performance.

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