Conference Presentations
Review the talks and workshops that highlight our team’s contributions.
Selected Presentations
Pacific Coast Research Conference (PCRC) (2026)
Title: Rapid Online Assessment of Reading (ROAR) Inference – Innovations in Assessment: Technology-Enhanced Measures for Diverse Learners, Long Beach, CA
Authors:
Dr. Alexander Mario Blum
Dr. Robin C. Irey
Tonya Murray
Dr. Yukie Toyama
Dr. Youngsun “Sun” Moon
Dr. Jason Yeatman
Dr. Rebecca Silverman
Pacific Coast Research Conference (PCRC) (2025)
Title: Selecting Words For Vocabulary Assessment And Instruction: Where And When You See Words Matters
Authors:
Dr. Alexander Mario Blum
Dr. Robin C. Irey
Tonya Murray, (Ph.D Student)
Dr. Yukie Toyama
Dr. Elfrieda H. Hiebert
Dr. Jason Yeatman
Dr. Rebecca Silverman
Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR) (2025)
Title: The Internal Structure of ROAR-Morphology Using an Item Response Theory Approach –
Authors:
Dr. Alexander Mario Blum
Dr. Robin C. Irey
Tonya Murray
Dr. Yukie Toyama
Dr. Jason Yeatman
Dr. Rebecca Silverman
The International Objective Measurement Workshop (IOMW) 2023
Blum, A. M., Mason J., Pearson, P. D., Shah, A. O’Sullivan, P
Bronfield, S (2023) Making Multiple Regression Narratives Accessible: The Affordances of WrightMaps and Relative Probabilities. The International Objective Measurement Workshop (IOMW). Chicago, USA
Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR) 2023
Blum, A. M., Mason J., Pearson, P. D. (2023) The Impact of Novelty
on Global Processing for Learners on the Autism Spectrum Narrative Comprehension. 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR) Port Douglas, Australia.
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) 2023
Heidlage, J., Balasubramanian, L., Blum, A. M., Lemons., C., (2023)
Developing Data-Based Literacy Intervention and Effective Inclusive Practices. Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).Louisville, KY
American Education research Association (AERA) 2019
Blum, A. M., Mason, J., Pearson, P.D. (2019). Measuring Integrative Inferential Reasoning using Modern Objective Measurement. 2019 American Education research Association (AERA) 2019 Annual Conference – Toronto, Canada.
Literacy Research Association (LRA) 2018
Blum, A. M., Mason, J., Kim, J., & Pearson, P.D. (2018). Using Item
Response Theory to Measure Integrative Reasoning in Visual-Narrative Comprehension: Integrating and Evaluating Models of Inferential Reasoning Based on Performance of Intermediate Grade Learners. 68th Annual Conference – Literacy Research Association (LRA), Indian Wells, California
Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR) 2017
Blum, A. M. (2017). Validating and Extending Pearson and
Johnson's (1978) Inferential Thinking Model. Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
University of California, Special Education Disabilities, and Developmental Risk (UCSPEDDR) 2016
Blum, A. M. (2016). Causal-Inferential Reasoning. 10th Annual
University of California, Special Education Disabilities, and Developmental Risk (UCSPEDDR), Santa Barbara, California
University of California, Berkeley Annual Education Research Day 2015
Blum, A. M. (2015). Item Response Theory and Narrative
Comprehension. 15h Annual University of California, Berkeley Annual Education Research Day, Berkeley, California
Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR) 2014
Blum, A. M. (2014). Using Comics as a Tool for Reading
Comprehension for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder. 21st Annual Meeting – Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR), Santa Fe, New Mexico