AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, INC. et al v. PUBLIC.RESOURCE.ORG, INC.
Filing
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REPLY to opposition to motion re #69 MOTION for Summary Judgment and Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment and Permanent Injunction, #60 MOTION for Summary Judgment Filed MOTION for Permanent Injunction (Plaintiffs' Reply in Further Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment and Permanent Injunction and Opposition to Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment) filed by AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, INC., AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, INC., NATIONAL COUNCIL ON MEASUREMENT IN EDUCATION, INC.. (Attachments: #1 Plaintiffs' Statement of Material Facts in Opposition to Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment, #2 Plaintiffs' Reply to Defendants' Statement of Disputed Facts, #3 Plaintiffs' Response to Defendant's Objections to Plaintiffs' Evidence, #4 Declaration of Nikia L. Gray, #5 Exhibit VVV, #6 Exhibit WWW, #7 Exhibit XXX, #8 Exhibit YYY, #9 Exhibit ZZZ, #10 Exhibit AAAA, #11 Exhibit BBBB, #12 Exhibit CCCC, #13 Exhibit DDDD, #14 Exhibit EEEE, #15 Exhibit FFFF, #16 Exhibit GGGG, #17 Exhibit HHHH, #18 Exhibit IIII, #19 Exhibit JJJJ, #20 Exhibit KKKK, #21 Exhibit LLLL, #22 Exhibit MMMM, #23 Exhibit NNNN, #24 Exhibit OOOO, #25 Exhibit PPPP, #26 Exhibit QQQQ, #27 Exhibit RRRR, #28 Exhibit SSSS, #29 Exhibit TTTT, #30 Exhibit UUUU, #31 Exhibit VVVV, #32 Exhibit WWWW, #33 Exhibit XXXX, #34 Exhibit YYYY, #35 Exhibit ZZZZ, #36 Exhibit AAAAA, #37 Exhibit BBBBB, #38 Exhibit CCCCC, #39 Exhibit DDDDD, #40 Exhibit EEEEE, #41 Exhibit FFFFF, #42 Exhibit GGGGG, #43 Exhibit HHHHH, #44 Exhibit IIIII, #45 Exhibit JJJJJ, #46 Exhibit KKKKK, #47 Exhibit LLLLL, #48 Exhibit MMMMM, #49 Exhibit NNNNN, #50 Exhibit OOOOO, #51 Exhibit PPPPP, #52 Exhibit QQQQQ, #53 Exhibit RRRRR, #54 Exhibit SSSSS, #55 Exhibit TTTTT, #56 Exhibit UUUUU, #57 Exhibit VVVVV, #58 Exhibit WWWWW, #59 Exhibit XXXXX, #60 Exhibit YYYYY, #61 Exhibit ZZZZZ, #62 Exhibit AAAAAA, #63 Declaration of Wayne Camara, #64 Plaintiffs' Objections to Defendant's Evidence, #65 Certificate of Service)(Hudis, Jonathan)
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Case No. 1:14-cv-00857-TSC-DAR
Revised August 2015
RESUME
S. E. PHILLIPS, PhD, JD
Psychometrics, Assessment Law
EDUCATION
Institution
Cooley Law School
University of Iowa
University of Iowa
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
Location
Lansing, MI
Iowa City, IA
Iowa City, IA
Iowa City, IA
Ames, IA
Years
1988-90
1976-81
1974-75
1972-74
1970-72
Degree
JD
PhD
MA
BA
Date
5 / 90.
12 / 81.
12 / 75.
5 / 74.
EXPERIENCE
Visiting Professor
The University of Iowa
Fall 2006, 2010
Consultant
Assessment Law & Psychometrics
2000 - present
Professor (tenured)
Michigan State University
1994 - 2000
Adjunct Professor
T. M. Cooley Law School
1991
Associate Professor
Michigan State University
1987 - 1994
Psychometric Consultant
National Computer Systems
1983 - 2000
Visiting Scholar
The Psychological Corporation
1987
Assistant Professor
Michigan State University
1982 - 1987
Post-Doctoral Associate
University of Iowa
1982
Statistical/Programming
Consultant
Westinghouse DataScore
1982
Teaching Assistant
(statistics)
The University of Iowa
1981
Measurement Specialist
Riverside Publishing Co.
1979-81
Tutoring and Consulting with Business and
Computer Majors taking Statistics Courses
1979-81
Program Specialist
1978-79
American College Testing
Program (ACT)
Phillips Resume . . . p. 2
Director Project Metric
ACT
1977-78
Research Associate
ACT
1976-77
Economics Instructor
Coe College
Cedar Rapids, IA
1976-77
Mathematics Instructor
Mt. Mercy College
Cedar Rapids, IA
1975-76
Substitute Teaching
Iowa City Community Schools
1974-75
RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP
Psychometric Publications
Phillips, S.E. (in press). Legal Issues for Credentialing Examination Programs, invited
chapter in Davis-Becker, S. & Buckendahl, C. (Eds.), TESTING IN THE
PROFESSIONS: CREDENTIALING POLICIES AND PRACTICE.
Phillips, S.E. (in press). Legal Aspects of Test Fairness, invited chapter in Dorans, N. &
Cook, L. (Eds.), FAIRNESS IN EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND MEASUREMENT.
Phillips, S.E. (2012). Legal Issues in Standard Setting for Educational Programs,
invited chapter in Cizek, G.J. (Ed.), SETTING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: THEORY
AND APPLICATIONS, 2e, New York: Routledge.
Phillips, S.E. (2011). U.S. Legal Issues in Educational Testing of Special Populations,
invited chapter in Elliott, S.N., Kettler, R.J. & Beddow, P. (Eds.), ACCESSIBLE
TESTS OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT: ISSUES, INNOVATIONS, AND APPLICATIONS.
Phillips, S.E. (2010). ASSESSMENT LAW IN EDUCATION, Phoenix: Prisma Graphics.
Phillips, S.E. & Camara, W.J. (2006). Legal and Ethical Issues, invited chapter in
Brennan, R.L. (Ed.), EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT 4TH EDITION, ACE/Praeger.
Phillips, S.E. (2002). Legal Issues Affecting Special Populations, invited chapter in
Tindal, G. & Haladyna, T. (Eds.), LARGE-SCALE ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS FOR ALL
STUDENTS: VALIDITY, TECHNICAL ADEQUACY, AND IMPLEMENTATION, Mahwah, N.J.:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Phillips, S.E. & Rebarber, T. (2002). Model Contractor Standards & State
Responsibilities for State Testing Programs, Washington, DC: Education
Leaders Council.
Phillips, S.E. (2001). Legal Issues in Standard Setting for K-12 Programs, invited
chapter in Cizek, G.J. (Ed.), SETTING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: CONCEPTS,
METHODS, AND PERSPECTIVES, Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Phillips Resume . . . p. 3
Phillips, S.E. (Guest Editor, 2000). G.I. Forum v. TEA: Psychometric Evidence,
APPLIED MEASUREMENT IN EDUCATION, 13(4).
Phillips, S.E. (Jan/Feb 1997). Legal Defensibility of Standards: Issues and Policy
Perspectives Part II, 98(3) ARTS EDUCATION POLICY REVIEW, reprinted from EMIP,
1996.
Clarizio, H.F., Payette, K. A., & Phillips, S.E. (1997). A Comparison of Methods for
Determining Learning Disabilities: Effects on Racial Representation, PSYCHOLOGY
IN THE SCHOOLS.
Berk, R., Phillips, S.E. & Poggio, J. (Feb 1996). Recommendations Based on the
TAAS-TASP Equivalence Meeting, Report prepared for the Texas Education
Agency.
Phillips, S.E. (Mar/Apr 1996). Legal Defensibility of Standards: Issues and Policy
Perspectives Part I, 98(4) ARTS EDUCATION POLICY REVIEW, reprinted from EMIP,
1996.
Phillips, S.E. (Oct 1996). Evaluation of Fairfield Test Data Re Alleged Tampering,
report commissioned by the Fairfield, CT School District Board of Education.
Phillips, S.E. (Sept 1996). Legal Defensibility of Standards, Proceedings of the Joint
Conference on Standard Setting for Large-Scale Assessments, Washington, DC,
(INVITED).
Phillips, S.E. (Summer 1996). Legal Defensibility of Standards: Issues & Policy
Perspectives, 15(2) EDUC. MEAS: ISSUES & PRACTICE 5.
Phillips, S.E. (1996). All Students, Same Test, Same Standards: What the New Title I
Legislation Will Mean for the Educational Assessment of Special Education
Students. North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, Oak Park, Ill.
(INVITED; with editorial assistance from Mary Atteberry).
Millman, J., Phillips, S.E., & Weil, R. (Nov 1995). Guidelines For Measuring Lawyering
Skills on the New York Bar Examination, Report prepared for the New York
Board of Bar Examiners.
Phillips, S.E. (Aug 1995). High-Stakes Testing Accommodations:
Disabled Rights, THE BAR EXAMINER 8.
Validity Versus
Phillips, S.E. (Aug 1995). Test Disclosure Policies for the Mississippi FLE Program,
Report prepared for the Mississippi Department of Education.
Payette, K.A., Clarizio, H.F., Phillips, S.E., & Bennett, D.E. (Apr 1995). The Effects of
Simple and Regressed Discrepancy Models and Cutoffs on Severe Discrepancy
Determination, 32 PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS 93.
Hambleton, R.K., Jaeger, R.M., Koretz, D., Linn, R.L., Millman, J., Phillips, S.E. (June
20, 1995). Review of the Measurement Quality of the Kentucky Instructional
Phillips Resume . . . p. 4
Results Information System, 1991-1994 Final Report, A Report Prepared for the
Office of Educational Accountability, Kentucky General Assembly (sole author
55-page Legal Appendix; first author 29-page chapter on equating).
Phillips, S.E. (Nov 1994). Legal Implications of High Stakes Assessment: What States
Should Know, Handbook commissioned and published by the North Central
Regional Educational Laboratory.
Phillips, S.E. (1994). High-Stakes Testing Accommodations: Validity Versus Disabled
Rights, 7(2) APPLIED MEAS. IN EDUC. 93.
Mehrens, W.A., Phillips, S.E., & Schram, C. (1993). Survey of Statewide Test Security
Practices, 12(4) EDUC. MEAS.: ISSUES & PRACTICE 5.
Fugate, D., Clarizio, H.F. & Phillips, S.E. (1993). Referral to Placement Ratio: A Finding
in Need of Replication?, 26 J. LEARN. DISABILITIES 413.
Clarizio, H.F. & Phillips, S.E. (1992). A Comparison of Severe Discrepancy Formulae:
Implications For Policy Consultation, 3(1) J. EDUC. & PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSULTATION
55.
Phillips, S.E. & Clarizio, H.F. (1989). Conflicting Growth Expectations Cannot Both Be
Real: A Rejoinder to Yen, 7(4) EDUC. MEAS.: ISSUES & PRACTICE 18.
Mehrens, W.A. & Phillips, S.E. (1989). Using College GPA and Test Scores in Teacher
Licensure Decisions: Conjunctive Versus Compensatory Models, 2(4) APPLIED MEAS.
IN EDUC. 277.
Clarizio, H.F. & Phillips, S.E. (1989). Defining Severe Discrepancy in the Diagnosis of
Learning Disabilities: A Comparison of Methods, 27 J. OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY
383.
Phillips, S.E. & Mehrens, W.A.
(1988).
Effects of Curricular Differences on
Achievement Test Data at Item and Objective Levels, 1(1) APPLIED MEAS. IN
EDUC. 33.
Phillips, S.E. & Clarizio, H.F. (1988). Some Limitations of Standard Scores in Diagnosing
Learning Disabilities, 7(1) EDUC. MEAS.: ISSUES AND PRACTICE 8.
Mehrens, W.A., McLarty, J.R., Rakow, E.A., & Phillips, S.E. (1988). Fiscal Viability in
Career-Ladder Decisions: An Empirical Investigation, 2 J. OF PERSONNEL EVAL IN
EDUC. 103.
Mehrens, W.A. & Phillips, S.E. (1987). Sensitivity of Item Difficulties to Curricular Validity,
24 J. OF EDUC. MEAS. 357.
Phillips, S.E. & Mehrens, W.A. (1987). Curricular Differences and Unidimensionality of
Achievement Test Data: An Exploratory Analysis, 24 J. OF EDUC. MEAS. 1.
Phillips Resume . . . p. 5
Lehmann, I.J. & Phillips, S.E. (1987). Teacher Competency Testing Programs:
National Survey, 6(1) EDUC. MEAS.: ISSUES AND PRACTICE 14.
A
Lehmann, I.J. & Phillips, S.E. (1987). Teacher Competency Testing in the United States,
ERIC MONOGRAPH SERIES.
Clarizio, H.F. & Phillips, S.E. (1986). Some Limitations of Standard Scores in Diagnosing
Learning Disabilities: A Critique. 23 PSYCH. IN THE SCHOOLS 381.
Mehrens, W.A. & Phillips, S.E. (1986). Detecting Impacts of Curricular Differences in
Achievement Test Data, 23 J. OF EDUC. MEAS. 185.
Clarizio, H.F. & Phillips, S.E. (1986). Sex Bias in the Diagnosis of Learning Disabled
Students, 23 PSYCH. IN THE SCHOOLS 44.
Phillips, S.E.
(1986).
Deletion of Misfitting Persons When Vertically Equating
Achievement Tests Via the Rasch Model, 23 J. OF EDUC. MEAS. 107.
Phillips, S.E. (1985). Quantifying Equating Errors With Item Response Theory Methods, 9
APPLIED PSYCH. MEAS. 59.
Phillips, S.E. (1983). Comparison of Equipercentile and Item Response Theory Equating
When the Scaling Test Method is Applied to a Multilevel Achievement Battery, 7
APPLIED PSYCH. MEAS. 267.
Legal Publications
Phillips, S.E. (1997). Assessment Accommodations, Fall 1997(3) DETROIT COLLEGE
LAW AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY L. REV. 917.
OF
Phillips, S.E. (Mar 25, 1993). Testing Condition Accommodations For Disabled Students,
80 ED. LAW REP. 9.
Phillips, S.E. (Mar 11, 1993). Legal Issues in Performance Assessment, 79 ED. LAW REP.
709.
Phillips, S.E. (1991). Extending Teacher Licensure Testing: Have the Courts Applied the
Wrong Validity Standard? 8(3) T. M. COOLEY L. REV. 513.
Phillips, S.E. (1991). Diploma Sanction Tests Revisited:
Solutions, 20(2) J. LAW & EDUC. 175.
New Problems From Old
Phillips, S.E. (Dec 20, 1990). The Golden Rule Remedy for Disparate Impact of
Standardized Testing: Progress or Regress? 63 ED. LAW REP. 383).
Phillips, S.E. (1989). High School Grade Reductions for Absenteeism: Incentive or
Curse? 6(1) T. M. COOLEY L. REV. 129.
Phillips Resume . . . p. 6
Reviews
Phillips, S.E. Review of The Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED), BUROS TENTH
MENTAL MEASUREMENTS YEARBOOK 398 (1989).
Phillips, S.E. Review of Thinking About My School, BUROS TENTH MENTAL MEASUREMENTS
YEARBOOK 863 (1989).
Phillips, S.E. Review of The Basics of Item Response Theory by Frank B. Baker, 23 J.
EDUC. MEAS. 267 (1986).
OF
Phillips, S.E. Review of ACER Paragraph Reading Test, BUROS NINTH MENTAL MEASUREMENTS
YEARBOOK 21 (1985).
Phillips, S.E. Review of Test of Enquiry Skills, BUROS NINTH MENTAL MEASUREMENTS YEARBOOK
1570 (1985).
Phillips, S.E. Review of Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). In Keyser, D.J.
& Sweetland, R.C. TEST CRITIQUES VOLUME III. Kansas City: Test Corporation of
America 655 (1985).
Phillips, S.E. Review of Sequential Tests of Educational Progress (STEP III). In Keyser,
D.J. & Sweetland, R.C. TEST CRITIQUES VOLUME I. Kansas City: Test Corporation of
America 578 (1984).
Phillips, S.E. Review of Applications of Item Response Theory by R.K. Hambleton Ed., 3
EDUC. MEAS.: ISSUES & PRACTICE, 27 (1984).
NCME Newsletter Legal Corner Columns
Phillips, S.E. Parents Opting Out of State Testing, 23(2) NCME NEWSLETTER 7, June
2015.
Phillips, S.E. Civics Testing for High School Graduation, 23(1) NCME NEWSLETTER 8,
Mar. 2015.
Phillips, S.E. Recent Developments in Disability Law, 22(4) NCME NEWSLETTER 12,
Dec. 2014.
Phillips, S.E. Setting Standards for Intellectual Disability, 22(3) NCME NEWSLETTER 11,
(Sept. 2014).
Phillips, S.E. Educator Cheating on Tests Revisited, 20(1) NCME NEWSLETTER 3, Dec.
2011.
Phillips, S.E. Using Student Test Scores to Evaluate Teachers, 17(4) NCME
NEWSLETTER 3, Dec. 2009.
Phillips, S.E. Justice Sotomayor and Employment Testing, 17(3) NCME NEWSLETTER 4,
Sept. 2009.
Phillips Resume . . . p. 7
Phillips, S.E. Conditions Qualifying for Extra Time “Accommodations”, 16(4) NCME
NEWSLETTER 4, Dec. 2008.
Phillips, S.E. California ELL Decision, 15(3) NCME NEWSLETTER 9, Sept. 2007.
Phillips, S.E. California ELL Case, 14(4) NCME NEWSLETTER 8, Dec. 2006.
Phillips, S.E. NCLB Peer Review Update, 14(3) NCME NEWSLETTER 4, Sept. 2006.
Phillips, S.E. Reconciling IDEA & NCLB, 11(2) NCME NEWSLETTER 2, June 2005.
Phillips, S.E. California ELL Case Settlement, 7(2) NCME NEWSLETTER 2, June 2001.
Phillips, S.E. School Assignments and Teacher Testing, 5(4) NCME NEWSLETTER 2,
Dec. 1999.
Phillips, S.E. New Wrinkles in Performance Assessment, 5(3) NCME NEWSLETTER 2,
July 1999.
Phillips, S.E. Response to Freedman re Oklahoma Grading Case, 5(2) NCME
NEWSLETTER 2, April 1999.
Phillips, S.E. Ohio Update & New Grading Cases, 5(1) NCME NEWSLETTER 2, Jan.
1999.
Phillips, S.E. Selective Admissions in K-12 Programs, 4(4) NCME NEWSLETTER 2, Nov.
1998.
Phillips, S.E. Public Disclosure of State Graduation Tests, 4(3) NCME NEWSLETTER 2,
July 1998.
Phillips, S.E. Calculator Accommodations, 4(2) NCME NEWSLETTER 2, April 1998.
Phillips, S.E. High Stakes Assessment Raises Several Policy Issues, 4(2)
PERSPECTIVES 8, Winter 1998.
Phillips, S.E. Assessing Visually Impaired Examinees, 4(1) NCME NEWSLETTER 2, Jan.
1998.
Phillips, S.E. Opportunity For Success, 3(4) NCME NEWSLETTER 2, Nov. 1997.
Phillips, S.E. Assessment Accommodations, AERA DIVISION I NEWSLETTER, Fall 1997.
Phillips, S.E. Standards & Grading for Disabled Students – Part II, 4(2) NCME
NEWSLETTER 2 June 1997.
Phillips, S.E. Standards & Grading for Disabled Students – Part I, 4(1) NCME
NEWSLETTER 2 April 1997.
Phillips Resume . . . p. 8
Phillips, S.E. Policies For Public Review of Secure Assessments, 3(4) NCME
NEWSLETTER 2, April 1996.
Phillips, S.E. Parental Rights to View Statewide Assessments, 3(2) NCME NEWSLETTER 2,
Nov. 1995.
Phillips, S.E. Content Challenges to Assessment Programs, 2(3) NCME NEWSLETTER 2,
Feb. 1994.
Phillips, S.E. Update on Testing Accommodations, Part II, 2(2) NCME NEWSLETTER 2,
Oct. 1993.
Phillips, S.E. Update on Testing Accommodations, Part I, 2(1) NCME NEWSLETTER 2,
June 1993.
Phillips, S.E. Introduction of the Legal Corner Column, 1(2) NCME NEWSLETTER 2, April
1992.
Presentations
Phillips, S.E. Legal Alternatives for Confirming and Penalizing Test Security Violations,
NCME Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 17-19, 2015.
Phillips, S.E. Innovative Perspectives on Common-Core Tests: PARCC & SBAC
Compare Notes, ORGANIZER & MODERATOR, NCME Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL,
April 17-19, 2015.
Phillips, S.E. Testing Accommodations for Computer-Administered, Postsecondary
Readiness Assessments, TRAINING SESSION, NCME Annual Meeting, Philadelphia,
PA, April 2-3, 2014.
Phillips, S.E. ADA Compliance in the Era of Common Core Standards and Assessment,
INVITED SPEAKER, Association of Test Publishers Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ,
Feb. 2014.
Phillips, S.E. Policy and Legal Issues as Psychometrics Advances, INVITED SPEAKER,
NCME Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 28-30, 2013.
Phillips, S.E. Legal Perspective on Texas Minimum Grading Lawsuit, presented in
coordinated session Upside Down Grade Inflation: Multiple Perspectives on
Minimum Grading Policies (S.E. Phillips, organizer), NCME Annual Meeting, New
Orleans, LA, April 9-11, 2011.
Phillips, S.E. Assessment Law, Graduate Student Presentation, The University of Iowa,
Oct. 2010.
Phillips, S.E. Educational Measurement, 4th Edition: Legal and Ethical Issues, NCME
Annual Meeting Invited Symposium, Chicago, IL, April 10-12, 2007.
Phillips Resume . . . p. 9
Phillips, S.E. High-Stakes Testing Accommodations: Reconciling Conflicting Policy
Goals, 2006 William E. Coffman Lecture Series, The University of Iowa, Iowa City,
IA, October 2006.
Phillips, S.E. Legal Issues Update, CCSSO National Conference on Large-Scale
Assessment, San Antonio, TX, June 22-25, 2003.
Phillips, S.E. Legal Implications of High Stakes Testing: Lessons Learned and
Considerations for Virginia, Virginia Association of Test Directors & Virginia
Educational Research Association Assessment Conference, Richmond, VA, Nov.
12, 2002.
Phillips, S.E. Accountability & AYP, Education Leaders Council Following The Leaders
Legislative & Policy Institute Panel Presentation, Chantilly, VA, September 21,
2002.
Rebarber, T. & Phillips, S.E. Model Contractor Standards & State Responsibilities for
State Testing Programs (Draft), Education Leaders Council Test Summit, Feb.
20, 2002.
Phillips, S.E. You Just Thought It Was Bad: Emerging Legal Issues in Higher
Education Assessment, Texas Association of Collegiate Testing Personnel
Annual Conference, Austin, TX, Feb. 12, 2002.
Phillips, S.E. What We Have Learned from Defending a High School Graduation Test in
Texas, Texas Annual Assessment Conference, Austin, TX, Feb. 12, 2002.
Phillips, S.E. Legal Defensibility Issues and High Stakes Testing, MA DOE Conference,
Oct. 26, 2001.
Phillips, S.E. SFUSD v. SBE: Testing ELLs Enrolled Less Than 30 Months in a State
Accountability Program, CCSSO National Conference on Large-Scale
Assessment Conference, Houston, TX, June 27, 2001.
Phillips, S.E. Legal Defensibility of Graduation Tests: A Case Study, Florida
Educational Research Association Annual Meeting Featured Address,
Tallahassee, FL, Nov. 10, 2000.
Phillips, S.E. et al. GI Forum v. TEA: A Challenge to the Texas Graduation Test,
Symposium Organizer & Presenter, CCSSO National Conference on LargeScale Assessment, Snow Bird, UT, June 2000.
Phillips, S.E. Reaction to More of Miss Marple’s Measurement Moments, CCSSO
National Conference on Large-Scale Assessment, Snow Bird, UT, June 2000.
Phillips, S.E. Reaction to Equity Issues in Large-Scale High-Stakes Accountability
Assessments: Some Perspectives from the Trenches, CCSSO National
Conference on Large-Scale Assessment, Snow Bird, UT, June 2000.
Phillips Resume . . . p. 10
Phillips, S.E. Detecting Inappropriate Test-Preparation in the Classroom: Misdemeanor
Offenses, AERA annual meeting symposium, New Orleans, April 2000.
Phillips, S.E. Measurement Perspectives on an Oklahoma Grading Case, NCME
annual meeting symposium, New Orleans, April 2000.
Phillips, S.E. Access, Test Accommodations and Opportunity to Learn Issues, High
School Exit Examination Standards Panel Meeting, Sacramento, CA, November
18, 1999.
Phillips, S.E. Legal Issues and Accountability, Delaware Chief School Officers
Association Meeting, Dover, DE, November 4, 1999.
Phillips, S.E. The Stone Soup of Accommodations, Keynote Speaker, Fall All City
Special Education Conference, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, IL, October 29,
1999.
Phillips, S.E. Needs, Wants, Access, Success: The Stone Soup of Accommodations,
CCSSO National Conference on Large-scale Assessment, Snow Bird, UT, June
1999.
Schafer, W.D., Rosenberger, K., Cruse, K., Phillips, S.E. Miss Marple Meets
Measurement: Security Investigation Models in Maryland and Texas, CCSSO
National Conference on Large-scale Assessment, Snow Bird, UT, June 1999.
Phillips, S.E. Legal Issues in High-stakes Assessment, HBEM Conference for District
Policymakers, San Diego, CA, January 1999.
Phillips, S.E., Thurlow, M., & Beck, M. LEP Modifications: Why, What and When,
CCSSO National Conference on Large-scale Assessment, Colorado Springs,
June 14, 1998.
Phillips, S.E. Strategies for Evaluating School-Level Test Tampering, CCSSO National
Conference on Large-scale Assessment, Colorado Springs, June 15, 1998.
Phillips, S.E. Update on Issues in Standards Development, AERA Division D annual
meeting featured symposium, Chicago, March 1997.
Phillips, S.E. Challenges in the Development of State Assessment Programs that
Support Education Reform: Legal Considerations, NCME annual meeting
symposium, Chicago, March 1997.
Phillips, S.E. Legal Implications of Large-scale, High-stakes Assessment, Second
Annual Mississippi Assessment Symposium, Jackson, MS, February 1997.
Phillips, S.E. Legal/Policy Issues in Standard Setting for Large-scale Performance
Assessments: Lessons Learned, CCSSO National Conference on Large-scale
Assessment, Phoenix, June 25, 1996.
Phillips Resume . . . p. 11
Phillips, S.E. Legal Issues and Assessment, Virginia Association of Test Directors Annual
Assessment Conference, Richmond, May 10, 1996.
Phillips, S.E. Faculty Evaluation of Students, William Mitchell College of Law faculty
retreat, Minneapolis, May 1, 1996.
Phillips, S.E. The Golden Rule Remedy for Disparate Impact of Standardized Testing,
National Conference of Bar Examiners Seminar on Bar Admissions, Chicago, April
20, 1996.
Phillips, S.E. Testing Under the ADA, National Conference of Bar Examiners Seminar on
Bar Admissions, Chicago, April 19, 1996.
Phillips, S.E. Accommodations for Assessment in Michigan, Michigan School Testing
Conference, February 27-28, 1996.
Phillips, S.E. High Stakes Accountability in Student Assessment, North Carolina School
Boards Association Fourth Annual Law Conference, Raleigh, February 22-23,
1996.
Phillips, S.E. Test Security in a High-Stakes Environment, First Annual Mississippi
Assessment Symposium, Jackson, February 8-9, 1996.
Millman, J. & Phillips, S.E. Alternative Item Formats For Measuring Lawyering Skills,
New York Board of Bar Examiners Meeting, Syracuse, November 3, 1995.
Phillips, S.E. Testing Under the ADA, American Bar Association Conference, Chicago,
August 6, 1995.
Phillips, S.E. Assessment Accommodations: Legal Perspectives & Policy Implications,
CCSSO National Conference on Large-Scale Assessment, Phoenix, June 19-21,
1995.
Phillips, S.E. Legal Issues in Adaptation/Inclusion of IEP & LEP Students, Michigan
School Testing Conference, February 21-22, 1995.
Phillips, S.E. Legal Implications of High-stakes Assessment, BELL Conference on
Education Standards and Accountability, Minneapolis, MN, February 20, 1995
(INVITED).
Phillips, S.E. Legal Defensibility of Standards: Issues & Policy Perspectives, NAGB/NCES
Joint Conference on Standard Setting for Large-scale Assessments, Washington,
DC, October 5-7, 1994.
Phillips, S.E. Legal & Political Issues Surrounding Performance Assessment, National
Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)
Conference, Los Angeles, CA, September 11-13, 1994.
Phillips, S.E. Testing Accommodations: Validity Versus Disabled Rights, Michigan School
Testing Conference, February 1994.
Phillips Resume . . . p. 12
Phillips, S.E. Legal Defensibility of Performance Assessments, Wisconsin Outcomes
Based Education Conference, Eau Claire, WI, July 1993.
Phillips, S.E. Legal Issues in High-Stakes Assessment, Education Commission of The
States Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 1993.
Phillips, S.E. Legally Defensible High-Stakes Assessments, Colorado Assessment
Conference, Breckenridge, CO, June 1993.
Phillips, S.E. Testing the Disabled: What is "Reasonable Accommodation"? Michigan
School Testing Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, February 1993.
Phillips, S.E. Legal Standards For Performance Assessments, NOLPE Annual
Convention, Phoenix, AZ, November 1992.
Phillips, S.E. Developing Legally Defensible Performance Assessments, Education
Commission of the States Annual Conference, Boulder CO, June 1992.
Phillips, S.E. Testing Accommodations for Handicapped Students, Educ. Law SIG, AERA
annual meeting, San Francisco, April 1992.
Phillips, S.E. Legal Aspects of Performance Assessment, NCME annual meeting, San
Francisco, April 1992.
Mehrens, W.A., Phillips, S.E., & Schram, C. Survey of Statewide Test Security Practices,
NCME annual meeting, San Francisco, April 1992.
Phillips, S.E. The Clash Between the First and Fourteenth Amendments on College
Campuses: Free speech versus Discrimination, NOLPE Annual Convention,
Orlando, November 1991.
Phillips, S.E. Legal Issues in High Stakes Testing, Education Commission of the States
Annual Conference, Breckenridge, CO, June 1991.
Phillips, S.E. Legal Origins of Teaching the Test: The Debra P. Case, Organizer &
Presenter, NCME Annual Meeting Symposium on Implementation of Statewide
Test Security Policies, Chicago, April 1991.
Phillips, S.E. Legal Issues in the Reform of Teacher Testing, AERA Annual Meeting,
Chicago, April 1991.
Phillips, S.E. The Golden Rule Remedy for Disparate Impact of Standardized Testing,
NOLPE Annual Convention, San Antonio, November 1990.
Phillips, S.E. Diploma Sanction Testing Revisited, MWERA Annual Meeting, Chicago,
October 1990.
Phillips, S.E. & Dutcher, P. Equating the New MEAP Reading Test. Michigan Educational
Research Association Meeting, January 1990.
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Phillips, S.E. & Dutcher, P. A Review of the New MEAP Reading Test. Michigan School
Testing Conference, February 1990.
Phillips, S.E. Comparison of Thurstonian & Rasch Methods of Equating Objective and
Essay Writing Assessments. NCME Annual Meeting, New Orleans, April 1988.
Phillips, S.E. & Mehrens, W.A. Comparison of Methods For Detecting the Impacts of
Instructional/Test Misalignment. AERA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, April 1988.
Clarizio, H.F. & Phillips, S.E. Comparison of Standard Score and Regression Methods of
Identifying Learning Disabled Students. AERA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, April
1988.
Mehrens, W.A., McLarty, J., Rakow, E., & Phillips, S.E. Conjunctive and Compensatory
Models for Career Ladder Decisions: An Empirical Investigation. NCME Annual
Meeting, New Orleans, April 1988.
Phillips, S.E. & Mehrens, W.A. Relating Achievement Test Scores and Item Statistics to
Instructional Validity. NCME Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 1987.
Mehrens, W.A. & Phillips, S.E. Conjunctive Versus Compensatory Models For Teacher
Licensure Decisions: A Monte Carlo and Logical Investigation. AERA Annual
Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 1987.
Lehmann, I.J. & Phillips, S.E. Teacher Competency Examination Programs: A National
Survey Revisited. NCME Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 1987.
Phillips, S.E. & Mehrens, W.A. The Effects of Curricular Differences on the Achievement
Test Scores of Special Groups. AERA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, April 1986.
Phillips, S.E. & Clarizio, H.F. Some Limitations of Standard Scores in Diagnosing Learning
Disabilities. AERA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, April 1986.
Mehrens, W.A. & Phillips, S.E. Sensitivity of Special Group Item Statistics to Curricular
Validity. AERA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, April 1986.
Phillips, S.E. & Mehrens, W.A. Achievement Test Curricular Multi-dimensionality at the
Item and Objective Level. AERA Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 1985.
Mehrens, W.A. & Phillips, S.E. Sensitivity of Item Statistics to Instructional Validity. NCME
Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 1985.
Lehmann, I.J. & Phillips, S.E. Teacher Competency Examination Programs: A National
Survey. NCME Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 1985.
Clarizio, H.F. & Phillips, S.E. Sex Bias in Diagnosing Learning Disabled Students. AERA
Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 1985. (Presented by Phillips).
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Phillips, S.E. Quantifying Errors in IRT Equating Methods. AERA Annual Meeting, New
Orleans, April 1984.
Phillips, S.E. Fixed Versus Estimated Lower Asymptotes in the Three-Parameter IRT
Model. NCME Annual Meeting, New Orleans, April 1984.
Phillips, S.E. & Anderson, A.E. Comparison of the Parameter Recovery of the New and
Old Versions of LOGIST with Simulated Data. NCME Annual Meeting, New
Orleans, April 1984.
Phillips, S.E. & Mehrens, W.A. Detecting Curricular Multidimensionality in Achievement
Test Data. AERA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, April 1984.
Phillips, S.E. Logistic Achievement Test Scaling and Equating with Fixed Versus
Estimated Lower Asymptotes. NCME Annual Meeting, Montreal, April 1983.
Phillips, S.E. & Anderson, A.E. LOGTRUE: A Computer Program For Test Equating with
Item Response Theory. AERA Annual Meeting, Montreal, April 1983.
Phillips, S.E. Comparison of Latent Trait and Traditional Methods in the Equating Phase of
a Scaling Operation on Achievement Tests. Psychometric Society Meeting,
Montreal, May 1982.
Phillips, S.E. The Metrics are Here. A series of 26 three-minute metric education programs
shown on the KCRG TV Morning Show, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1982.
Phillips, S.E. Development of a Model For Adult Metric Education. National Adult Basic
Education Conference, Hollywood Beach, Florida, 1978.
Phillips, S.E. Overview of Project Metric. National Metric Education Conference,
Providence, Rhode Island, 1978.
Speeches & Seminars
Phillips, S.E. (1993). Overview of Legal Implications of High-Stakes Performance
Assessment, Littleton, CO public schools, November 1993.
Phillips, S.E. (1991). Legal Issues and Educational Assessment. Policy Seminar for State
Legislators in Michigan, Lansing, October 17, 1991.
Phillips, S.E. (1990). Legal Issues in Testing. Workshop for The Psychological
Corporation, San Antonio, TX.
Phillips, S.E. (1990). The Rasch Model For Test Development and Equating. Workshop
for The Psychological Corporation, San Antonio, TX.
Phillips, S.E. & Fremer, J. (1990). The Revised Scholastic Aptitude Test. WKAR Public
Radio Station, East Lansing, MI.
Phillips Resume . . . p. 15
Phillips, S.E. (1987). A Rasch Model Adaptation for Essay Calibration. University of
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Phillips, S.E. (1987). Simulation of Conjunctive Versus Compensatory Models for Teacher
Competency Testing. Presentation at Niigata University, Niigata, Japan.
Phillips, S.E. (1987). Equating with the Rasch Model. Presentation to the New Jersey
State Department of Education Technical Advisory Committee Meeting, Princeton, NJ.
Phillips, S.E. (1987). Standardized Achievement Tests & Curricular Differences.
Presentation at Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ.
Phillips, S.E. (1987). Research on the Effects of Curricular Differences on Standardized
Achievement Test Scores. Presentation to the Marketing Department of The
Psychological Corporation, San Antonio, TX.
Phillips, S.E. (1987). Item Response Theory Equating. Presentation to the Texas State
Department of Education, Austin, TX.
Phillips, S.E. (1987). The Curricular Validity of Achievement Tests. Presentation at the
University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ.
Phillips, S.E. (1987). Developing Criterion-Referenced Tests. Presentation to the
Albuquerque (NM) Public Schools testing staff.
Phillips, S.E. (1987). Curricular Differences and Standardized Achievement Tests.
Presentation at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Phillips, S.E. (1987). Linking Tests with the Rasch Model. Presentation to the New Jersey
State Department of Education, Trenton, NJ.
Phillips, S.E. (1987). Developing a Test Blueprint. Presentation to the Lansing Evaluation
Services and Mathematics Staff, Lansing, MI.
Phillips, S.E. (1986). Standardized Tests and Different Curricula. Presentation to
education faculty and students at Niigata University, Japan.
Phillips, S.E. (1986). The Rasch Model. Presentation to faculty in educational psychology
at the Institute for Teacher Training and Ministry of Education test development
staff, Republic of Singapore.
Phillips, S.E. (1986). Using the Rasch model for the MEAP Tests. Meeting with Michigan
Department of Education assessment staff, Lansing, MI.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Admitted to Michigan Bar & Federal Bar for Eastern District of MI
ETS Visiting Committee, 1995-97 (Audits selected testing programs for adherence to
ETS and professional standards)
Phillips Resume . . . p. 16
NCME Newsletter Board & Legal Corner Column (1992 – present)
1992-95 EDUCATION LAW REPORTER Author's Committee
NOLPE 1992 Annual Convention Program Committee
NCME Legislative Action Committee
Co-chair of l986 NCME Annual Meeting Program
Consultant to the Arizona, Arkansas, Alabama, California, Delaware, Florida,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico,
New York, North Carolina, Oregon and Washington Departments of Education, Texas
Education Agency, Kentucky Office of Educational Accountability, Michigan Law
Enforcement Officer Training Council, Minnesota Bar Examiners, New York Bar
Examiners and GED Testing Service on student assessment, teacher certification,
professional licensure, testing accommodations, assessment legislation, and/or legal
challenges; Lansing, Weld County, Littleton, West Bend, Wichita & Milford Public
Schools on student performance assessment; and American Association of Medical
Colleges on the MCAT writing assessment
Reviewer for APPLIED MEASUREMENT IN EDUCATION, APPLIED PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT,
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER, JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT, JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL
STATISTICS, PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN, EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT: ISSUES & PRACTICE, EDUCATION
LAW REPORTER
Reviewer of Grant Applications for U.S. Office of Education
Reviewer of measurement/evaluation textbooks for Longmann & Merrill
Chair of Hearing Board for student grievance against a department faculty member.
Convened meetings of the board, conducted a hearing, and wrote a final opinion on the matter which contributed to
dismissal of related charges being investigated by a national professional and accreditation organization.
MQM Coordinator 1995-96 academic year.
Included convening meetings, course scheduling, student admissions, coordinating the MQM Internship Program,
student evaluations, coordinating measurement comprehensive examinations and administrative paperwork for the
program.
AWARDS
Graduated from law school summa cum laude with the James E. Burns
Memorial Award for Scholarship Excellence, May 1990
Edward G. Rakow law scholarship awarded annually to the outstanding
student from each of the five law schools in Michigan, May 1990
Alternate for National Academy of Sciences Spencer Fellowship, May 1986
Runnerup for AERA Outstanding Dissertation Award, April 1983