Title/Position: Research Assistant Professor
Profile:Karina Gattamorta , PhD
UM School of Nursing & Health Studies
M. Christine Schwartz Center for Nursing Education
Telephone: (305) 284-1572
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Education
Ph D, Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation, University of Miami, 2009
EdS, School Psychology, Florida International University, 2005
BA, Psychology and Special Education, University of Miami, 2000
Professional Memberships
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Florida Educational Research Association (FERA)
National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME)
Research
Investigation of validity, measurement properties, and differential item functioning in polytomous items
Mentor: Randall D. Penfield, Ph.D.
Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, University of Miami (2006-2009)
Evaluation of the Battelle Developmental Inventory (2nd Ed.) Screening Test for use in States’ Child Outcome Accountability Systems under IDEA
Mentor: Batya Elbaum, Ph.D.
Department of Teaching and Learning, University of Miami (2007-2008)
DIF Analysis of Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ Interim Assessment
Mentor: Sally A. Shay, Ph.D.
Office of Assessment Research and Data Analysis, Miami-Dade County Public Schools (2008)
Analysis of Miami-Dade County Public Schools Test Chair Survey 2008
Mentor: Sally A. Shay, Ph.D.
Office of Assessment Research and Data Analysis, Miami-Dade County Public Schools (2008)
Development of American History Item Bank for use in Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Mentor: Sally A. Shay, Ph.D.
Office of Assessment Research and Data Analysis, Miami-Dade County Public Schools (2008)
Analysis of Florida’s Parent Survey Data related to Satisfaction with Special Education Services 2007
Mentor: Batya Elbaum, Ph.D.
Department of Teaching and Learning, University of Miami (2007)
Analysis of Florida’s Parent Survey Data related to Satisfaction with Special Education Services 2006
Mentor: Batya Elbaum, Ph.D.
Department of Teaching and Learning, University of Miami (2007)
Publications
*Maiden name is Alvarez
Penfield, R. D., Alvarez, K.*, & Lee, O. (2009). Using a taxonomy of differential step functioning to improve the interpretation of DIF in polytomous items: An illustration. Applied Measurement in Education, 22, 61-78.
Penfield, R. D., Gattamorta, K. A. , & Childs, R. A. (2009). An NCME instructional module on using differential step functioning to refine the analysis of DIF in polytomous items. Journal of Educational Measurement, 28, 38-49.
Elbaum, B., Gattamorta, K. A. , & Penfield, R. D. (in press). Evaluation of the Battelle Developmental Inventory (2nd Ed.) screening test for use in states’ child outcome measurement systems under IDEA. Journal of Early Intervention.
Gattamorta, K. A., & Penfield, R. D., (2010). A Comparison of Adjacent Categories and Cumulative DSF Effect Estimators. Applied Measurement in Education. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Gattamorta, K. A., Penfield, R. D., & Myers, N. D. (2010). Modeling Item-level and Step-level Invariance Effects in Polytomous Items Using the Partial Credit Model: Methodological Overview and Empirical Demonstration. International Journal of Testing. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Manuscripts in Preparation
Gattamorta, K. A., Lee, O., Penfield, R. D. & Mallory, F. (manuscript in preparation). A DIF analysis on the interim assessment: comparing the performance of English language learners to non-English language learners on a measure of science.
