Derek C. Briggs

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Derek C. Briggs is a scholar working on Education, Management Science and Operations Research and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek C. Briggs has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Education, 16 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 10 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in Derek C. Briggs's work include School Choice and Performance (19 papers), Psychometric Methodologies and Testing (14 papers) and Student Assessment and Feedback (9 papers). Derek C. Briggs is often cited by papers focused on School Choice and Performance (19 papers), Psychometric Methodologies and Testing (14 papers) and Student Assessment and Feedback (9 papers). Derek C. Briggs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Portugal and Austria. Derek C. Briggs's co-authors include Erin Marie Furtak, Tina Seidel, Mark Wilson, Jonathan Weeks, Benjamin W. Domingue, Alicia C. Alonzo, Lorrie A. Shepard, Maria Araceli Ruiz‐Primo, Robert M. Talbot and William R. Penuel and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Review of Educational Research and Educational Researcher.

In The Last Decade

Derek C. Briggs

64 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Studies of Inquiry-Ba... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Studies of Inquiry-Based Science Teaching
    2012 622 citations Erin Marie Furtak, Derek C. Briggs et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Derek C. Briggs United States 20 1.4k 551 289 227 184 71 2.2k
Johannes Hartig Germany 27 1.0k 0.7× 440 0.8× 359 1.2× 155 0.7× 309 1.7× 96 2.2k
Ou Lydia Liu United States 36 2.3k 1.6× 1.1k 1.9× 250 0.9× 90 0.4× 373 2.0× 107 3.4k
Spyros Konstantopoulos United States 29 2.7k 1.9× 562 1.0× 170 0.6× 366 1.6× 227 1.2× 83 3.8k
Frances Lawrenz United States 25 1.4k 1.0× 444 0.8× 403 1.4× 200 0.9× 130 0.7× 161 2.3k
Maria Araceli Ruiz‐Primo United States 28 2.7k 1.9× 1.3k 2.4× 128 0.4× 294 1.3× 233 1.3× 69 3.5k
Paul E. Newton United Kingdom 19 2.5k 1.8× 1.7k 3.1× 207 0.7× 152 0.7× 119 0.6× 45 3.3k
Peter Youngs United States 26 2.9k 2.0× 339 0.6× 103 0.4× 437 1.9× 95 0.5× 85 3.4k
Donald E. Powers United States 25 999 0.7× 555 1.0× 367 1.3× 55 0.2× 178 1.0× 165 2.2k
Wim van de Grift Netherlands 30 1.9k 1.3× 474 0.9× 66 0.2× 241 1.1× 156 0.8× 77 2.4k
Grant Wiggins United States 22 2.6k 1.8× 709 1.3× 86 0.3× 175 0.8× 119 0.6× 51 3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derek C. Briggs

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Briggs, Derek C., et al.. (2025). Visualizing and Reporting Content-Referenced Growth on a Learning Progression. Educational Assessment. 30(4). 310–332. 1 indexed citations
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Briggs, Derek C.. (2024). Strive for Measurement, Set New Standards, and Try Not to Be Evil. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics. 49(5). 694–701. 2 indexed citations
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Briggs, Derek C., et al.. (2024). Measurement issues in causal inference. Asia Pacific Education Review. 25(3). 719–731. 2 indexed citations
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Ho, Andrew, Terry A. Ackerman, Deborah L Bandalos, et al.. (2024). Foundational Competencies in Educational Measurement: A Rejoinder. Educational Measurement Issues and Practice. 43(3). 56–63. 1 indexed citations
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Ackerman, Terry A., Deborah L Bandalos, Derek C. Briggs, et al.. (2023). Foundational Competencies in Educational Measurement. Educational Measurement Issues and Practice. 43(3). 7–17. 17 indexed citations
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Briggs, Derek C.. (2022). NCME Presidential Address 2022: Turning the Page to the Next Chapter of Educational Measurement. Journal of Educational Measurement. 59(4). 398–417. 6 indexed citations
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Penuel, William R., Derek C. Briggs, Corinne Herlihy, et al.. (2017). How School and District Leaders Access, Perceive, and Use Research. AERA Open. 3(2). 140 indexed citations
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Briggs, Derek C.. (2015). An Editorial Swan Song. Educational Measurement Issues and Practice. 34(4). 1–2. 2 indexed citations
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Briggs, Derek C.. (2013). Measuring Growth With Vertical Scales. Journal of Educational Measurement. 50(2). 204–226. 41 indexed citations
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Briggs, Derek C., Maria Araceli Ruiz‐Primo, Erin Marie Furtak, Lorrie A. Shepard, & Yue Yin. (2012). Meta‐Analytic Methodology and Inferences About the Efficacy of Formative Assessment. Educational Measurement Issues and Practice. 31(4). 13–17. 53 indexed citations
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Briggs, Derek C. & Benjamin W. Domingue. (2011). Due Diligence and the Evaluation of Teachers: A Review of the Value-Added Analysis Underlying the Effectiveness Rankings of Los Angeles Unified School District Teachers by the "Los Angeles Times".. 46 indexed citations
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Briggs, Derek C.. (2010). Enhancing Forest Value Productivity through Fiber Quality. Journal of Forestry. 108(4). 174–182. 3 indexed citations
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Briggs, Derek C. & Jonathan Weeks. (2009). The Sensitivity of Value-Added Modeling to the Creation of a Vertical Score Scale. Education Finance and Policy. 4(4). 384–414. 38 indexed citations
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Briggs, Derek C., Maria Araceli Ruiz‐Primo, Robert M. Talbot, et al.. (2009). Undergraduate Physics Course Innovations and Their Impact on Student Learning. AIP conference proceedings. 169–172. 1 indexed citations
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Briggs, Derek C. & Jonathan Weeks. (2009). The Impact of Vertical Scaling Decisions on Growth Interpretations. Educational Measurement Issues and Practice. 28(4). 3–14. 64 indexed citations
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Briggs, Derek C.. (2008). Using Explanatory Item Response Models to Analyze Group Differences in Science Achievement. Applied Measurement in Education. 21(2). 89–118. 30 indexed citations
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Briggs, Derek C. & Mark Wilson. (2007). Generalizability in Item Response Modeling. Journal of Educational Measurement. 44(2). 131–155. 54 indexed citations
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Briggs, Derek C.. (2004). Causal Inference and the Heckman Model. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics. 29(4). 397–420. 89 indexed citations
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Briggs, Derek C.. (2002). SAT Coaching, Bias and Causal Inference. 5 indexed citations

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