Megan Kuhfeld

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
66 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Megan Kuhfeld is a scholar working on Education, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Megan Kuhfeld has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Education, 12 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 11 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Megan Kuhfeld's work include School Choice and Performance (28 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (24 papers) and Parental Involvement in Education (11 papers). Megan Kuhfeld is often cited by papers focused on School Choice and Performance (28 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (24 papers) and Parental Involvement in Education (11 papers). Megan Kuhfeld collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Megan Kuhfeld's co-authors include James Soland, Angela Johnson, Erik Ruzek, Beth Tarasawa, Jing Liu, Elizabeth T. Gershoff, Steven L. Wise, Katherine Paschall, Alexandra Sturm and Pamela Davis‐Kean and has published in prestigious journals such as American Psychologist, Child Development and Developmental Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Megan Kuhfeld

64 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Projecting the Potential Impact of COVID-19 School Closures on Academic Achievement

2020 629 citations Megan Kuhfeld, James Soland et al. Educational Researcher profile →
Test Score Patterns Across Three COVID-19-Impacted School Years

2022 104 citations Megan Kuhfeld, James Soland et al. Educational Researcher profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Megan Kuhfeld United States	20	919	475	224	217	210	66	1.7k
James Soland United States	18	794 0.9×	348 0.7×	184 0.8×	215 1.0×	186 0.9×	64	1.5k
Don A. Klinger Canada	26	1.3k 1.4×	243 0.5×	147 0.7×	298 1.4×	300 1.4×	72	2.0k
Leslie Rutkowski United States	16	774 0.8×	329 0.7×	392 1.8×	435 2.0×	148 0.7×	65	1.9k
John R. Slate United States	24	1.2k 1.3×	224 0.5×	245 1.1×	258 1.2×	466 2.2×	240	2.0k
Ross Larsen United States	26	1.2k 1.3×	396 0.8×	177 0.8×	329 1.5×	486 2.3×	81	2.0k
Jennifer Fogo United States	5	315 0.3×	252 0.5×	230 1.0×	248 1.1×	215 1.0×	9	1.6k
James C. Impara United States	21	1.1k 1.2×	421 0.9×	317 1.4×	338 1.6×	559 2.7×	62	2.4k
Claudia Flowers United States	30	1.1k 1.2×	490 1.0×	242 1.1×	414 1.9×	624 3.0×	105	2.5k
Beng Huat See United Kingdom	22	1.3k 1.4×	120 0.3×	254 1.1×	118 0.5×	279 1.3×	117	1.7k
Weihua Fan United States	17	1.1k 1.1×	405 0.9×	131 0.6×	343 1.6×	299 1.4×	50	1.6k

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Rimm‐Kaufman, Sara E., James Soland, & Megan Kuhfeld. (2024). Social and emotional competency development from fourth to 12th grade: Relations to parental education and gender.. American Psychologist. 80(3). 359–374. 4 indexed citations

Koepp, Andrew E., Tyler W. Watts, Elizabeth T. Gershoff, et al.. (2023). Attention and behavior problems in childhood predict adult financial status, health, and criminal activity: A conceptual replication and extension of Moffitt et al. (2011) using cohorts from the United States and the United Kingdom.. Developmental Psychology. 59(8). 1389–1406. 12 indexed citations

Kuhfeld, Megan & James Soland. (2023). Scoring assessments in multisite randomized control trials: Examining the sensitivity of treatment effect estimates to measurement choices.. Psychological Methods. 7 indexed citations

Downey, Douglas B., Megan Kuhfeld, & Margriet van Hek. (2022). Schools as a Relatively Standardizing Institution: The Case of Gender Gaps in Cognitive Skills. Sociology of Education. 95(2). 89–109. 7 indexed citations

Kuhfeld, Megan, James Soland, & Karyn L. Lewis. (2022). Investigating differences in how parents and teachers rate students’ self-control.. Psychological Assessment. 35(1). 23–31. 7 indexed citations

Kuhfeld, Megan, et al.. (2022). Reading achievement declines during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from 5 million U.S. students in grades 3–8. Reading and Writing. 36(2). 245–261. 35 indexed citations

Kuhfeld, Megan, et al.. (2022). Test Score Patterns Across Three COVID-19-Impacted School Years. Educational Researcher. 51(7). 500–506. 104 indexed citations breakdown →

Soland, James, et al.. (2022). How survey scoring decisions can influence your study’s results: A trip through the IRT looking glass.. Psychological Methods. 29(5). 1003–1024. 16 indexed citations

Domingue, Benjamin W., et al.. (2021). Variation in Respondent Speed and its Implications: Evidence from an Adaptive Testing Scenario. Journal of Educational Measurement. 58(3). 335–363. 9 indexed citations

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Condron, Dennis J., Douglas B. Downey, & Megan Kuhfeld. (2021). Schools as Refractors: Comparing Summertime and School-Year Skill Inequality Trajectories. Sociology of Education. 94(4). 316–340. 12 indexed citations

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Vandell, Deborah Lowe, Megan Kuhfeld, Elizabeth T. Gershoff, & Robert Crosnoe. (2021). Predictors and consequences of school mobility in middle childhood. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. 76. 101309–101309. 2 indexed citations

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Kuhfeld, Megan, et al.. (2021). Achievement Growth in K-8 Catholic Schools Using NWEA Data. Journal of Catholic Education. 24(2). 1–19. 8 indexed citations

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Johnson, Angela, Megan Kuhfeld, & James Soland. (2021). The Forgotten 20%: Achievement and Growth in Rural Schools Across the Nation. AERA Open. 7. 11 indexed citations

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Kuhfeld, Megan & James Soland. (2020). Estimating Student Growth on Psychological and Social-emotional Constructs: A Comparison of Multiple Scoring Approaches. 1 indexed citations

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Kuhfeld, Megan, James Soland, Beth Tarasawa, et al.. (2020). Projecting the potential impacts of COVID-19 school closures on academic achievement. Brown Digital Repository. 57 indexed citations

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Kuhfeld, Megan, Dennis J. Condron, & Douglas B. Downey. (2020). When Does Inequality Grow? A Seasonal Analysis of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Learning From Kindergarten Through Eighth Grade. Educational Researcher. 50(4). 225–238. 32 indexed citations

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Kuhfeld, Megan. (2018). A Posterior Predictive Model Checking Method Assuming Posterior Normality for Item Response Theory. Applied Psychological Measurement. 43(2). 125–142. 2 indexed citations

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Kuhfeld, Megan & Alexandra Sturm. (2017). An examination of the precision of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule using item response theory.. Psychological Assessment. 30(5). 656–668. 7 indexed citations

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Stucky, Brian D., Maria Orlando Edelen, William G. Shadel, et al.. (2014). Development of the PROMIS(R) Negative Psychosocial Expectancies of Smoking Item Banks. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 16(Suppl 3). S232–S240. 7 indexed citations

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Kuhfeld, Megan, et al.. (2011). Multiple Responses, Promising Results: Evidence-Based, Nonpunitive Alternatives to Zero Tolerance. Research-to-Results Brief. Publication #2011-09.. 13 indexed citations

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