Selected Major Research Projects

Undertook research into the college admissions process (1989 – 1992).
Investigate connections between CEEC subject tests and the high school curriculum (1990 – present).
Collaborated with IT professionals to investigate research methodology for sampling. (1990).
Developed the English Writing Proficiency Test (1992, 1999 – 2012).
Surveyed college students on the Recommendation-based Admission Program (1995 – 1999).
Conduct item analysis of the GSAT and AST (1995 – present).
Initiate methods to accommodate test takers with disabilities or special needs (1996 – present).
Conduct research on equating methods (1996-2000, 2012 – present).
Developed the Chinese Writing Proficiency Test (1997 – 2012).
Compiled an English reference word list for CEEC tests (1991 – 2002).
Establish CEEC’s Item Bank (2003 – present).
Conduct research on career counseling for high school students (2003 – present).
Conducted research on second foreign language learning at the high school level, specifically Japanese (2004 – 2008).
Develop a computer-assisted scoring system at CEEC (2004 – present).
Conducted research on the relationships among achievement, interest in science and self-efficacy of test takers (2006).
Established a pilot corpus of high school learner English (1996 – 2010).
Conducted research on scoring methods and penalties on the AST (2010).
Conducted a survey on the Multiple Pathways to College Admission process and incorporated recommendations into later CEEC tests (2010).
Undertake research concerning college entrance examinations and university admission policies (2012 – present).