Roland Reyes is a Ph.D. candidate in the Quantitative Methods program at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. He is interested in measurement, particularly in item response theory and its applications for investigating the precision and validity of scales, test score equating, and test construction, among others. He is also interested in examining stability and change over time using both multilevel and structural equation modeling based techniques. Prior to joining the Quantitative Methods program, Roland worked at the Office of Research and Evaluation at the School District of Philadelphia as a Research Assistant and at the Netter Center for Community Partnerships as a Quantitative Analyst Associate. He is currently co-teaching EDUC667 (Introductory Statistics for Educational Research) and has served as a Teaching Assistant for EDUC768 (Measurement Theory & Test Construction).

Wolf, S., Reyes, R. S., Weiss, E. M., & McDermott, P. A. (revise and resubmit). Trajectories of Social-Emotional Development Across Pre-Primary and Early Primary School. International Journal of Behavioral Development.

Reyes, R. S., McDermott, P. A., Watkins, M. W., Rovine, M. J., Chao, J. L. (2020). Forecasting accuracy of earliest assessment versus transitional change in early education classroom problem behavior among children at risk. School Psychology Review, 49, 47-59. https://doi.org/10.1080/2372966X.2020.1717372

McDermott, P. A, Rovine, M. J., Watkins, M. W., Rikoon, S. H., Irwin, C. W., Reyes, R, & Chao, J. L. (2019). Emergent growth patterns of early education self-control problems among children from underresourced American families. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 48, 2-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.08.010

McDermott, P. A., Rovine, M. J., Buek, K. W., Reyes, R. S., & Chao, J. L. (2018). Initial assessment versus gradual change in early childhood behavior problems -- Which better foretells the future? Psychology in the Schools, 55, 1071-1085. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22150

McDermott, P. A., Rovine, M. J., Reyes, R. S., Chao, J. L., Scruggs, R., Buek, K. W., & Fantuzzo, J. W. (2018). Trajectories of early education learning behaviors among children at risk: A growth mixture modeling approach. Psychology in the Schools, 65, 69-82. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22145

McDermott, P. A., Rovine, M. J., Watkins, M. W., Chao, J. L., Irwin, C. W., & Reyes, R. (2017). Latent national subpopulations of early education classroom disengagement of children from underresourced families. Journal of School Psychology, 65, 69-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2017.07.002