Presentations

2027

Paper submitted for presentationUnder review

Can teachers’ classroom language reveal enjoyment? A transformer-based sentiment analysis

Firoozi, T., Daniels, L., Jung, A. J., Fütterer, T., & Frenzel, A. C.

American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting

April 14–18, 2027 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Paper submitted for presentationUnder review

Validity evidence for claims about retrieval-augmented generation systems in healthcare

Firoozi, T., Abroampah, D., Firouzi, Z., & Gierl, M.

National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Meeting

April 14–17, 2027 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Innovative demonstration submitted for presentationUnder review

Making clinical reasoning visible: A knowledge-graph assessment for orofacial pain

Firoozi, T., Friesen, R., & Lai, H.

National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Meeting

April 14–17, 2027 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2026

Paper presentationAccepted

Advancing feedback quality at scale: Automating QuAL scoring with natural language processing

Firoozi, T., Oswald, A., Hamza, D. M., & Lai, H.

International Conference on Residency Education (ICRE)

October 21–24, 2026 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Paper presentation

Understanding disengagement in TIMSS 2023: Evidence from process data and multilevel logistic regression

Abroampah, D., Firoozi, T., Cui, Y., & Gierl, M. J.

51st Annual Conference of the International Association for Educational Assessment

September, 2026 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Paper presentation

Explaining cross-lingual knowledge transfer for fair automated essay scoring in multilingual language learning

Firoozi, T., Firouzi, Z., & Gierl, M.

EDULEARN26: 18th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies

June 28–July 2, 2026 Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Paper presentation

Prompt-engineered LLMs for English as a second language grammar diagnosis

Abroampah, D., Firoozi, T., & Gierl, M.

National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Meeting

April, 2026 Los Angeles, CA

2025

Paper presentation

An augmented intelligence system for automated quality control and feedback generation of multiple-choice test items

Firoozi, T., Daniels, L., Daniels, V., & Gierl, M.

Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED)

July, 2025 Palermo, Italy

Symposium presentation

Applications of AI to educational assessment

Firoozi, T.

Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Meeting

June, 2025 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Paper presentation

Improving automatic essay score classification accuracy with low-resource multilingual languages

Firoozi, T., Mohammadi, H., & Gierl, M. J.

National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Meeting

April, 2025 Denver, CO

Poster presentation

Automated essay scoring and feedback generation through the use of LLMs

Abroampah, D., Firoozi, T., & Gierl, M.

National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Meeting

April, 2025 Denver, CO

Paper presentation

Banking strategies and software solutions for generated test items

Firoozi, T., & Gierl, M.

Automatic Item Generation Special Interest Group, 17th International Conference on Computer Supported Education

April, 2025 Porto, Portugal

2024

Paper presentation

A method for generating testlets

Gierl, M., & Firoozi, T.

Automatic Item Generation Special Interest Group, 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Education

May, 2024 Angers, France

Invited presentation

AI in dentistry: Developing knowledge graphs for clinical decision making using large language models

Firoozi, T.

Technische Universität Dresden

April, 2024 Dresden, Germany

Invited paper presentation

Multilingual automated essay scoring

Firoozi, T., & Gierl, M.

In M. Shermis (Chair), The 2024 Routledge International Handbook of Automated Essay Evaluation chapter highlights. National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Meeting

April, 2024 Philadelphia, PA

Paper presentation

Text augmentation for enhancing the accuracy of automated essay scoring

Firoozi, T., Bulut, O., & Gorgun, G.

National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Meeting

April, 2024 Philadelphia, PA

Paper presentation

Producing item sets in automatic item generation

Gierl, M., Vele, V., Firoozi, T., & Lai, H.

National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Meeting

April, 2024 Philadelphia, PA

Poster presentation

Automated essay scoring for multiple languages: An application of large language models

Firoozi, T., & Gierl, M. J.

Faculty of Education Celebrating Socially Transformative Research and Teaching, University of Alberta

March, 2024 Edmonton, AB

2023

Invited presentation

Large language models in educational measurement

Firoozi, T.

Empowering Learners for the Age of AI: Global Online Conference

September, 2023 Online

Paper presentation

Using active learning methods to strategically select essays for automated scoring

Firoozi, T., Mohammadi, H., & Gierl, M.

National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Meeting

April, 2023 Chicago, IL

Paper presentation

A method for banking large numbers of generated items

Lai, H., Firoozi, T., & Gierl, M. J.

National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Meeting

April, 2023 Chicago, IL

Paper presentation

Classification of periodontitis stage and grade using machine learning techniques

Ameli, N., Firoozi, T., & Lai, H.

American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR) Annual Meeting

March, 2023 Portland, OR

2022

Paper presentation

Otomatik madde uretimi: Teori ve uggulamalari [Automatic item generation: Theory and practice]

Gierl, M., Shin, J., & Firoozi, T.

Egitimde ve Psikolojide Olcme ve Degerlendirme Kongresi

September, 2022 Izmir, Turkiye

Paper presentation

Improving the practicality of automated essay scoring systems using active learning models

Firoozi, T., & Gierl, M.

National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Meeting

April, 2022 San Diego, CA

Paper presentation

The effect of word vector representation and linguistic features on the accuracy of automated essay scoring systems using neural networks

Firoozi, T., Abadi, A. N., Demmans Epp, C., Bulut, O., & Barbosa, D.

National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Meeting

April, 2022 San Diego, CA

Poster presentation

Automated essay scoring in multiple languages

Firoozi, T., & Gierl, M.

Advancing Assessment and Evaluation Conference (AAEC), Queen’s University

January, 2022 Kingston, ON

Paper presentation

Preparing students for careers focused on technology-based assessment and evaluation

Gierl, M., & Firoozi, T.

Advancing Assessment and Evaluation Conference (AAEC), Queen’s University

January, 2022 Kingston, ON

2021

Paper presentation

Importance of content coding for automatic item generation

Gierl, M. J., Shin, J., & Firoozi, T.

European Association of Test Publishers Annual Meeting

September, 2021 Online

Paper presentation

The effect of option similarity on the item difficulty of a reading comprehension test: An application of word embedding techniques

Firoozi, T., Shin, J., Bulut, O., & Gierl, M.

National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Meeting

June, 2021 Online

Paper presentation

Preparing teachers for classroom assessment in the Middle East and North Africa: A sociocultural perspective

Firoozi, T., & DeLuca, C.

Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Meeting

June, 2021 Online

Paper presentation

ICT use and teachers’ self-efficacy in Canadian classrooms: The mediating roles of purposeful instructional practices using the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2018 results

Shin, J., Firoozi, T., & Gierl, M.

Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Meeting

June, 2021 Online

Paper presentation

Teachers’ conceptions of fairness in classroom assessment: An empirical study

Rasooli, A., Rasegh, A., Zandi, H., & Firoozi, T.

American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting

April, 2021 Online

2018

Paper presentation

The language assessment literacy needs of Iranian EFL teachers with a focus on reformed assessment policies

Firoozi, T., & Razavipour, K.

11th International Test Commission Conference

July, 2018 Montreal, QC

2016

Paper presentation

The philosophy of research language testing in Iran: A systematic review

Razavipour, K., & Firoozi, T.

International Conference on Language Acquisition and Processing (ICLAP)

October, 2016 Dubai, UAE

2015

Poster presentation

Examining the validity of Iranian national university entrance exam: A cognitive perspective on a discourse cloze test

Jalilifar, A., Firoozi, T., & Parviz, M.

Sharif English Language Teaching (SELT) Conference, Sharif University of Technology

December, 2015 Tehran, Iran

Conference presentation

A critique of MA TEFL national entrance exam using a reverse engineering approach: A work in progress

Firoozi, T., Rasooli, A., & Zandi, H.

13th International TELLSI Conference

January, 2015 Tehran, Iran

Paper presentation

Investigating group invariance in university entrance exam for TEFL master’s programs: Application of exploratory structural equation modeling

Razavipour, K., & Firoozi, T.

3rd International Conference on Language, Discourse, and Pragmatics, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

January, 2015 Iran

2014

Paper presentation

Identifying latent classes of test takers using mixed Rasch model: The case of Iranian University Entrance Exam (IUEE) for TEFL candidates

Firoozi, T., & Razavipour, K.

12th International TELLSI Conference, University of Balochistan

December, 2014 Zahedan, Iran

Paper presentation

Evaluating the effect of differential item and bundle functioning on the performance of test takers

Firoozi, T., & Ravand, H.

National Society of Language Testing Conference

September, 2014 Tehran, Iran