@inproceedings{bielinski-2026-using, title = "Using {XGB}oost to Construct a Vertically Skill Difficulty Scale", author = "Bielinski, John", editor = "Wilson, Joshua and Ormerod, Christopher and Beiting-Parrish, Magdalen", booktitle = "Proceedings of the Artificial Intelligence in Measurement and Education Conference ({AIME}-Con): Full Papers", month = oct, year = "2026", address = "Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States", publisher = "National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME)", url = "https://aclanthology.org/2026.aimecon-main.26/", pages = "239--244", ISBN = "979-8-9983004-0-0" }