The Center for Applied Psychometric Research

Jon S. Twing, Ph.D., Senior Vice President Pearson School Assessment
“Assessment in a Flat World: An Insider’s Perspective”
Location: SZB 324
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 PM

February 25, 2016

Alina von Davier, Ph.D., Senior Research Director, Educational Testing Service
“A Collaborative Science Assessment from a Measurement Perspective”
Location: SZB 324
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 PM

April 23, 2015

Brian Junker, Ph.D., Professor of Statistics at Carnegie Mellon University
“Predictive Inference Using Latent Variables with Covariates”
Location: SZB 324
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 PM

March 26, 2014

Michael Kolen, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Measurement at the University of Iowa
“Criteria in Equating Research”
Location: SZB 324
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 PM

April 3, 2013

Daniel McCaffrey, Ph.D., from Educational Testing Association and RAND Corporation
“Causal Modeling with Observational Data and Covariates Measured with Error”
Location: SZB 324
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 PM

January 16, 2013

Andrew Ho, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
“Unstable Ground: The Dependence of Test-Based Accountability Metrics on Educational Score Scales”
Location: SZB 324
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 PM

March 21, 2012

Wayne Camara, Ph.D., Vice President of Research and Development at the College Board
“Defining and measuring college and career readiness: Establishing validation evidence to support the use of new assessments”
Location: Cissy McDaniel Parker Dean’s Conference Room, SZB 238
Time: 3:00 – 4:30 PM

September 12, 2011

Joshua McGrane, Ph.D.
“Empirically reconciling cumulative and unfolding item response models”
Location: SZB 432
Time: 2:30 – 3:30 PM

September 6, 2011

The Center for Applied Psychometric Research was pleased to welcome Joshua McGrane, Ph.D. as a visiting scholar from September 6 through September 16. Dr. McGrane is a Pearson Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Western Australia. He conducts numerous theoretical and empirical research on psychological measurement in social and educational contexts, with particular emphasis on unfolding analysis and Rasch analysis. In addition, he teaches courses on Rasch analysis and measurement theory. Dr. McGrane received the H. Tasman Lovell Medallion for the best Ph.D. thesis in 2009 from the University of Sydney.

November 3, 2010

Gregory Cizek, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Measurement and Evaluation at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
“Reconceptualizing Validity: Validation of Inferences and Justification of Test Use”
Location: Cissy McDaniel Parker Dean’s Conference Room, SZB 238
Time: 3:00 – 4:30 PM