Psychometrics refers to using certain operating procedures based on psychological theory to determine a quantitative value for a person’s psychological characteristics and behaviors such as ability, ...

PLANO, TX, UNITED STATES, January 14, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Catherine Oleksiw, PhD is a woman to listen to. She ...

The Rasch measurement model has emerged as a pivotal tool in educational assessment by transforming ordinal performance data into interval-level measures. This probabilistic model facilitates the ...

Two methods of constructing equal-interval scales for educational achievement are discussed: Thurstone's absolute scaling method and Item Response Theory (IRT). Alternative criteria for choosing a ...

In today’s evidence-driven world, there is increasing demand for researchers with the skills to design, conduct, and evaluate studies that help institutions and schools improve their decision-making ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Contributing to the modernization of educational assessment, Ernest Amoateng is leading WMU's Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies in the use of artificial ...

America’s students are not being educated as well these days as they should be. A key reason for this calamity is that we currently use the wrong tests to make our most important educational decisions ...

The Common Core State Standards and accompanying K-12 assessments have recently sparked a fierce national backlash against testing. Sound educational testing and assessment are integral to good ...

As the scale of formal education has increased, so too has the scale of testing, to the point where it has become a giant business. Hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent on traditional ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—For Dr. Gary Miron, professor of Evaluation, Measurement and Research (EMR), the greatest joy of his work is connecting policy makers with data and empirical evidence they can use. On ...

Derek Briggs is a Professor of the Research and Evaluation Methodology program. He is also the director of the Center for Assessment Design Research and Evaluation (CADRE). Dr. Briggs’s research ...