The Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO)

HumRRO has a long, rich history of providing solutions to a variety of challenges, including human capital, educational, training, measurement, survey assessments, and more.

Our staff work with clients to help resolve their “people” issues and improve their human capital management. Through our research, program evaluation, and policy analysis, HumRRO has supported a wide variety of federal and state agencies as well as corporate and nonprofit organizations, and foundations. We are dedicated to excellence in everything we do, drawing on the qualities that have long contributed to our success: competence, objectivity, professionalism, character, integrity, energy, and commitment. We also are committed to understanding and meeting our clients’ needs and expectations, and developing a lasting partnership with them.

Our Mission

A nonprofit dedicated to measuring human capabilities and advancing assessment science and practice.

Latest News & Updates

Evaluating K-12 Assessment Systems with Reduced Emphasis on Summative End-of-Year Assessments: 4 Lessons Learned About Local Competency-Based Assessments

March 14th, 2025|HumRRO Blogs|

It can be challenging to build an assessment that authentically measures the depth and breadth of student learning and focuses on important competencies rather than isolated decontextualized academic content knowledge. It is especially difficult in an environment where tests [...]

Evaluating K-12 Assessment Systems with Reduced Emphasis on Summative End-of-Year Assessments: 4 Lessons Learned About Growth Assessments

March 13th, 2025|HumRRO Blogs|

Educators, like most professionals, are given more responsibility as their expertise and experience grow. Most school principals, content specialists, and district-level personnel have been classroom teachers. Because the summative end-of-year assessments results did not meet their needs when they [...]

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Evaluating K-12 Assessment Systems with Reduced Emphasis on Summative Year-End Assessments: 5 Lessons Learned About Interim Tests

March 11th, 2025|HumRRO Blogs|

“Everyone hates summative end-of-year assessments!” Complaints about them are rampant among educators, legislators, parents, students, and even some measurement professionals. The tests come at the wrong time, just when students are changing teachers, grades, or schools. They don’t provide [...]

  • Critical Role of Interviewer Training in Ensuring Effective Structured Interviews and Benefits of Video-Based Learning

Critical Role of Interviewer Training in Ensuring Effective Structured Interviews and Benefits of Video-Based Learning

January 27th, 2025|HumRRO Blogs|

Years of research and experience have demonstrated that structured interviews are highly effective at predicting applicant success, while enhancing more consistent, objective application relative to other assessments. However, the true success of structured interviews hinges on the training and [...]

  • HumRRO congratulates Ashley Sylvara, the 2024 HumRRO Fellowship in I-O Psychology recipient!

HumRRO Fellowship in I-O Psychology Award Winner’s Research Focuses on Validation of AI Chatbots in Hiring Contexts

September 26th, 2024|HumRRO News|

HumRRO is excited to announce that Ashley Sylvara is the 2024 HumRRO Fellowship in Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology recipient. Sylvara is an I-O doctoral candidate at Kansas State University, working toward completing her dissertation, “Automating Personality-Based Employment Interviews: A Systematic Review, [...]