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.
Latest News & Updates
Strengthening Talent Management for the U.S. Air Force
Congratulations to Dan Putka, Ph.D., principal scientist at HumRRO, and to the other members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Strengthening U.S. Air force Human Capital Management on their service and recent publication of [...]
New Horizons in Educational Assessment: Situational Judgment Tests
The English social scientist Gregory Bateson once said, “Without context, words and actions have no meaning at all.” His pioneering perspective on interdisciplinary thinking highlights an important truth about educational assessment: far too often, we test student knowledge, aptitude, [...]
Automated Test Assembly: Can an Algorithm Build a Better Test?
Ask any test developer about their greatest challenges and there are two words you’ll likely hear—form assembly. Indeed, for any testing program that does not involve adaptive or “on the fly” administration, drafting a test form from among a [...]
Sharing Assessment Innovations at the Beyond Multiple Choice Conference
Two HumRRO scientists recently partnered to present a well-received session focused on “Transforming High-Stakes Testing” at the 2020 Beyond Multiple Choice (BMC) conference, held virtually in early November. Consistent with the conference theme, Beth Bynum, Ph.D., and Andrea Sinclair, [...]
HumRRO Partners with DOE Grantee to Evaluate Assessments for English Learners with Significant Cognitive Disabilities
HumRRO is pleased to announce our role as the evaluation partner for a $7.8 million grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Education to the Iowa Department of Education. The goal of the four-year grant is to design a [...]
HumRRO Experts Serve on AI Panel Mapping Skills of the Future for OECD Project
HumRRO scientists were recently invited to participate as experts in the Future of Skills project sponsored by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). David Dorsey, Ph.D., vice president of business development, and Scott Oppler, Ph.D., principal scientist, [...]