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
A Dedication to Service: Deirdre Knapp, Ph.D., wins SIOP’s Distinguished Service Contributions Award
By any measure, Deirdre Knapp, Ph.D., has had an extraordinary career since arriving at HumRRO in the late 1980s: Helping HumRRO gain a toehold in the credentialing arena, then leading and growing that line of business for decades; designing and [...]
HumRRO to Evaluate UnboundEd’s Program Enhancing Culturally Responsive Instruction and Achievement in Math
HumRRO is excited to work with UnboundEd Learning Inc., a New York-based nonprofit professional development firm for educators and administrators, to evaluate its Project MILA initiative. The long-term goal of the Math Identity Leadership Accelerator (MILA) program is to [...]
Highlight Aptitude, and Interest May Follow: Closing the Gender Gap in High-Demand Careers
A holistic approach to career guidance used in middle and high schools across the country may help narrow the persistent gender-based skills gaps in high-demand, high-paying professions in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), according to a new paper [...]
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 the [...]
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 [...]