HumRRO News & Updates

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

2025-03-14T10:33:25-04:00March 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 [...]

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

2025-03-13T09:15:02-04:00March 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 [...]

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

2025-03-12T14:23:19-04:00March 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 [...]

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

2025-03-13T11:26:35-04:00January 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 [...]

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

2024-09-30T10:14:51-04:00September 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 [...]

Dr. Jon Twing, a Globally Recognized Expert in Educational Measurement, Joins HumRRO as a Chief Scientist

2024-07-01T16:48:06-04:00July 1st, 2024|HumRRO Press Releases|

Alexandria, Virginia—The Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO), an industry leader offering a science-based approach to talent management, education, assessment, credentialing, and program evaluation, is excited to announce that Jon [...]

Dr. Richard Patz, Executive Director of NCME, Appointed to HumRRO Board of Trustees

2024-05-22T10:00:46-04:00April 10th, 2024|HumRRO Press Releases|

Alexandria, Virginia—The Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO), an industry leader offering a science-based approach to talent management, education, assessment, credentialing, and program evaluation, is pleased to announce that Richard J. [...]