HumRRO to Identify Law Enforcement Training Needs for IACP
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) has asked HumRRO to conduct a training needs analysis and craft learning objectives for a suite of trainings the IACP is [...]
HumRRO’s Newly Released 2019-2020 Biennial Report Connects Core Values to Client Work
“Living Our Values” is the theme of the 2019-2020 HumRRO Biennial Report. In preparing the report, we set out to demonstrate how our five core values—results-oriented, quality, innovations, solutions, and [...]
Chris Huber, Ph.D., Investigates the Impact of Faking on Personality Assessments
A newly published study led by HumRRO Senior Scientist Chris Huber, Ph.D., helps address a challenge that has plagued the talent management field for decades: how to mitigate faking when [...]
Award-Winning Research Focuses on Reducing Majority-Minority Score Differences in High-Stakes Tests
Paul Sackett, Ph.D., chair of HumRRO’s Board of Trustees and the Beverly and Richard Fink Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota, and Jeffrey Dahlke, [...]
The Washington Post Names HumRRO a ‘Top Workplace’ for Second Year in a Row
Alexandria, Virginia — The Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) is honored to be recognized by The Washington Post as a 2021 Top Workplace in the Washington, D.C., area, for [...]
Harnessing the Power of Natural Language Processing for On-Demand Automated Item Generation
Writing quality test items often takes considerable time, primarily because traditional item-writing strategies involve extensive effort by subject-matter experts (SMEs). A commonly used method to speed up the process [...]
Critical Factors to Understanding the Impact of Covid-19 on Student Learning
As the United States embarks on the long road to recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, we need to think critically about how we estimate the impact of the pandemic [...]
Harold Doran, Ed.D., Brings Decades of Education Assessment and Research Expertise to HumRRO
HumRRO is pleased to welcome Harold Doran, Ed.D., as a vice president and division director, adding to a wealth of technical expertise and strategic leadership on our executive team. [...]
HumRRO I-Os Help Grad Students Bridge the Gap from School to Career
As the newly elected secretary of the Personnel Testing Council Metropolitan Washington (PTCMW), research scientist Arielle Rogers, Ph.D., carries on a long tradition of HumRRO contributions to science and giving [...]
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 [...]