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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
