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HumRRO staff contribute back to the
mission of HumRRO and to our

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contributions to science and society in
everything they do, every single day.

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When HumRRO is brought into a project and
when our expert staff evaluate that work

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and sign off on the quality of that work,
that's a significant stamp of approval

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that we're very proud of.

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We have staff here who've been in the
field for 25-plus years,

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some new staff members who are here that
have significant expertise with large

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language models, with AI, generative AI,
broad expertise in so many areas of

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assessment, whether it's on psychometrics,
whether it's how to implement a test,

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how to do automated test assembly,
how to build an assessment system,

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how to write test items.

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We're independent and we have a value of
contributing to science and society,

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and we want to make sure the work we do
for you meets that litmus test,

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that everything that we give you makes a
contribution to science and society.

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We're a nonprofit organization,
and we say that we're all things

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assessment.

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Our work is really designed to help
teachers, students,

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the states who implement assessments,
the federal government, parents,

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and our vendor partners.

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Our mission really is to make sure that
the best science is implemented so that

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information that we get from assessments
can be helpful.

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The legacy that would be important for us
to have here at HumRRO is that when

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people reflect on the work and the
contributions that we've made into the

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field of assessment,
people value the expertise, the respect,

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the scientific credibility that we bring
to the table.

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And in the future,
when people look back on the work that

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we've done,
we hope they view our work as simply

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credible, scientific, reasonable,
logical contributions to the field of

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assessment,
psychometrics and educational measurement.