Psychometrics refers to using certain operating procedures based on psychological theory to determine a quantitative value for a person’s psychological characteristics and behaviors such as ability, ...

A new book by Lynch School of Education and Human Development Professor Michael Russell calls for purging inherent racial bias and injustice from the educational assessments that shape the ...

All educational fixes face the same problem—how do you measure success? The simplest method is to attempt to measure the quantity of learning, saying that students achieve more learning or less ...

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The Rasch measurement model has emerged as a pivotal tool in educational assessment by transforming ordinal performance data into interval-level measures. This probabilistic model facilitates the ...

Arlington, Va., April 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dozens of education experts from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) will share evidence and insights from their research and policy work at ...

In education, as in business, "You cannot manage what you do not measure.” This principle is central to Nigeria’s push to ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Jennifer Randall, ...

A research consultant and statistics expert, Victor Essien has predicted that in the next 5-10 years, the field of educational research and measurement will be driven by Artificial Intelligence and ...

The Workforce Investment Act (WIA), enacted by Congress in 1998, requires states to establish a comprehensive accountability system for adult education programs. The WIA mandates that states must ...

Head circumference (HC), the anthropometric index of both brain development and nutritional background, has been described to be significantly associated with scholastic achievement (SA). The aim of ...