By Gene M. Kerns, EdD, Vice President and Chief Academic Officer With Common Core, like any other complex initiative, we have to first take in the larger, straight-forward ideas before ever considering some of the nuances. Now that most states […]
By Alexa Posny, PhD, Former Chief State School Officer A question that I constantly wonder about is this: What does it look like when teachers are truly making a difference in the lives of each and every one of their […]
By Catherine Close, PhD, Psychometrician Toward the end of my master’s degree program, I called my parents and excitedly announced that I was entering a doctoral program in psychometrics. A few uncomfortable moments later, my father responded, “That sounds…interesting.” […]
By Catherine Close, PhD, Psychometrician Reliability is a broad topic, broad enough to be thesis worthy. So, when I set out to summarize “all things reliability”—in two pages, no less—I didn’t know where to start. Naturally, I procrastinated. When […]