Roll call for IMPS in Seoul! I'll be presenting our "two watches" paper and chatting about an inspiring @ncme38.bsky.social-Psychometric Society joint listing of international graduate programs in psychometrics and educational measurement.
Hope to see you there! (Early bird registration due Friday.)
My HGSE colleague Alexis Redding (at right) is doing another incredible job covering the @harvard.edu Commencement procession, with history, interviews, and helpful tips for family watching from afar. Live now until the ceremony begins. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Up... @harvardeducation.bsky.social
NEW: why I think policymakers, researchers, and writers like me may care about our lost decade of test score results a lot more than parents.
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Making sense of the front-page news on a decade of test score declines across the country.
NAEP Civics Tests Could Expand to Offer State-by-State Results: The first-ever state-by-state civics results are on the table, as is a new framework for the exam.
The first-ever state-by-state civics results are on the table, as is a new framework for the exam.
Most measurement arguments reduce to two people using the same scores for different purposes. @mpolikoff.bsky.social's great review reveals the real tensions in "grade inflation" debates.
Closing the "honesty gap" requires clearer communication about our hoped-for uses of grades and test scores.
Harvard Stat dedicates a class to teaching statistics. I was honored to be their "grand finale" speaker yesterday, a tradition going back 20 years.
I presented my 5 Gs paper, and I learned how they also embrace communication, plushies, and oral exams!
@kevinrader.bsky.social
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Our SEDA/EOP team released new trend data today! edopportunity.org/trends/
@upshot.nytimes.com has a nice lookup tool for districts (with apologies to AK, CO, ME, MT, NY, NV, & OR). I like the comparisons to similar districts and hope they encourage peer learning. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
New WP: NAEP and State tests often disagree about educational progress. How much? What do we do? We show how to use these "two watches" to improve trend measurement whenever we have multiple trends.
Our paper, including methods underlying our new SEDA/EOP data: edopportunity.org/papers/two_w...
See how your district’s scores have changed since 2015, and compare it with other districts in your area.
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Andrew Ho
Andrew Ho
Education Week
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Wrote a little about the work the U.S. put into helping academics escape fascism during WWII and why we can't rely on that for our future
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A lot of folks were approvingly sharing Kelsey Piper's post about the problems of educational research. Here's my take. // Ill-Informed Essays About Education Research are Weak and Sloppy. Why?
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Mark your calendars: IMPS 2026 will be at Yonsei University in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from July 21-24, with short courses on July 20.
Updates will be posted to the conference website: www.psychometricsociety.org/imps-2026
#IMPS2026 #Psychometrics #QuantitativePsychology
The realization can either break you or liberate you.
I had many thoughts about that NYT grade inflation op-ed from a couple days ago. Here are some of them. // It's Gonna Be Much Harder Than People Think to Change the Narratives About Testing and Grades edpolicyhub.substack.com/p/its-going-...
