Department of
Educational Research Methodology

Dr. Randy Penfield, Department Chair (E-Mail)
Educational measurement, item response theory, statistical methods for evaluating test fairness and measurement invariance, differential item functioning, equity of test-based educational accountability policies, test construction, computer adaptive testing, applied statistics, experimental design, cluster randomized control trials in educational settings

Terry Ackerman, Professor (E-Mail)
Educational measurement and practical applications of item response theories, including computerized adaptive testing, test construction, equating, differential item/test functioning and ability estimation; theory and application of multidimensional item response theory; applied statistics

Micheline Chalhoub-Deville, Professor (E-Mail)
Second/foreign language testing and assessment, including proficiency, performance-based, computer-based/adaptive, & achievement testing; large-scale/standardized testing, especially in international contexts; the assessment of less commonly taught languages, and language policy and planning in educational testing

Holly Downs, Assistant Professor (E-Mail)
Evaluation of Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics Education Initiatives (I-STEM), mixed methods, case studies.

Rachel Hill , ERM Administrative Support Associate (E-Mail)

Ric Luecht, Professor (E-Mail)
Educational measurement, employment and professional testing; performance assessments; standard setting; design of computerized testing systems; integration of cognitive science and measurement; automated test assembly; structural equation modeling; experimental design; multivariate statistics

Devdass Sunnassee, Visiting Professor (E-Mail)
Educational measurement, application of statistical methods in social and behavioral sciences, test equating.

John Willse, Associate Professor (E-Mail)
Educational measurement, practical applications of classical and modern test theory, outcomes assessment in higher education, computer adaptive testing