Critical Factors to Understanding the Impact of Covid-19 on Student Learning
As the United States embarks on the long road to recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, we need to think critically about how we estimate the impact of the pandemic [...]
A Dedication to Service: Deirdre Knapp, Ph.D., wins SIOP’s Distinguished Service Contributions Award
By any measure, Deirdre Knapp, Ph.D., has had an extraordinary career since arriving at HumRRO in the late 1980s: Helping HumRRO gain a toehold in the credentialing arena, then leading [...]
Highlight Aptitude, and Interest May Follow: Closing the Gender Gap in High-Demand Careers
A holistic approach to career guidance used in middle and high schools across the country may help narrow the persistent gender-based skills gaps in high-demand, high-paying professions in science, [...]
New Horizons in Educational Assessment: Situational Judgment Tests
The English social scientist Gregory Bateson once said, “Without context, words and actions have no meaning at all.” His pioneering perspective on interdisciplinary thinking highlights an important truth about [...]
Automated Test Assembly: Can an Algorithm Build a Better Test?
Ask any test developer about their greatest challenges and there are two words you’ll likely hear—form assembly. Indeed, for any testing program that does not involve adaptive or “on [...]
Advancing the Professional Credentialing Industry via NLP
Professional credentialing organizations face the challenge of meeting both industry and employer needs, as well as the needs of potential certificants across various organizations and jurisdictions. HumRRO has begun [...]
Removing the Mask on Implicit Bias to Minimize Its Impact
The current public health, economic, and social justice crises facing America are shining a bright light on inequities in our society. In response, companies are examining their processes and [...]
HumRRO and ICF: A Winning Model of Collaboration
For the past three years, Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) and the International Coaching Federation (ICF) have developed a truly collaborative research partnership that has significantly advanced coaching research [...]
Evidence- and Experience-Based Best Practices: Situational Judgment Tests
Researchers at HumRRO have produced one of the first-ever, practitioner-oriented guides on developing situational judgment tests (SJTs). Drawing on scientific literature and their own extensive research and real-world experience [...]
Integrating Disciplines ‘Distinguishes’ Beth Bynum’s Young Career
For a profession that relies on data and applied research, Bethany Bynum, Ph.D., manager at HumRRO, may be proof-positive that you can make a huge impact in a short [...]