States have begun to shift focus from annual summative assessments for students toward shorter assessments that are administered periodically throughout the school year. The Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority (IADA) [...]
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we interact with subject matter experts (SMEs), as we’ve had to transition our in-person workshops and focus groups to virtual settings. Although [...]
“Living Our Values” is the theme of the 2019-2020 HumRRO Biennial Report. In preparing the report, we set out to demonstrate how our five core values—results-oriented, quality, innovations, solutions, and [...]
Writing quality test items often takes considerable time, primarily because traditional item-writing strategies involve extensive effort by subject-matter experts (SMEs). A commonly used method to speed up the process [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 leveraging [...]
