Statistical and Psychometric Methods for Educational Measurement

Harvard HGSE

This is a survey course on quantitative methods for educational measurement. Students will learn and apply techniques essential for the design and analysis of modern educational and psychological assessments, including reliability, generalizability theory, validation, differential item functioning, item response theory, scaling, linking, standard setting, and adjustments for measurement error. Contexts of assessments include small-scale educational and psychological assessments for targeted…