Our Research – CEA

Funded Projects

REMP faculty, staff, and students, through the Center for Educational Assessment, partner with many national and international agencies to carry out psychometric research and operational testing activities. These collaborations not only provide students in the REMP program with funding as full-time research assistants in the Center, but also offer students and faculty opportunities to work with testing professionals and often lead to papers that are presented at national and international conferences and/or of publishable quality.

Below we provide a sampling of recent activities with details on selected projects. This list is updated as grants and contracts are awarded.

Standardized Assessment Training and Support for Massachusetts Adult Education. 

For more information about our work to support assessment in adult education in Massachusetts, please check out our resource blog. 

A Complex Test, A Single Cut: Methodological Approaches to Setting and Validating Cut Scores on the Next Generation NCLEX. 

 

Technical Assistance to Support the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards Examinations. 

The MAPT-CCR is the Massachusetts Adult Proficiency Test – College and Career Readiness, the fourth and current generation of the MAPT that fully reflects the shift to the Common Core Readiness Standards for Adult Education (CCRSAE; Pimentel, 2013). All items are aligned to curriculum standards detailed in the CCRSAE.

 

Faculty, staff, and students from the Research, Educational Measurement, and Psychometrics (REMP) degree programs / Center for Educational Assessment are very active in many international, national, and regional conferences. The information below offers a sampling of UMass participation in selected conferences over the past several years.

NCME

AERA

ITC

 

The Adult Skills Assessment Program (ASAP) represents a revolution in adult education, educational assessment, and the integration of learning and assessment. In this project, our research team composed of national leaders in the assessment and validation of academic outcomes, technology, and adult literacy, will develop digital, personalized assessments that leverage technology to increase access, effectiveness, and meaningful opportunities to learn for adult learners.