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  • noun Plural form of psychometrician.

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  • I have been talking to those people, called psychometricians, for decades.

    Fewer fancy tests, less hiding of exams Jay Mathews 2010

  • I have been talking to those people, called psychometricians, for decades.

    Fewer fancy tests, less hiding of exams Jay Mathews 2010

  • Modern "psychometricians" (which is what those who test mental ability call themselves) know that, like other still-emerging sciences, theirs had rough moments in its clumsy, infant days.

    The Tests and the Brightest 1980

  • USA TODAY used a methodology widely recognized by mathematicians, psychometricians and testing companies.

    When test scores seem too good to believe 2011

  • USA TODAY used a methodology widely recognized by mathematicians, psychometricians and testing companies.

    When test scores seem too good to believe 2011

  • While the numbers produced from the tests have the patina of objectivity, the biases contained within the choices that psychometricians and policymakers make are less obvious but are nonetheless there see Koretz_JHR.

    Why our metrics for quality are not objective Valerie Strauss 2011

  • Nonetheless, there is broad agreement among statisticians, psychometricians, and economists that student test scores alone are not sufficiently reliable and valid indicators of teacher effectiveness to be used in high-stakes personnel decisions, even when the most sophisticated statistical applications such as value-added modeling are employed.

    Study blasts popular teacher evaluation method 2010

  • I suggested that the psychometricians for the federal government get together with the psychometricians for the testing company.

    Arizona Accused Of Violating Student Civil Rights 2010

  • The people who write these tests are called psychometricians.

    Arizona Accused Of Violating Student Civil Rights 2010

  • There is broad agreement among statisticians, psychometricians, and economists that student test scores alone are not sufficiently reliable and valid indicators of teacher effectiveness to be used in high-stakes personnel decisions, even when the most sophisticated statistical applications such as value-added modeling are employed.

    Should test scores be used AT ALL for teacher evaluation? 2010

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