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Increasing the Impact of the 2014 Joint Standards

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Research Meeting:  Fairness in Educational and Psychological Tests: Issues and Solutions
October 12-13, 2017

Hosted by the Buros Center for Testing with conference grant funding from American Educational Research Association (AERA)
      
LENGTH: 14 minutes

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Linda Cook, EdD. currently serves on a number of advisory panels, including the Technical Advisory Committee of the Partnership for Assessments of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) Consortia and the ETS Visiting Panel for Research. She earned a bachelor of science in chemistry at Ursinus College, a Masters in education of the deaf from Smith College, and a doctorate in educational measurement and statistics from the University of Massachusetts.  Dr. Cook retired from Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Princeton, New Jersey, in 2010 after 32 years of employment. She served in a number of roles at ETS, including principal measurement statistician, principal research scientist, executive director of the Admissions and Guidance area, vice president of assessment and director of the Center for Validity Research.  In addition, Dr. Cook is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Educational Research Association (AERA), National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), and American Psychological Association (APA), Division 5.  She formerly served on the NCME Executive Board and as president of NCME. She has also served as vice president of AERA Division D, Measurement and Research Methodology and was a member of the Joint Committee for the Revision of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing.  Dr. Cook’s primary research interests are the fairness and accessibility of assessments for examinees with disabilities and linking academic assessments. She has published numerous articles and several edited volumes on these topics.  Dr. Cook was awarded the National Council on Measurement in Education CME Award for Career Contributions to Educational Measurement in 2017.
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TITLE: Increasing the Impact of the 2014 Joint Standards LENGTH: 14 minutes BIO: Linda Cook, EdD. currently serves on a number of advisory panels, including the Technical Advisory Committee of the Partnership for Assessments of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) Consortia and the ETS Visiting Panel for Research. She earned a bachelor of science in chemistry at Ursinus College, a Masters in education of the deaf from Smith College, and a doctorate in educational measurement and statistics from the University of Massachusetts. Dr. Cook retired from Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Princeton, New Jersey, in 2010 after 32 years of employment. She served in a number of roles at ETS, including principal measurement statistician, principal research scientist, executive director of the Admissions and Guidance area, vice president of assessment and director of the Center for Validity Research. In addition, Dr. Cook is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Educational Research Association (AERA), National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), and American Psychological Association (APA), Division 5. She formerly served on the NCME Executive Board and as president of NCME. She has also served as vice president of AERA Division D, Measurement and Research Methodology and was a member of the Joint Committee for the Revision of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing. Dr. Cook’s primary research interests are the fairness and accessibility of assessments for examinees with disabilities and linking academic assessments. She has published numerous articles and several edited volumes on these topics. Dr. Cook was awarded the National Council on Measurement in Education CME Award for Career Contributions to Educational Measurement in 2017.