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Perkins & Satkus present with adviser Finney at International Conference
July 15, 2019
Beth Perkins and Paulius Satkus presented 2 empirical studies with their adviser, Sara Finney, at the European Conference on Psychological Assessment (ECPA) in Brussels, Belgium.
Summer Internship Series: Nikole Gregg
July 9,2019
Second year doctoral student Nikole Gregg is spending her summer interning at The Center for Assessment in Dover, New Hampshire. Nikole is working with the staff of The Center to help investigate state accountability systems under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Pastor and Goldberg present at civic learning and democratic engagement conference
June 14, 2019
Abe Goldberg, Executive Director of the James Madison University Center for Civic Engagement, and professor Dena Pastor from CARS presented at the Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Finney presents keynote at VCU retreat
June 7, 2019
On May 21st, 2019, Dr. Finney presented “Program Theory: Necessary for Use of Assessment Results” to student affairs professionals at VCU.
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Welcome from the Director
As Director the Assessment and Measurement PhD program at James Madison University, and on behalf of our faculty, students, and alumni, I thank you for your interest in our program. Our goal is to prepare students for careers as assessment professionals and psychometricians working in testing organizations, universities, and school systems; as faculty members in assessment and quantitative methods; and as quantitative research professionals working in governmental, non-profit, and for-profit organizations.
