Measurement, Evaluation, and Assessment
Doctoral Program Alumni
Aizhi Lu joined the program in fall 2006 as a master student and graduated in 2008. Prior to UCONN, with a master degree in English language and literature, she had been a College English teacher for 3 years in China. Her research interests mainly focus on comparative assessment in test development via IRT and SEM. Specifically, the study of DIF in cross-cultural/lingual context; scaling, equating, and evaluating issues in adaptive tests; trace student’s achievement growth via longitudinal data studies, and study the effect of variables in different levels of hierarchical linear models; Also, she is interested in philosophical issues in education, knowledge of which helps to increase the sensitivity of statistical conclusions.
Anne C. Black earned her doctoral degree in 2008. She is currently a member of the Research Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine where she works with a research team in studying the efficacy of specific behavioral interventions for individuals with substance use issues and dual diagnoses. Anne also currently teaches as an adjunct faculty member for the Research, Statistics, and Measurement Department at Southern Connecticut State University. Her doctoral dissertation involved a Monte Carlo comparison of modern missing data techniques for incomplete multilevel data. Her research interests include the effects of missing data on parameter estimation and statistical inference, non-parametric statistical methods, and applied behavior analysis.
Kate Jiarong Zhao earned her doctoral degree in 2008. She is currently working in the Connecticut Department of Education as education consultant. She received her B.A. and M.A. in English from Nanjing University, China. Her research interests include evaluation of teacher professional development, statistics education, survey research, and special education
