ATLAS psychometrician awarded grant for improving software, methods for educational research
Tue, 04/06/2021 LAWRENCE — Jake Thompson, senior psychometrician with Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems at the University of Kansas, has received a $225,000 grant from the Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Educational Research. Titled Improving Software and Methods for Estimating Diagnostic Classification Models and Evaluating Model Fit, the grant will help reduce hurdles among educational researchers. “Diagnostic classification models are flexible and informative, but the code knowledge required is a significant barrier to entry,”...