Three students in the Improving Educational Measurement Practice (IEMP) Lab—directed by Assistant Professor Joseph Rios—have earned internships for summer 2022. All three are PhD students in the Department of Educational Psychology’s quantitative methods in education (QME) program.
Jiayi Deng (second year PhD student in QME) will be working as a psychometric intern and research associate at the Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) for three months in the summer of 2022. In the Louisville, KY office, she will be assigned to the Validity Investigation for Education and the Workplace (VIEW) program. Her responsibilities will include performing literature reviews; assisting in developing surveys, testing, training, and data collection materials; collecting data; performing qualitative and basic descriptive and multivariate statistical analyses; and assisting in developing proposals to secure new research contracts. She believes this internship opportunity will provide her with an opportunity to leverage her skills and experiences to assist in solving real-world problems. These operational insights will also greatly direct her future research in this field.
Mohammed Abulela (third year PhD student in QME) has recently been offered a two-month summer internship from the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) located in Philadelphia, PA. During his time with NBME, he will be working mainly on a predictive validity project. Specifically, he will collaboratively work with other senior psychometricians to collect predictive validity evidence for the United States Medical License Examination (USMLE), which has three steps and must be taken by all medical school students across the
nation. He is so excited about this opportunity to diversify his experience and enhance his skill set. He also expects that this project will be a very useful applied learning opportunity to transfer his knowledge and skills in the field of medical testing.
Samuel Ihlenfeldt (fourth year PhD student in QME) has been awarded a remote summer internship at Pearson with the Clinical Assessment Division. In his role, he will working on the development of the AimsWeb+ assessment, aiding to prepare the Winter and Spring forms while the test moves from linear to computer adaptive.
