QME alumni wins NCME data visualization competition

Chang’s stand-alone graphic (pictured above) provides for quick interpretation of whether the initial statistics associated with an item have shifted over time.
Congratulations to Yu-Feng Chang, PhD, alumni of the Department of Educational Psychology’s quantitative methods in education program. Chang—now a psychometrician in statewide testing for the Minnesota Department of Education—was one of four winners of the annual Cover Graphic/Data Visualization Competition hosted by the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME). Chang’s graphic will be featured on the cover of the national organization’s spring publication Educational Measurement: Issues & Practice.

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