EDITORS IN CHIEF

Ronald K. Hambleton

Ronald K. Hambleton holds the title of Distinguished University Professor and is Chairperson of the Research and Evaluation Methods Program and Executive Director of the Center for Educational Assessment at the University of Massachusetts. He earned a B.A. in 1966 from the University of Waterloo in Canada with majors in mathematics and psychology, and an M.A. in 1967 and Ph.D. in 1969 from the University of Toronto with specialties in psychometric methods and statistics. Professor Hambleton teaches graduate-level courses in educational and psychological testing, item response theory and applications, classical test theory models and methods, and offers seminar courses on applied measurement topics. He is co-author of several textbooks including Fundamentals of Item Response Theory and Item Response Theory: Principles and Applications (with H. Swaminathan) and co-editor of the Handbook of Modern Item Response Theory (with Wim van der Linden). His research interests are in the areas of item response model applications, large-scale assessments, test adaptation methodology, and computer-based testing. He has received several honors and awards for his research including honorary doctorates from Umea University in Sweden and University of Oviedo in Spain and the 1994 National Council on Measurement in Education Award for Life-Time Achievement and the 2003 Association of Test Publisher National Award for Contributions to Computer-Based Testing.

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