Everett V. Smith, PhD
Professor
About
Dr. Smith obtained his PhD in Educational Psychology with a specialization in Measurement and Evaluation from the University of Connecticut in 1995.
He specializes in psychometrics, specifically Rasch measurement. His research interests and expertise include: test and rating scale design and analysis for the measurement of latent constructs, testing model robustness, and, in general, applications of Rasch measurement in the social, behavioral, health, rehabilitation, and medical sciences for both criterion and norm-reference assessments.
Dimensionality, DIF, cross-cultural equivalence, equating, item banking, rating scale optimization, and standard setting are also included in Dr. Smith’s areas of interest and expertise.
Dr. Smith has co-directed 19 training sessions on Rasch measurement. He is the co-editor of Introduction to Rasch Measurement: Theory, Models, and Applications (2004), Rasch Measurement: Advanced and Specialized Applications (2007) and Criterion-Reference Testing: Practice Analysis to Score Reporting using Rasch Measurement Models (2009).
Dr. Smith serves as the Associate Editor for the Journal of Applied Measurement, and is on the editorial board of Educational and Psychological Measurement.