George Engelhard
- Professor
Department of Educational Psychology
Biography
Professor George Engelhard, Jr., Ph.D., is on the faculty at The University of Georgia. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Professor Engelhard has published three books. He is the co-editor of four edited books, and author or co-author of over 175 journal articles, book chapters, and monographs. He serves on several national technical advisory committees on educational measurement and policy including Georgia and New Jersey. In 2015, he received the first Qiyas Award for Excellence in International Educational Assessment recognizing his contributions to the field of education based on his book (Invariant measurement: Using Rasch models in the social, behavioral, and health sciences), as well as his program of research that focuses on the improvement of educational measurement at the local, national, and international levels. He is an elected fellow of the American Educational Research Association. He is currently the president of the Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Society (PROMS). He recently published with Dr. Jue Wang (University of Science and Technology of China) a book entitled: Rasch models for solving measurement problems: Invariant measurement in the social sciences. He is currently working on a new book with Stephanie Wind (The University of Alabama) entitled: Invariant Measurement with Explanatory Rasch Models in the Human Sciences.
Areas of Expertise
- Educational measurement and policy
- Rasch Measurement Theory
- Invariant measurement in the human sciences
Education
- PhD in Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistical Analysis, 1985
The University of Chicago
Concentrations
Contact
404-643-5098 (office)
404-643-5098 (mobile)
Research Summary
Professor Engelhard’s research has focused on a variety of topics including: the role of assessment in improving educational processes; Rasch measurement theory; rater-mediated assessments; history of measurement theory; assessment of written composition; development of affective human characteristics; teacher assessment; and certification testing. Among his current research are projects on the following: models of judgment for educational assessments; examination of rater effects in a variety of contexts; and standard setting on high-stakes performance assessments.