Laine P Bradshaw
- Associate Professor
Department of Educational Psychology
Areas of Expertise
- Psychometrics
- Educational Measurement
- Diagnostic Testing
- Test Development
- Mathematics Education
- Classroom Assessment
- Innovative assessment tecnology
Interests
- Diagnostic Classification Modeling
- Item Response Theory
- Diagnostic Assessment Design
- Formative Assessment
- Student Misconceptions in Probabilistic Reasoning
- Statistics Education
Concentrations
Education
- PhD in Research, Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics, 2011
University of Georgia - MEd in Mathematics Education, 2007
University of Georgia - BS in Mathematics Education, 2007
University of Georgia
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Research Summary
My research focuses on developing and improving psychometric methods for educational assessments. By improving psychometric methodology, I seek to improve the utility of assessments. My goal is to help provide students, teachers, and researchers with actionable information they need, value and can trust.
My work has contributed to advancements in multidimensional item response models called diagnostic classification models (DCMs). DCM-based methods I have designed are used to provide fine-grained diagnoses of students’ complex knowledge structures, which include concepts students understand as well as misconceptions they have.
Intersecting my background in mathematics education with psychometrics, my research also includes collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to create diagnostic assessments. Recently, I founded Navvy Education, LLC and developed a classroom-based, diagnostic assessment system for Grades 3-8 and high school mathematics and English language arts. The assessment system (“Navvy”, rhymes with savvy) is the first of its kind. Navvy is a through-year, web-based assessment system that provides real-time feedback about students’ competencies of state academic standards using novel psychometric methods. Currently, 16 school districts are using the system to provide on-going, actionable information about what students understand and what they need additional help to understand.
Awards and Accolades
University of Georgia, College of Education, 2018
National Council of Measurement in Education, 2015
University of Georgia, College of Education, 2015
American Educational Research Association Cognition and Assessment SIG, 2013
University of Georgia, 2013
University of Georgia, Mathematics Education Department, 2011