Experience

Michigan Department of Education

• United States
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Educational Research Consultant

  • May 2009 - Present

  Monitor and take charge of the psychometric process and verification of the Michigan Merit Exams (MME) assessement

• Educational Research Consultant/Psychometrician

  • May 2009 - Present

  Lead psychometrician for Michigan Merit Exam (MME) (2009-2012) and alternate assessment (MI-Access) (2012-now)In charge of the operational psychometric related work for MMEIn charge of the operational psychometric related work for MI-Access. Specifically, involving from test (testmap) development to operation test item calibration and raw to scale conversion tables for score reporting and conduct IRT and classical statistical and item bank stats analysis.



UMass Boston

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • Jan 2007 - Apr 2009

  Worked as the chief methodology and design person (postdoctoral research associate) on the research team of UMASS Boston’s Center of Science and Math in Context (COSMIC) for this NSF funded Boston Science Partnership Supplemental project. Major responsibilities included but not limited to designing the research methods/sampling and analysis plan, writing the IRB proposals, developing survey and other instruments, collecting and analyzing the data and writing statistical and research reports. Also involved in writing NSF and NIH grant proposals related to research in promoting minority students’ studying science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and health sciences and pursuing these careers; prepared research proposals and papers for conference presentation and publication; conducted ad hoc research activities; also taught a quantitative research methods course to doctoral students in Educational Leadership program of the Graduate College of Education. Show less



South Carolina State Department of Education

• Education Associate/Psychometrician

  • Oct 2005 - Dec 2006

  My major responsibilities included conducting various kinds analyses of test items and forms (e.g., distracter analysis, routine quality check and scoring replication, item analysis, istem mapping/test linking, DIF analysis, etc.) to determine their psychometric characteristics and to ensure test reliability and validity. I was also in charge of maintaining and updating item banks for the statewide testing programs, developing documentation/writing the technical reports for tests in the statewide testing programs, developing computer programs/databases for district use in analyzing data for the statewide assessment programs, and serving as a liaison for the Office of Assessment with district personnel, contractors, and staff in other offices in the State Department. Show less



Office of Program Evaluation, University of South Carolina

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2001 - Oct 2005

  I participated in the evaluation of several federal- or state-funded projects and assessment of students’ achievement, involving all the phases of research design, instrument and protocol development, data collection, data management and data analysis (using both quantitative and qualitative methods), and reporting. I was the point quantitative method person in the literacy group, and key person at the OPE for the analysis and report-writing of several evaluations for the Fed- and state-funded literacy projects such as South Carolina Reading Initiative (SCRI) and South Carolina Reading First, using mixed designs and methods. As a team leader, I also coordinated activities among internal and external clients, PIs and a group of graduate research assistants. Show less



Hebei Teachers University (Hebei Normal University)

• Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

• Associate Professor of English

  • Jan 1990 - Dec 1999

  Taught college students English and conducted research on TESL or TEFL. Taught college students English and conducted research on TESL or TEFL.