Education Leaders at Kaplan & ACT Named as New Editors for Association of Test Publishers’ Journal of Applied Testing Techn...
September 16 2019 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
The Association of Test Publishers, a non-profit organization
representing providers of tests and assessment tools and/or
services related to assessment, selection, screening,
certification, licensing, educational or clinical uses, has named
Kaplan’s Holly Garner and ACT’s Dianne Henderson as the newest
co-editors of its Journal of Applied Testing Technology. JATT, a
peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the role of technology in
educational and psychological measurement, aims to foster
scientific dialogue about advances in applied psychometric
practice, especially related to the use of technology.
Dr. Dianne Henderson, ACT’s vice president of psychometrics
research and assessment transformation, has extensive experience
creating innovative solutions for educational assessment and
measurement, including formative, interim, and summative
assessments with expertise in test design, IRT, CAT, AI in
education, equating, test scoring and reporting. She has held
positions at CTB/McGraw-Hill, ETS, ProExam, and Renaissance
Learning. Dr. Henderson earned her PhD in educational psychology
from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
The founder of successful education technology focused on the
use of new scoring methods to train AI, Holly Garner holds deep
technical expertise at the intersection of assessment and education
technology, and the use of data and AI to support business
transformation. Ms. Garner is an award-winning education executive,
an invited guest lecturer at the University of Iowa, Texas Tech and
other institutions, and a frequent presenter on strategy in
education technology and entrepreneurship. She holds a B.A. in
Finance from University of Northern Iowa (UNI), an M.A. in
Postsecondary Education and Program Evaluation from UNI, an MBA
from the University of Iowa, an MBA Diploma from the Business
School Sao Paulo, a PMP certificate and has conducted PhD
coursework in Measurement and Statistics from the University of
Iowa.
In a joint statement, Ms. Garner and Dr. Henderson noted, “We
are grateful for the support of our respective companies and the
test publisher's community and look forward to serving. Our goal is
to build on the wonderful job that [outgoing editors] Reid Klion
and Cor Sluijterand and the ATP/editorial team have done and work
to continue to increase readership. We’ll focus more on social
media to increase engagement with our members, continue using
special editions that focus on specific themes, and help authors
consider search engine discoverability. We also plan to encourage
them to create video abstracts, which will visually and dynamically
express their papers in a social sharing-friendly format that will
engage the audience more. We are excited for the opportunity to
help facilitate the dissemination of research in this new and
growing area.”
Long-time editorial board member and professor at Boston College
Mike Russell added, "Reid and Cor did an excellent job and I am
looking forward to the continued growth of JATT. There is a
critical need for a journal that focuses on cutting edge issues in
the testing and assessment field and which has a quicker turnaround
than paper-based journals. JATT fills this need and it's fitting
that Dianne and Holly have been chosen to continue the assessment
community's commitment to the journal.”
ATP's members include leading publishers and assessment services
providers in today's testing industry, including the Graduation
Management Admission Council, Law School Admission Council, and
Educational Testing Service.
For more information, contact Russell Schaffer at 212.453.7538
or russell.schaffer@kaplan.com.
About Kaplan Test Prep
Kaplan Test Prep (www.kaptest.com) is a premier provider of
educational and career services for individuals, schools and
businesses. Established in 1938, Kaplan is the world leader in
preparing learners for college and careers through test prep. With
a comprehensive menu of online offerings as well as a complete
array of print books and digital products, Kaplan offers
preparation for more than 200 standardized tests, including
entrance exams for secondary school, college and graduate school,
as well as professional licensing exams for attorneys, physicians
and nurses. Among those tests are the SAT®, PSAT®, ACT®, GRE®,
GMAT®, LSAT®, MCAT®, NCLEX-RN® and bar exams. Kaplan also provides
private tutoring and graduate admissions consulting services.
About ACT
ACT is a mission-driven, nonprofit organization dedicated to
helping people achieve education and workplace success. Grounded in
60 years of research, ACT is a trusted leader in college and career
readiness solutions. Each year, ACT serves millions of students,
job seekers, schools, government agencies and employers in the US
and around the world with learning resources, assessments, research
and credentials designed to help them succeed from elementary
school through career.
Note to editors: Kaplan is a subsidiary of Graham Holdings
Company (NYSE: GHC)
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