Dr. Everett V. Smith, Jr

Everett V. Smith Jr. is a Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. 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). He serves as the Associate Editor for the Journal of Applied Measurement and is on the editorial boards of Educational and Psychological Measurement and the Journal of Nursing Measurement. Dr. Smith is responsible for the development of the Ph.D. specialization and M.Ed. programs in Measurement Evaluation Statistics and Assessment (MESA); the online M.Ed. in MESA program; and the online Educational Research Methodology certificate program at UIC.
Dr. Smith 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. Among these applications include studies of dimensionality, DIF, cross-cultural equivalence, equating, item banking, rating scale optimization, and standard setting. Dr. Smith obtained his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with a specialization in Measurement and Evaluation from the University of Connecticut in 1995.

Courses:
Many-Facet Rasch Measurement
Practical Rasch Measurement - Core Topics
Practical Rasch Measurement - Further Topics