Alina von Davier

Alina Anca von Davier (born September 11, 1967) is a psychometrician and researcher in computational psychometrics, machine learning, and education. Von Davier serves on the technical advisory board member for Duolingo and on the board of directors of Smart Sparrow. She is an adjunct professor at Fordham University.[1]

Alina von Davier
Born (1967-09-11) September 11, 1967
Bucharest, Romania
NationalityU.S.
EducationOtto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Known forComputational Psychometrics, Test Equating, Multistage testing
Scientific career
FieldsPsychometrics
InstitutionsACT Inc., Fordham University, Educational Testing Service
ThesisTests of Unconfoundedness in Regression Models with Normally Distributed Variables (Berichte aus der Mathematik) (2001)
Doctoral advisorNorbert Gaffke
Other academic advisorsRolf Steyer

Education

She completed a M.S. in Mathematics from the University of Bucharest in 1990. In 2000, she earned a doctorate in mathematics from Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg.[2]

Career

In 2020, she left ACT_(test) and was hired by Duolingo as chief of assessment. Previously, she was a senior research director at Educational_Testing_Service.[3]

Von Davier was the Chair of the Editorial Council of the Psychometric Society,[4] and is currently an associate editor for Psychometrika and has served as guest editor [5][6] for both Applied Psychological Measurement and the Journal of Educational Measurement.

She currently sits on the global board of directors for the Association of Test Publishers and is the president of the International Association of Computerized Adaptive Testing.[7]

The American Educational Research Association awarded Von Davier the Division D Significant Contribution Educational Measurement and Research Methodology Award[8] for her publications, "Computerized Multistage Testing: Theory and Applications" (2014) and an edited volume on test equating, "Statistical Models for Test Equating, Scaling, and Linking" (2011).

Selected works

Books and edited volumes
  • von Davier, A.A. (2017). Measurement issues in collaborative learning and assessment. [Special Issue]. Journal of Educational Measurement, 54(1).
  • von Davier, A.A., Zhu, M., and Kyllonen, P.C. (2017). Innovative Assessment of Collaboration. Springer International Publishing.
  • Yan, D., von Davier, A. A., and Lewis, C. (Eds.) (2014). Computerized multistage testing: Theory and applications. London, UK: Chapman & Hall.
  • Mislevy, R. J., Corrigan, S., Oranje, A., Dicerbo, K., John, M., Bauer, M. I., Hoffman, E., von Davier, A. A., and Hao, J. (2014), Psychometrics and game-based assessments. Institute of Play.
  • von Davier, A. A. (Ed.) (2011). Statistical models for test equating, scaling and linking. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.
  • von Davier, A. A., and Liu, M. (Eds.) (2008). Population Invariance of Test Equating and Linking: Theory Extension and Applications Across Exams [Special Issue]. Applied Psychological Measurement, 32(1).
  • von Davier, A. A., Holland, P. W., and Thayer, D. T. (2004). The kernel method of test equating. New York, NY: Springer Verlag.
  • von Davier, A. A. (2001). Testing unconfoundedness in regression models with normally distributed regressors [Dissertation]. Aachen, Germany: Shaker Verlag.

References
  1. "Alina A von Davier | Fordham University - Academia.edu". fordham.academia.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  2. "Universität Magdeburg, Institut für Mathematische Optimierung" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  3. "New Move: Alina von Davier | The PIE News". www.thepienews.com. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  4. "Editorial Council | Psychometric Society". www.psychometricsociety.org. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  5. von Davier, Alina A.; Liu, Mei (January 2008). "Special Issue". Applied Psychological Measurement. 32 (1): 1–114. ISSN 0146-6216.
  6. von Davier, Alina A. (2017). "Special Issue: Collaborative Educational Assessments". Journal of Educational Measurement. 54 (1): 1–141. ISSN 1745-3984.
  7. "Current IACAT Board | IACAT". www.iacat.org. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  8. von Davier, Alina. "Award for Significant Contribution to Educational Measurement and Research Methodology" (PDF). American Educational Research Association. AERA. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
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