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Associate Professor (Queries Chair)

Quantitative and Evaluative Research Methodologies
Educational Psychology
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Champaign, IL 61820USA
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Research Biography

My research interests focus on educational evaluation and the intersection of educational accountability issues and high stakes assessment. As educational accountability has become increasingly more important nationally and globally, my work has examined both evaluative capacity building and monitoring issues involved in test-based educational accountability. My current research includes an investigation of the intended and unintended consequences of a state-wide assessment and accountability system in relationship to students, instruction, and educational outcomes.

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988
  • M.Ed., Special Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1981
  • B.S., Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1972

Key Professional Appointments

  • Associate Professor, Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002--
  • Chair, QUERIES, Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--
  • Head, Division of Measurement and Evaluation, Office of Instructional Resources, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1994-1999

Activities & Honors

  • Committee Member, Division D, American Educational Research Association, 2007- present
  • Associate Editor, American Journal of Evaluation, 2005-2011
  • Responsible for the student editorial board, New Directions for Evaluation, 2003-2006

Grants

  • Principal Investigator, External Review of the ISBE Large Scale Assessment and Accountability System, Illinois State Board of Education, 2008
  • Principal Investigator, Stereotype Threat and Math Test Performance Pilot Study, The Spencer Foundation, 2004
  • Co-Principal Investigator, Forging Community Partnerships to address the C-U Achievement Gap , 2003
  • Principal Investigator, Individual Differences in Math Test Performance, Campus Research Board, 2003
  • Principal Investigator, An Examinationof the Psychological Processes Underlying Stereotype Threat and Standardized Math Test Performance, Campus Research Board, 2003

Selected Publications

  • Ryan, K. E., & Shepard, L. A. (Eds.). (2008). The future of test-based educational accountability. Oxford, UK: Taylor Francis Publishing.
  • Ryan, K. E. (2008b). Performance measurement and educational accountability: The U.S. case. In P. Julnes, F. Berry, M. Aristigueta, & K. Yang, (Eds.), Practice-based performance management: An international handbook (pp. 213-232). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Ryan, K. E., Ryan, A. M., Arbuthnot, K., & Samuels, M. (2007). Students' motivation for standardized math exams. Educational Researcher, 36,(1), 5-13.
  • Ryan, K. E., Chandler, M., & Samuels, M. (2007). What should school-based evaluation look like? Studies in Educational Evaluation, 33(3), 197-212. 
  • Ryan, K. E. (2007). Changing contexts and changing relationships. In S. Kushner (Ed.), Dilemmas of engagement: Evaluation development under new public management and the new politics (pp. 103-116). Chevy Chase, MD: Elsevier.

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