Alina von Davier

Honorary Research Fellow

About me

Alina von Davier, PhD. is a Chief of Assessment at Duolingo and CEO and Founder of EdAstra Tech. She is a Senior Research Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University. Von Davier is a researcher, innovator, and an executive leader with over 20 years of experience in EdTech and in the assessment industry. Von Davier and her team operate at the forefront of Computational Psychometrics. Her current research interests involve developing psychometric methodologies in support of digital-first assessments. A co-authored book Computerized Adaptive and Multistage Testing with R (2017) and the R package to support the applications received the B. Hanson Award from National Council of Measurement in Education (NCME) in 2022. Two other publications, a co-edited volume on Computerized Multistage Testing (2014) and an edited volume on test equating, Statistical Models for Test Equating, Scaling, and Linking (2011) were selected as the winners of the Division D Significant Contribution to Educational Measurement and Research Methodology award at American Educational Research Association (AERA). In 2020, von Davier received a Career Award from the Association of Test Publishers (ATP). In 2019, she was a finalist for the EdTech Visionary Award, EdTech Digest.

Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alina_von_Davier

Publications

von Davier, A.A., Mislevy, R.J., & Hao, J. (Eds.) (2021). Computational psychometrics: New methodologies for a new generation of digital learning and assessment. New York, NY: Springer. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030743932

Magis, D., Yan, D., & von Davier, A. A. (2017). Computerized Adaptive and Multistage Testing with R: Using Packages catR and mstR. Springer.

von Davier, A.A. (2017). Measurement issues in collaborative learning and assessment. [Special Issue]. Journal of Educational Measurement, 54(1).

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., & Kyllonen, P.C. (2017). Innovative Assessment of Collaboration. Springer International Publishing.

von Davier AA., Deonovic, B., Yudelson, M., Polyak, ST., Woo, A. (2019). Computational Psychometrics Approach to Holistic Learning and Assessment Systems .Frontiers in Education 4,

https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feduc.2019.00069

Mislevy, R. J., Corrigan, S., Oranje, A., Dicerbo, K., John, M., Bauer, M. I., Hoffman, E.,  von Davier, A. A., & Hao, J. (2014), Psychometrics and game-based assessments. Institute of Play. [http://www.instituteofplay.org/work/projects/glasslab-research/]

von Davier, A. A. (Ed.) (2011). Statistical models for test equating, scaling and linking. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.