Abeer A. Alamri, Ph.D.
Senior Measurement Specialist
National Center for Assessment
Education and Training Evaluation Commission
E-mail alamri.research@gmail.com
Skype @ aalamri3
Twitter @aalharbi_1
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SUMMARY
Senior Measurement Specialist and Evaluator with experiences in scale development research, curriculum development, education, math teaching, and data analytics. I am a lifelong learner interested in collaborating with others to solve psychometric obstacles related to fair examination and validity issues.
I aim to continuously conduct studies where I can use my psychometrics skills, critical thinking, creativity, diverse knowledge base, and data analytics to solve psychometrics obstacle related to fair examination and validity issues. These research opportunities would be a vehicle to move me to achieve an advanced research position and to become an experienced researcher and theory creator in the measurement and evaluation fields. My ultimate goal is that I would be willing to implement reforms in the assessment system globally and to lead a psychometric initiative to develop a personalized assessment system.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Measurement, psychometric, assessment, measurement invariance, Bayesian, cross-cultural research, profile/class analysis, data analysis, multilevel modeling, factor analysis, reliability, structure equation modeling, statistics.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
• Work as a Senior Measurement Specialist in the National Center for Assessment-Education and Training Evaluation Commission (2015-Present).
•Worked in the ACT as a summer research intern in the validity and efficacy department in Iowa City, IA (9 weeks)
•Worked as Academic Course Foundation (SLS) and Graduate Study Sessions Tutor in the INTO USF Tutoring Center, Tampa, FL (6 months).
• Worked in the Pinellas County, Assessment, Accountability, and Research Office as Research Assistant intern (summer internship for two months)
• Worked as an internal evaluater in the Assessment and Evaluation Program, Ministry of Education, Saudi Arabia (two years)
• Worked as a math teacher in high and middle schools (over ten years)
EDUCATION
AUG 2014 - 2018
Ph.D. in Educational Measurement and Evaluation. 3.96 out of 4.0 overall GPA
Two concentrations: Measurement and Statistics. The University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Dissertation Title:
Exploring the Behavior of Model Fit Criteria in the Bayesian Approximate Measurement Invariance: A Simulation Study
Date of Approval: November 28, 2018
Dissertation Supervisory Committee
Major Professor: Eun Sook Kim, Ph.D.
Member: John Ferron, Ph.D.
Member: Jennifer Wolgemuth, Ph.D.
Member: Stephen Stark, Ph.D.
JULY, 2017
Postgraduate Diploma in Curriculum Design and Development (PGDCDD) for the Arab States. The UNESCO International Bureau of Education & Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University, Dubai, UAE
MAY, 2014
Master of Education. Measurement and Evaluation. 4.0 out of 4.0 overall GPA. The University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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MAY, 2014
Graduate Certificate, Evaluation, 4.0 out of 4.0 overall GPA
The University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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Career Experience until 2010
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Bachelor of Science, Mathematics
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
CERTIFICATIONS
2019-2020
Freelancing Document in Data Science & Analytics. Saudi Ministry of Labor and Social Development. ID# 6fdf511d
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2018-present
College Reading & Learning Association (CRLA) Level 1, USF, Academic Success Center (ASC)
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2014-present
Preparing for College Teaching, USF, the Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence (ATLE)
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Graduate Certificate in Evaluation, 4.0 overall GPA. USF, Tampa, FL
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2012-2020
Bi-annual Human Subjects Protections. USF, Tampa, FL
SOFTWARE SKILLS & LANGUAGES
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â–ª Statistical Analysis System (SAS)
â–ª Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS)
â–ª Statistical Modeling Program (Mplus)
â–ª Hierarchical Linear and Nonlinear Modeling (HLM 7)
â–ª Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis
â–ª Microsoft Office
â–ª Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
â–ª Strategic of Project Management for evaluators
â–ª Arabic – Native Language
â–ª English – Advance level, read, write, and communicate
PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
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April 2020 Review and Guidelines for Bayesian Approximate Measurement Invariance: What to Report? The National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) 2020 annual meeting, San Francisco, California (accepted)
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October 2019 The 2019 Harvard Data Science Initiative Conference, Day III, Boston, USA
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August 2019 Testing Cross-Cultural Measurement Invariance: To Approximate or Not to Approximate? The World Education Research Association (WERA) 2019 Focal Meeting, Tokyo, Japan
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Jun. 2019 "Measurement Invariance of Mathematics Attitudes Scale across the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries”. IEA IRC-2019, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Apr. 2019 "Diverse Engagement Profiles: Demonstration and Implications of Test Preparation for High-Stakes Exams”. NCME 2019, Toronto, Canada
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Apr. 2019 "Evaluating Latent Class Models When Ignoring and Accounting for Clustering". AERA 2019. Toronto, Canada.
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May 2018 “Model Fit Criteria in Bayesian Approximate Measurement Invariance”. The 2018 Modern Modeling Methods (M3) Annual Meeting. Storrs, CT
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Apr. 2018 Examining Source of Measurement Noninvariance in Multilevel CFA Using Multilevel MIMIC Modeling: A Simulation Study”. AERA 2018. New York, NY
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Mar. 2018 “A Proposed Strategy to Increase Students Motivation to Study Mathematics in Arabian Gulf Countries: In Light of the Curriculum Design and Development Program in Arabian Countries” with UNESCO group. The Smart Learning Conference, Innovation Arabian 11, Dubai, UAE.
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Nov. 2017 “Shedding Light on the Measurement Invariance of the Mathematics Attitudes Scale across the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries Using TIMSS 2015”. FERA 2017. Cocoa Beach, FL.
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Apr. 2017 “Guidelines for Estimating Reliability Coefficients in Multilevel Confirmatory Factor Analysis”. NCME 2017, San Antonio, TX.
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Mar. 2017 “Proposed Evaluation Instrument as Perceived by Participants of Arabic MOOC's Platform (Rwaq) in Saudi Arabia”. The Smart Learning Conference. Innovation Arabian 10, Dubai, UAE.
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Dec. 2016 “Roles of Gender and Regions on Students’ Academic Achievement: A Multilevel Model Study from Saudi Arabia”. The 6th International Conference on Social Science, Literature, Economic and Education, San Fransisco, CA.
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Nov. 2016 “Factorial Structure and Measurement Invariance of the General Aptitude Test: A study from Saudi Arabia”. FERA 2016, Lakeland, FL.
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Nov. 2016 “A Demonstration of Five Different Approaches on Estimating Reliability Coefficients with Multilevel Confirmatory Factor Analysis Using Simulation and TIMSS Data”. FERA 2016, Lakeland, FL.
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Nov. 2015 "Which One Must be First? Performance or Satisfaction: A Collaborative Evaluation from Saudi Arabia”. The AEA 2015. Chicago, IL
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Oct. 2014 “Collaborate to Elevate: Evaluating a Boundary¬ Spanning Intervention for Homeless Youth”. The AEA 2014. Denver, CO.
TRAINING & WORKSHOPS
2019 Workshop titled The Role of Statistics in Educational Research, the Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States. https://twitter.com/iEN_tv/status/1193956366949507072?s=20
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2018 Workshop titled How to Design the Quantitative Data Collection Tool. I volunteered to teach 20 graduate students in the Center of Career Development in the Saudi Arabia Cultural Mission in Washington D.C. The workshop lasted for two hours.
2018 Presentation titled An Excellent Paper Begins with an Outline, my colleague and I volunteered to present to 24 international students in the 1st INTO USF Student Development Day, Tampa, FL. University of South Florida.
2017 Workshop titled Scale Development and Validation. I volunteered to teach 25 graduate students in the USF as an academic activity with the Saudi Students Association at USF. The workshop lasted for two hours.
GUEST SPEAKER
Spring 2019 The first event for Masharb Talk Platform in the United States,
University of Central Florida(UCF), Orlando, FL
Spring 2018 Academic Foundation Seminar, SLS 2901
Three Sections 007, 018, 021. Undergraduate Studies, USF,
Tampa, FL
CONFERENCES & SUMMITS
National Council for Measurement for Education Annual Meeting (NCME) 2018, New York, NY.
American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA) 2018, New York, NY.
The Smart Learning Conference, Innovation Arabian 11, Dubai, UAE.
The 1st INTO USF Student Development Day, Tampa, University of South Florida.
62nd Annual Meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association (FERA), (Cocoa Beach, FL, Nov. 2017)
National Council for Measurement for Education Annual Meeting (NCME) 2017, San Antonio, TX.
61st Annual Meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association (FERA), (Lakeland, FL, Nov. 2016)
National Council for Measurement for Education Annual Meeting (NCME) 2016, Washington D.C.
60th Annual Meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association (FERA), (Altamonte Springs, FL, Nov. 2015)
Exemplary Evaluations in Multicultural World- 29th Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association (AEA) (Chicago, IL, Nov. 2015)
Visionary Evaluation for a Sustainable, Equitable Future- 28th Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association (AEA) (Denver, CO, October 2014)
Evaluation in Complex Ecologies Relationships, Responsibilities, Relevance- 26th Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association (AEA) (Minneapolis, MI, October 2012)
Diversity Committee Fall Forum I, University of South Florida, Tampa (October 2012)
Conference on Global Leadership, Learning, and Research, Nova Southeastern University 2012. Fischler School of Education, Orlando, FL ( July 2012)
Third IJAS- International Journal of Arts & Sciences- conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts, proud home of Harvard University ( May 2012)
TECO COEDU Technology Summit at USF (April 2012)
The 9th Annual USF Diversity Summit. Diversity and Inclusion; A Driver for Sustainability and Growth (March 2012)
The first annual “ Research that Matters” conference- University of South Florida (March 2012).
Understanding the New Poverty: Local Impacts of the Current Recession. Office of Community Engagement-University of South Florida (March 2012)
Memberships in Professional Organizations
• The Saudi Association of Education and Research (SAER) at USF (Founder and President 2017-2018)
• The American Educational Research Association (AERA), USA.
Division D: Measurement and Research Methodology
SIG:
Structural Equation Modeling
• The National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), USA
• The NCME Graduate Students Issue Committee for the term 2016-2018
• American Evaluation Association (AEA). USA
• The Florida Educational Research Association (FERA). Florida, USA
• Golden Key Honor Society, USF, USA
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, USA
Professional Affiliations
Editorial Board Peer-Reviewed Journal
2019-present
Florida Educational Research Association, Florida, USA
2017-present
Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Gulf Perspectives Journal. Zayed University, Dubai, UAE
PROFESSIONAL REVIEWER & VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
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Jan. 2017-present
Peer-Reviewed Journal Reviewer: Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Gulf Perspectives Journal. Zayed University, Dubai, UAE
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2018
Graduate Students Session Proposal Reviewer. NCME 2018
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2017
Proposal reviewer: The Assessment in Higher Education TIG. AEA 2018.
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2017
Proposal reviewer: The Distance Education & Other Educational Technologies TIG. AEA 2018
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2017
Graduate Students Session Proposal Reviewer. NCME 2017
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2016
Graduate Students Session Proposal Reviewer. NCME 2016
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2014
Proposal reviewer: The Collaborative, Participatory, and Empowerment Evaluation TIG. AEA 2014
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Oct. 2014
American Evaluation Association. AEA2014 Registration
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Oct. 2012
American Evaluation Association. AEA2012 Registration
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Oct. 2012
Diversity Committee Fall Forum I, USF, Tampa, FL
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