Dean, School of Education
Professor of Education
School of Education, Room 124
University of Colorado at Boulder
249 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0249
Phone: 303-492-6937
Fax: 303-492-7090
E-mail: lorrie.shepard@colorado.edu

Lorrie Shepard is professor of education and chair of the Research and Evaluation Methodology program area. Dr. Shepard is currently dean of the School of Education. Her research focuses on psychometrics and the use and misuse of tests in educational settings. Technical topics include validity theory, standard setting, and statistical models for detecting test bias. Her studies evaluating test use include identification of learning disabilities, readiness screening for kindergarten, grade retention, teacher testing, effects of high-stakes testing, and classroom assessment. At the graduate level, Dr. Shepard teaches courses in statistics, research methods, and testing and assessment policy. In the teacher education program, she teaches assessment in collaboration with colleagues in content methods courses.

Dr. Shepard is a past president of the American Educational Research Association and past president of the National Council on Measurement in Education. She was elected to the National Academy of Education in 1992 and served as Vice President of the NAE. She has been editor of the Journal of Educational Measurement and the American Educational Research Journal and interim editor of Educational Researcher. In 1999 she won NCMEÌs Award for Career Contributions to Educational Measurement. Dr. Shepard currently serves on the National Research CouncilÌs Board on Testing and Assessment.

Education:
PhD Research and Evaluation Methodology, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1972
MA Counseling, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1970
BA History, Pomona College, 1968