Scientific Advisory Board

Criteria's product development efforts are directed by its scientific advisory board, which includes some of the world's leading experts in statistics, psychometrics, cognitive psychology, and applied testing.

Dr. Stephen Kosslyn, Harvard University

Dr. Kosslyn is Chair of the Harvard University Psychology Department. He is one of the world's leading experts in cognitive psychology, has received such prestigious honors as the National Academy of Sciences Initiatives in Research Award, the Prix Jean-Louis Signoret, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has published over 250 articles and many books and textbooks in the field of cognitive psychology and neuroscience. His books include Image and Mind; Ghosts in the Mind's Machine; Elements of Graph Design; Wet Mind: The New Cognitive Neuroscience; Image and Brain: The Resolution of the Imagery Debate; and Psychology: The Brain, the Person, the World. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and has served on several National Research Council committees to advise the government on new technologies. He is also cofounder of the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. Dr Kosslyn is also the creator of the MRAB test, an innovative cognitive aptitude test licensed exclusively by Criteria. Learn more about the MRAB.

Dr. Donald Rubin, Harvard University

Dr. Rubin is the John L. Loeb Professor of Statistics at Harvard University and former Chair of the Statistics Group at the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, New Jersey. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Society and a recipient of the prestigious Samuel L. Wilks medal. Dr. Rubin has been a pioneer in research on multiple imputation, causal analysis, and Bayesian statistics. He ranks as one of the most widely cited statisticians in the world, and his work has been influential for practical applications in business, government, and education.

Dr. Eric Loken, Pennsylvania State University

Dr. Loken, a cofounder of Criteria, is an expert in the field of testing and educational measurement. He received his Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard University and is now an assistant professor at Pennsylvania State University, where he teaches graduate level courses in measurement and statistics. He has also published papers on techniques for Bayesian statistics in several major statistical journals, including American Statistician, Statistica Sinica, Structural Equation Modeling, and Multivariate Behavioral Research.

Dr. Howard Wainer, University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Wainer is a Professor of Statistics at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, as well as the Distinguished Research Scientist at the National Board of Medical Examiners. Dr Wainer's research has established his international reputation in the fields of statistics, educational measurement, and the use of graphical methods. He is also a leading authority on computer-based testing (CBT) and has published more than 250 papers and 10 books, including Computerized Adaptive Testing: A Primer, and Graphic Discovery: A Trout in the Milk and Other Visual Adventures, which was named by Choice as "Best Math Book of 2005." He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and also a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association. Dr. Wainer has also received numerous awards, including the Samuel J. Messick Award for Distinguished Contributions from the American Psychological Association, and the Career Achievement Award for Contributions to Educational Measurement from the National Council on Measurement in Education.

Dr. Paul Holland, Educational Testing Service

Dr. Holland is a leading authority in the field of psychometrics and multivariate analysis. He holds the Frederic M. Lord Chair in Measurement and Statistics and is acting director of the Center for Statistical Theory and Practice at the Educational Testing Service (ETS). He holds a Ph.D. in statistics from Stanford University. In 1986, Dr. Holland was appointed as ETS' first Distinguished Research Scientist. In 1993, he joined the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley as a Professor of Statistics, before rejoining ETS in 2000.

Dr. Robert Mislevy, University of Maryland

Dr. Mislevy is a leading expert in the field of "evidence-centered design." Before joining the faculty of the University of Maryland, he spent 16 years at Educational Testing Service, where he served as Distinguished Research Scientist in the Division of Statistics and Psychometrics Research. He has served as President of the Psychometric Society, is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and has received numerous awards, including the National Council of Measurement's Award for Career Contributions to Educational Measurement. He was also the primary author of the final report of the National Assessment Governing Board's Design Feasibility Team. He earned his Ph.D. in Methodology of Behavioral Research at the University of Chicago in 1981.