Jamal Abedi
Professor of Education
Phone: 530-754-9150 Email:
Biography/Research
Dr. Jamal Abedi's research interests include psychometrics and test and scale development. His recent work includes validity studies for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) focusing on the impact of language background on students' performance and the dimensionality of NAEP math sub scales.
Education
Post-Doctoral, 1978-1979, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Methods and Evaluation, 1977, University of California, Los Angeles
PhD, 1974, George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University Specialization: Psychology
MA, 1971, George Peabody College of Vanderbilt Specialization: Psychology
MA, 1969, University of Tehran Specialization: Psychology
BA, 1967, University of Tehran Major: Psychology
