Bob Linn
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
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Biography/Research
Robert L. Linn is Distinguished Professor
emeritus of Education at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a specialization in psychometrics in 1965. He worked as a Senior Research Psychologist and Director of Developmental Research at Educational Testing Service and as a Professor of Education and of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign before moving to Colorado in 1987.
He is a member of the National Academy of Education. He is a former President of the Division of Evaluation and Measurement of the American Psychological Association, former President of the National Council on Measurement in Education, and former Vice President of the American Educational Research Association for the Division of Measurement and Research Methodology, and former President (2003-2004) of the American Educational Research Association. He served as Editor of the Journal of Educational Measurement and of the Third Edition of Educational Measurement. He was Vice-Chairperson of the Joint Committee that developed the 1985 Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing. He was a member of the National Research Councils Board on Testing and Assessment from 1993 until 2000 and served as the Board's Chairperson from 1997 to 2000. He has published over 250 journal articles and chapters in books dealing with a wide range of theoretical and applied issues in educational measurement and has received several awards for his contributions to the field, including the ETS Award for Distinguished Service to Measurement, the E. L. Thorndike Award, the E. F. Lindquist Award, the National Council on Measurement in Education Career Award, and the American Educational Research Association Award for Distinguished Contributions to Educational Research. He is a member of the National Academy of Education and Lifetime National Associate of the National Academies.
