Psychometrics
Dr. Howard C. Mitzel, CEO and Co-Founder
Dr. Howard C. Mitzel is co-founder and President of Pacific Metrics. He holds a doctorate in Research Methodology and Quantitative Psychology from the University of Chicago and is widely known in the assessment community for his innovative work in the technical and policy aspects of large-scale assessment.
Dr. Mitzel is highly regarded in the assessment industry, having more than twenty-five years of experience performing research and psychometric analyses for the education sector. Formerly a Senior Research Scientist with CTB/McGraw-Hill, Dr. Mitzel directed all research activities for several large-scale, high-stakes assessment programs. Dr. Mitzel was a co-developer of the Bookmark standard setting procedure, which is the most widely used procedure in large-scale assessment for setting defensible standards in K-12 programs.
Dr. Mitzel has an accomplished history of collaboration with state departments and is currently the Chief Psychometrician for Louisiana’s LEAP and GEE assessments. He also serves on several state Technical Advisory Committees and has worked with the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) to design and conduct a standard-setting procedure for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics assessment. Dr. Mitzel’s contributions to the field of assessment include over a dozen published papers. Dr. Mitzel has also made numerous presentations at professional conferences such as CCSSO and AERA/NCME. He is the chief architect of the company’s psychometric software and has led numerous training workshops in their use.